Baptist Press Archive

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

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  • EC calls for increased CP to remedy IMB shortfall
    by David Roach, posted Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Photo by Morris Abernathy
    NASHVILLE (BP) -- In response to the International Mission Board's announcement of a personnel reduction, the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee has adopted a resolution urging Southern Baptist churches to give "more than ever before" through the Cooperative Program.

    The resolution, which was adopted without opposition, stated, "At this urgent hour of desperate need in our nation and around the world, we, the members of the SBC Executive Committee, pledge to encourage and lead our churches to give more than ... Read More

  • Floyd: Return to 'haystack' of fervent prayer
    by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Photo by Morris Abernathy
    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Southern Baptists must conduct ministry in fervent prayer and repent from a "sophistication and pride' that prevent us from relying on God's power, Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd told the SBC Executive Committee at its Sept. 21 meeting in Nashville.

    Using the imagery of the historic 1806 Haystack Prayer Meeting of Samuel Mills and four Williams College classmates in Williamstown, Mass., Floyd called Southern Baptists to return to the haystack of fervent prayer that anticipates a supernatural ... Read More

  • Great Commission Advance 'imperative,' Page says
    by Art Toalston, posted Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Photo by Morris Abernathy
    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The needs are "glaringly obvious in our 21st-century world," Frank S. Page said in setting forth a Great Commission Advance 10-year initiative among Southern Baptists.

    "The need for a larger mission force, not a smaller one, is greater than ever," Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, said during the opening session of the EC's Sept. 21-22 meeting in Nashville. Read More

  • CCCU accepts resignations of Goshen, EMU
    by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (9 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities announced resignations Monday (Sept. 21) of two schools that have sparked dissension -- and prompted other schools to withdraw from the council -- after expanding their hiring and benefits policies to embrace same-sex marriage.

    The CCCU Board of Directors announced the resignations of Goshen College in Goshen, Ind., and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., after a CCCU board meeting. Read More

  • See You At The Pole marks 25 years of prayer
    by Neisha Roberts/The Alabama Baptist, posted Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (9 years ago)

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- I woke up extra early that fourth Wednesday in September to make my way to Falcon Middle School by 7 a.m., situated just off Highway 24 on the golden-yellow plains of Colorado. I was ready to participate in my first See You at the Pole.

    As my dad dropped me off 18 years ago, I hopped out of the car and made my way to the circle that was forming around the school's flagpole. Several students from different grades were there. We huddled close together and grabbed hands. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: How I started praying the Bible
    by Don Whitney, posted Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (9 years ago)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Seminary professor Don Whitney recounts the moment when he realized that "the entire Bible is a prayer book," leading him to "a much greater sense of conversing with God." Read More