Baptist Press Archive

Thursday, January 02, 2020

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  • SBC DIGEST: LifeWay Global trains 1000s of Spanish-speaking church leaders; Baptist hospital exec Baker dies at 84
    by Art Toalston and Tess Schoonhoven, posted Thursday, January 02, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    Today's SBC DIGEST: LifeWay Global trains thousands of Spanish-speaking church leaders through digital platform, live events; and Charles Baker former BMHH executive vice president dies.

    LifeWay Global trains thousands of Spanish-speaking church leaders through digital platform, live events

    By Art Toalston

    MEXICO CITY (BP) -- It wasn't that long ago the LifeWay Global team dreamed about ways to ... Read More

  • Bible Study: Obadiah's good news
    by By staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, January 02, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    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.

    This week's Bible study is adapted from The Gospel Project curriculum.

    Bible Passage: Obadiah Read More

  • ERLC: U.S. takes 'critical' steps on religious liberty
    by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, January 02, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Two federal government actions shortly before Christmas are vital to protecting international religious liberty, a Southern Baptist public-policy leader said.

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Dec. 20 the re-designation of Burma (Myanmar), China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan as "countries of particular concern" (CPCs), a category reserved under federal law for governments that have committed or tolerated "systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom." Read More

  • U.S., E.U. urge release of jailed Chinese pastor
    by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, January 02, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    SICHUAN, China (BP) -- The United States and the European Union are urging China to free pastor Wang Yi, sentenced to nine years in prison in what religious liberty advocates call Christian persecution.

    China pronounced Wang guilty Dec. 30 of "illegal business operations" and "inciting subversion of state power," convictions religious liberty advocates say stem solely from his leadership as founding pastor of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan. Read More

  • Lois Evans, wife to pastor Tony Evans, dies at age 70
    by Jon D. Wilke, posted Thursday, January 02, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    DALLAS (BP) -- Lois Irene Evans, beloved wife of Tony Evans for 49 years and founder of Pastors' Wives Ministry, passed away Dec. 30, 2019 of biliary cancer. She was 70.

    Tony, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, shared the news on Facebook. "Just before the sun came up this morning," he wrote, "the love of my life transitioned from earth and watched her first sunrise from heaven." Read More