Thursday, August 06, 2015

• WRAP-UP: Send Conf. moves to next steps

  by Joe Conway, posted Thursday, August 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo by Susan Whitley/NAMB

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- As thousands of 2015 Send North America Conference attendees returned to their everyday lives, leaders of the event said the real longterm impact will be measured in the next steps participants take to live out their faith daily.

  "This is not about a conference," North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell told attendees at the close of the gathering Tuesday (Aug.4). "It's about God starting a movement. This is something we are committed to for the rest of our lives." Read More

• Gospel, politics addressed at ERLC event

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, August 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo by Alli Rader

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Political engagement by evangelical Christians calls for a witness shaped by the Gospel of Jesus, Southern Baptists were told at a conference Wednesday (Aug. 5) in Nashville.

  Speakers at "The Gospel and Politics" -- the second national conference sponsored by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission -- sought to help the more than 630 registrants think about how to approach politics in a changing culture a year before the next presidential election. ... Read More

• Planned Parenthood focus of TX senate hearing

  by Bonnie Pritchett/The TEXAN, posted Thursday, August 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo from Texas Right to Life

  AUSTIN, Texas (BP) -- The apparent lack of oversight regarding the donation of human fetal tissue and the possible circuitous implementation of policies overseeing the regulation of Texas' 22 abortion facilities drew focus during the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee hearing July 29. Read More

• Houston to vote on equal rights ordinance

  by Bonnie Pritchett/The TEXAN, posted Thursday, August 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

  HOUSTON (BP) -- Houston's City Council voted Aug. 5 to put the controversial equal rights ordinance (known as HERO) on the Nov. 3 ballot after a vote to repeal the law failed but not before debate arose over the ballot language. Read More

• Bush, Rubio defend tax exemption, religious liberty

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, August 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photos from NAMB

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- The tax-exempt status of churches and faith-based institutions will be safeguarded if they are elected president, two candidates for the 2016 Republican nomination told a sold-out crowd at a Southern Baptist conference in Nashville.

  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio answered questions Aug. 4 before more than 13,600 people gathered for the Send North America Conference, which was sponsored by the North American Mission Board and International Mission Board. ... Read More

• City sued over attempted grab of churches' land

  by Staff, posted Thursday, August 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

  HOUSTON (BP) -- Two African American churches in Houston have filed a lawsuit in response to what they say is an illegal city attempt to seize their property for an urban renewal project. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Loving the local church

  by Jeana Floyd, posted Thursday, August 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

  "My greatest joys in life are being a wife, mother, grandmother and pastor's wife. You might say that I love my job," writes Jeana Floyd, wife of Southern Baptist Convention President and pastor Ronnie Floyd. "… I have definitely experienced firsthand the faithfulness of God, serving Him in the local church in the good times and the challenging times." Read More

• Bible Study: August 9, 2015

  by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, August 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, LifeWay publishes Sunday School curricula and additional resources for all age groups. Read More