Wednesday, February 13, 2019

• SBC must 'lament & grieve,' Greear tells editors

  by Scott Barkley/Christian Index, posted Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  Photo by Scott Barkley/Christian Index

  CHARLESTON, S.C. (BP) -- "This conversation is very complex," SBC President J.D. Greear said regarding instances of sexual abuse that have occurred in Southern Baptist churches.

  "But I also understand this is a time for us to lament and to grieve," Greear told members of the Association of State Baptist Publications regarding a series of reports by the Houston Chronicle. Read More

• NFL veteran & wife make ultrasound gift to N. Orleans

  by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  Photo by Verge Media

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Southern Baptists celebrated the power of partnership with a veteran National Football League player and his family in dedicating a new ultrasound machine in a New Orleans health center.

  Benjamin and Kirsten Watson, along with their five children, joined in the dedication of the new addition to the ministry of Baptist Community Health Services (BCHS). The Watsons donated the ultrasound machine in the fall through the Psalm 139 Project, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's ministry to help place such technology in pregnancy resource centers across the country. Read More

• James MacDonald fired after 'inappropriate' comments

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  BP file photo

  CHICAGO (BP) -- James MacDonald, a former radio and television preacher who has spoken several times at the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference, has been fired as pastor of Chicago-area Harvest Bible Chapel, the church announced today (Feb. 13).

  Harvest's elders said in a statement they already "had determined that Pastor MacDonald should be removed from his role of Senior Pastor," but their "timeline accelerated" Feb. 12 when "highly inappropriate recorded comments made by Pastor MacDonald were given to media and reported." Read More

• Facebook expands church plant's community connections

  by Rebecca Manry, posted Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  Photo by Whitney Clayton

  MESA, Ariz. (BP) -- Everyone craves connections -- a truth that Living Stone Community Church has embraced by using Facebook to minister to their community.

  Facebook can be an important tool in getting to know neighbors and pointing them to Christ, said Ali Clayton, wife of church planter Whitney Clayton. Read More

• SBU committee named for 'evaluations' of 'orthodoxy'

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  Photo from SBU

  BOLIVAR, Mo. (BP) -- Amid ongoing discussion of a former theology professor's firing at Southwest Baptist University and the board's exclusion of a trustee elected by the Missouri Baptist Convention, SBU has announced the members of a Peer Assessment Committee to conduct "evaluations regarding orthodoxy" at the university. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Strong & unfazed

  by Rudolph D. González, posted Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (3 years ago)

  When rooted in faith, Rudy González writes, "the whole of our Christian experience rallies in support" when "doubt or a moment of weakness would seem to undermine our commitment to Christ." Read More