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Tuesday, September 08, 2015

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  • Refugee crisis opening door for Gospel witness
    by Nicole Lee, posted Tuesday, September 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

    IMB photo by Patrick Royals.
    BUDAPEST, Hungary (BP) -- The discovery of an abandoned refrigeration truck full of corpses on an Austrian highway on Aug. 27 and the body of a 3-year-old toddler washed up on the shores of Turkey on Sept. 2 have epitomized the tragic circumstances faced by masses of humanity trying to escape conditions in their home countries and find refuge in Europe.

    With more than 350,000 refugees crossing into Europe in the first eight months of 2015, this human migration is believed by many to be the greatest in Europe since ... Read More

  • Judge orders Davis freed from jail
    by Tom Strode, posted Tuesday, September 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

    "So when is it that liberals get to choose which laws they support?"

    --Mike Huckabee

    ASHLAND, Ky. (BP) -- A federal judge freed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis from jail Tuesday (Sept. 8).

    David Bunning, a federal judge in Ashland, Ky., ordered Davis' release after he became convinced the deputy clerks in her Rowan County office had obeyed his order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. He ordered Davis to jail Sept. 3 when she again refused to comply with his previous order to grant licenses. Read More

  • Young Asian American lay leaders focus of 'A2CP2'

    by Shannon Baker, posted Tuesday, September 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Photo by Shannon Baker
    SILVER SPRING, Md. (BP) -- More than 40 Asian American lay church leaders, mostly younger professionals, gathered at Global Mission Church for the first "A2CP2" conference sponsored by local Baptist churches and the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention.

    "A2" stands for "Asian American" and "CP2" stands for "Church Planting/Cooperative Program," explained Paul Kim, Asian American relations consultant for the SBC Executive Committee, Aug. 29. Read More

  • NGU leaders asked to address president's departure
    by Baptist Courier Staff, posted Tuesday, September 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

    GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP) -- North Greenville University officials have been asked to appear before the South Carolina Baptist Convention Executive Board Oct. 13 to explain the university's actions surrounding the departure of its former president, Jimmy Epting, in January.

    Dwight Easler, SCBC Executive Board chairman, has asked the university's board chairperson and vice chairperson, along with the interim president, to attend the fall meeting of the Executive Board in order to "give explanation of actions taken, and future actions to be taken to improve accountability and processes." Read More

  • Second school leaves CCCU
    by J.C. Derrick/WORLD News Service, posted Tuesday, September 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

    ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- Oklahoma Wesleyan University has become the second institution to withdraw from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities after two member schools changed their hiring policies to include same-sex couples.

    "We believe in missional clarity and view the defense of the biblical definition of marriage as an issue of critical importance," said Everett Piper, president of the Bartlesville, Okla., school. "The CCCU's reluctance to make a swift decision sends a message of confusion rather than conviction." Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: We need a breakthrough
    by Ronnie Floyd, posted Tuesday, September 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

    SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) -- SBC President Ronnie Floyd urges prayer, fasting and action to seek God's breakthrough for today's crises globally, nationally and in the Southern Baptist Convention. "We must move into seasons of fasting and prayer more than ever before," Floyd writes. "We must call our churches to go places with God they have never gone before." Read More