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Friday, August 10, 2018

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  • White nationalists to meet Gospel witness in Va., D.C.
    by David Roach, posted Friday, August 10, 2018 (6 years ago)

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    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (BP) -- On the one-year anniversary of white nationalist protests that left three people dead in Charlottesville, Va., area believers plan to counter any resurgence of racism with worship and repentance.

    In Washington -- where white nationalists are planning a first-anniversary repeat of their Aug. 12, 2017, Unite the Right rally -- police are on high alert, and Christians are requesting heightened prayer.

    Marshal Ausberry, president of the National African American Fellowship of the Southern Baptist Convention, said D.C. and Virginia believers will engage in "a lot of reflection and a lot of praying this weekend" for safety and harmony at rallies and other public gatherings. Read More

  • Collegiate Week: LifeWay event finds new 'home'
    by Chris Doyle/Oklahoma Baptist Messenger, posted Friday, August 10, 2018 (6 years ago)

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    DAVIS, Okla. (BP) -- Bill Noe kept using the word "home."

    Apparently, it was the best word to describe Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, which hosted Collegiate Week, Aug. 5-9, an annual event sponsored by LifeWay Christian Resources. As LifeWay's national collegiate ministry specialist, Noe serves as Collegiate Week's program director.

    "As I started talking to Falls Creek leadership, it became increasingly apparent that this probably could work out, and it would be a great home," Noe said when asked about the process of moving Collegiate Week, which had a long history of meeting at Glorieta Conference Center in Glorieta, N.M. "Just every conversation, every visit, every step along the way made it more and more obvious that (Falls Creek) would be the perfect home for Collegiate Week." Read More

  • 'A powerful tool': 2018 SBC Annual available online
    by David Roach, posted Friday, August 10, 2018 (6 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The 2018 Southern Baptist Convention Annual has been posted online, with hard copies available for order.

    The Annual is a comprehensive collection of reports, budgets and proceedings from the June 12-13 SBC annual meeting in Dallas as well as a compilation of historical data and reports from convention entities.

    Among the data available in this year's Annual: Read More

  • GuideStone gains final win over mandate
    by Tom Strode and Roy Hayhurst, posted Friday, August 10, 2018 (6 years ago)

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    DALLAS (BP) -- GuideStone Financial Resources has secured a conclusive victory in its lengthy, legal battle against the Obama-era abortion/contraception mandate.

    A federal judge in Oklahoma issued a final judgment July 17 in favor of the Southern Baptist Convention's health and financial benefits entity, as well as ministries it serves, GuideStone reported Aug. 8. The ruling brought to an end GuideStone's challenge of a 2011 rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that helped implement a controversial health-care law enacted the previous year. The regulation required employers to provide their workers with coverage for contraceptives, including those that can potentially induce abortions, or face potentially devastating fines. Read More

  • TRUSTEES: GuideStone marks centennial anniversary

    by Roy Hayhurst, posted Friday, August 10, 2018 (6 years ago)

    NEW YORK (BP) -- Marking the 100th anniversary of GuideStone Financial Resources, the Southern Baptist entity's trustees gathered July 30–31 in regular session to hear ministry reports from its executive leadership team and staff.

    Trustees gave thanks to the Lord for the entity's ministry and for the vision of founder William Lunsford. The New York meeting site allowed trustees to recognize the contributions of John D. Rockefeller and his son John D. Rockefeller Jr., who together gave nearly $1 million in total during the board's first decade of service to provide financial assistance to retired Southern Baptist pastors and their widows. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: God's discipline
    by Chuck Lawless, posted Friday, August 10, 2018 (6 years ago)

    God's discipline has great value, Chuck Lawless writes, noting that "repentance today can strengthen us for the temptations of tomorrow." Read More