Wednesday, August 17, 2016

• 3,202 decisions for Christ reported in Brazil

  by Will Hall/Baptist Message, posted Wednesday, August 17, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

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  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (BP) -- Southern Baptists returning from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, are sharing testimonies of widespread revival in churches, communities, prisons and schools, following an 8-day schedule of crusades, medical ministries and other outreach efforts in this South American country.

  Wayne Jenkins, director of evangelism and church growth for the Louisiana Baptist Convention, said there were a recorded 3,202 salvation decisions resulting from events conducted July 10-17. Read More

• Olympics: Taekwondo athlete determined, trusting God

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Wednesday, August 17, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Meredith Miller

  RIO DE JANEIRO (BP) -- At a lot of her taekwondo competitions, Paige McPherson gathers with some fellow competitors and close friends from around the world to pray together.

  "I'm praying in English, my friend's praying in French, the other person's in Spanish," she told Baptist Press. "It's very encouraging, and I'm just truly grateful to God for bringing these people into my life." Read More

• SBDR deploying 4 kitchens to south Louisiana

  by Joe Conway, posted Wednesday, August 17, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by John Swain/NAMB

  ALPHARARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- The death toll in south Louisiana's unprecedented flooding has risen to 11, and at least 40,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. In response, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) is deploying volunteers, equipment and resources to the affected area, including four kitchens in Baton Rouge, Hammond, Lafayette and Walker.

  The American Red Cross has requested four kitchens which each have capacity of 10,000 meals per day. All four DR teams deploying have twice that capacity. Additional support is expected given the scope of the disaster and the long-term nature of the relief work to be accomplished. Read More

• 'On cloud 29,' says pastor given church building

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, August 17, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Dwayne Lewis and members of New Season Baptist Church walked from their temporary meeting place at an elementary school to a vacant church building across the street where the 150 men, women and children laid hands on the building and prayed.

  "All of us we went over there and we believed God for that building, but that wasn't the building," Lewis told Baptist Press, saying that God "was just testing our faith to see if we'd just step out and do that."

  "God told me you laid hands on the wrong building, but you had the right faith." Read More

• Ind. exec Cecil Seagle to end 5-year service

  by Steve McNeil & Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, August 17, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (BP) -- Cecil W. Seagle will end five years of service as executive director of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana on Dec. 16.

  Seagle, 76, made the announcement during the opening session of the SCBI Executive Board's Aug. 15-16 meeting at the Indiana convention's Highland Lakes Baptist Camp in Martinsville.

  Seagle was elected as SCBI executive director on Nov. 1, 2011, after serving eight months as interim executive director, a role he assumed after 22 years as the Florida Baptist Convention's missions division director. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Praise God for pastoral 'stickers'

  by Nathan A. Finn, posted Wednesday, August 17, 2016 (8 years ago)

  "Pastoral work is always strategic Kingdom service," theology professor Nathan Finn writes, "whether it takes place in the heart of the city, a booming suburb, a sleepy county seat community or out in the sticks." Read More

• Bible Study: Aug. 21, 2016

  by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Wednesday, August 17, 2016 (8 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