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Friday, April 05, 2019

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  • 'Together,' 'strategy,' 'genius' among CP descriptors
    by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Friday, April 05, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    MILES CITY, Mont. (BP) -- A Montana pastor likens the effect of the Cooperative Program to a fence line.

    "It's like multiplying our labor, like building a fence two miles long together, rather than a quarter-mile if you had to do it alone," Jeff Cahill told Baptist Press. He's a rancher and pastor of Valley Community Church in the far-reaching prairies around Miles City, Mont. "We see the Cooperative Program as a way we can reach beyond our abilities." Read More

  • Women's Leadership Network begins blog, podcast, FB
    by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, April 05, 2019 (5 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- A newly launched SBC Women's Leadership Network will empower Southern Baptist women while concurrently embracing theological complementarianism, two network leaders told Baptist Press.

    The group provides a resource for women that is already prevalent among Southern Baptist men, leaders said. Read More

  • Religious liberty setback at court may not be final
    by Tom Strode, posted Friday, April 05, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Religious liberty's latest setback at the U.S. Supreme Court in its ongoing face-off with sexual liberty is disappointing but may not prove conclusive, Southern Baptist religious freedom advocates said.

    The high court opted not to review a Hawaii Court of Appeals decision against a bed and breakfast that declined to rent a room to a same-sex couple. By their refusal, the justices permitted the lower court ruling to stand in their March 18 orders. Read More

  • NAMB asks 'Who's Your One?' at NRB convention
    by Josie Rabbitt Bingham, posted Friday, April 05, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) -- "Who's your one?" is the question visitors were asked when they stopped by the North American Mission Board's Who's Your One exhibit at the National Religious Broadcaster's 76th convention.

    "God may use you to touch one, but the one you touch may touch thousands," Johnny Hunt told Christian media who attended NRB's pre-conference event for NRB's "Proclaim 19" sessions in Anaheim, Calif. Read More

  • Gospel Coalition conference focuses on evangelism
    by David Roach, posted Friday, April 05, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    INDIANAPOLIS (BP) -- Some 7,000 evangelicals -- including a significant contingent of Southern Baptists -- gathered around an evangelism theme at The Gospel Coalition's National Conference April 1-3 in Indianapolis.

    The eight keynote speakers included at least three Southern Baptists while employees of Southern Baptist Convention entities spoke at breakout sessions and ancillary events. LifeWay Christian Resources hosted a conference bookstore, and at least eight SBC entities, including four seminaries, were represented in the exhibit hall. Read More

  • COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: Together in God's mission
    by J.D. Greear, posted Friday, April 05, 2019 (5 years ago)

    "Baptists didn't invent the idea of missional cooperation," J.D. Greear writes. "All throughout the New Testament, we see churches partnering together to advance the mission." Read More