Tuesday, February 04, 2020

• Yanes: Coronavirus opportunity for love, understanding

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, February 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- The international coronavirus outbreak should not spread panic in the U.S., but should encourage Gospel love and understanding among the diverse body of Southern Baptists, Asian American relations leader Peter Yanes told Baptist Press.

  Misinformation has spread across social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok, NBC news has reported, spreading fear, racial stereotyping and xenophobia. Read More

• Arkansas Baptist News dissolved, merged into state convention

  by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Tuesday, February 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP) – Amid the headwinds that have beset print journalism outlets nationwide, Arkansas Baptist News (ABN) trustees have voted to dissolve the separate, corporate entity that operated ABN and to transfer coordination of the news service to the executive board of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC).

  The move, precipitated by a significant decline in subscriptions and revenue, leaves ABN’s future uncertain. But ABSC associate executive director Greg Addison said the decision revolves around structural changes, not ministry changes. Read More

• LifeWay VBS preview events build foundation for 2020

  by Joy Allmond , posted Tuesday, February 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- When Zoraida Godoy attended a Vacation Bible School (VBS) at a Southern Baptist church in her community of Sabana Basora, Aruba, in 2013, she got emotional.

  "Some of our children went to another local church for VBS and we saw the concept for the first time," she said. "Watching the children dance, sing and express the biblical truths they learned just moved me. And I thought: Why couldn't we do this at our church?" Read More

• New Jersey Hispanic church tries to fill the void

  by Keila Diaz, posted Tuesday, February 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

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  PASSAIC, N.J. (BP) -- Just over 70 percent of the 70,000 residents of Passaic, N.J., are Hispanic or Latino. That's almost 50,000 people in this community just north of Newark.

  A quick Google search, however, confirms what many in the area already know -- there are not many Hispanic Baptist churches in Passaic. But there are many Hispanics open to the Gospel.

  Federico Fernandez pastors Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana de Passaic (First Hispanic Baptist Church of Passaic), and in his 28 years of ministry in the area, he has seen how the community around the church has transformed, and the church along with it. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Confused by the Super Bowl halftime show

  by Jeff Iorg, posted Tuesday, February 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  "We are being told repeatedly and often not to objectify women," says Gateway Seminary president Jeff Iorg. "That's a needed and important message. Then, in the most watched entertainment event of the year, we celebrated doing just that." Read More