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Friday, January 03, 2020

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  • Feinstein to be nominated for SBC 2VP
    by BP Staff, posted Friday, January 03, 2020 (4 years ago)

    ELKTON, Tenn., (BP) -- Chris Bolt, pastor of Elkton Baptist Church in Elkton, Tenn., has announced his intention to nominate Stephen Feinstein, pastor of Sovereign Way Christian Church in Hesperia, Calif., for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the SBC annual meeting in June 2020 in Orlando. Bolt announced Feinstein's intended nomination Dec. 31, 2019. Read More

  • Henslee to be nominated for Pastors' Conference presidency

    by BP Staff, posted Friday, January 03, 2020 (4 years ago)

    FARMERSVILLE, Texas (BP) -- Bart Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, has announced his intention to nominate Matt Henslee, pastor of Mayhill Baptist Church in Mayhill, N.M., for president of the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference. The 2021 Pastors' Conference will be held in Nashville, Tenn., in conjunction with the 2021 SBC annual meeting. The presidential election will take place at the 2020 Pastors' Conference in June in Orlando, Fla. Read More

  • Christians in India spend Christmas in jail
    by Morning Star News Staff, posted Friday, January 03, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NEW DELHI (BP) -- Christians arrested in central India after Hindu nationalist, tribal villagers disrupted their worship service spent Christmas in jail before they were released on bail after 11 days -- accused of illegally practicing medicine.

    Pastor Mukam Kiraad, 35, along with two members of his church, 40-year-old Lalsingh Tomar and 38-year-old Nanliya Rawat, were shocked to learn that they were charged under a Madhya Pradesh state law prohibiting unregistered medical practice, punishable by up to three years in prison. Read More

  • Tragedy offers church planter ministry opportunities
    by Keila Diaz, posted Friday, January 03, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    MIAMI (BP) -- Fire alarms began sounding in the three-story Le Club Apartments in South Miami on Wednesday night, Dec. 11, while church planter John Michael Gibson and his wife Brittany were settled in their second-floor apartment.

    "We heard the alarms, walked outside and saw that the building was on fire, so we went back in and helped get everybody out," said Gibson, who is planting Village Church in nearby Cutler Bay. Read More

  • LifeWay Global entrena a miles de líderes de iglesia de habla hispana mediante una plataforma digital y eventos en vivo
    Por Art Toalston, posted Friday, January 03, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    MEXICO CITY (BP) -- No hace mucho tiempo el equipo de LifeWay Global soñaba con maneras de equipar a pastores y a otros líderes de iglesia alrededor del mundo -- aquellos con acceso extremadamente limitado o sin acceso a entrenamiento formal teológico.

    La visión de Ariel Irizarry, líder de entrenamiento de LifeWay Global, se hizo realidad cuando LifeWay Equipa -- una plataforma de entrenamiento en español -- fue puesta en marcha en mayo de 2019 en lifewayequipa.com. Read More

  • Alabanza multicultural refleja la eternidad descrita en Apocalipsis 7:9
    Por Rachel Cohen y Andrew Rivers, posted Friday, January 03, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    RICHMOND, Va., (BP) -- A veces los misioneros dicen que alabar a Dios en un contexto multicultural es un ensayo para la eternidad descrita en Apocalipsis 7:9. Rachel Cohen, una obrera multicultural en el sur de Asia, concuerda con lo anterior. Pero si poder ser honesta, a veces el ensayo le parece muy extraño.

    Ella vive en el sur de Asia dentro de una cultura donde la alabanza dura mucho tiempo, es en alto volumen, y -- quizás lo más incómodo para una joven bautista -- es movida. A muchos cristianos surasiáticos les encanta alabar a Dios con lo que llaman "canciones de acción" y alientan la participación entusiasta de todos los presentes, sin excepciones. Read More

  • Baptist Friendship House de New Orleans cumple 75 años
    Por Trennis Henderson, corresponsal nacional de WMU/UFM, posted Friday, January 03, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Baptist Friendship House (Casa Bautista Amistad) se ha mantenido como un faro de esperanza en el corazón de New Orleans durante 75 años. Por más de 20 años, Kay Bennett ha jugado un papel clave en la difusión de esperanza a los residentes en necesidad del área.

    "Lo que me mantiene motivada es el cumplimiento de ver a Dios obrando milagros en la vida de las personas," explicó Bennett, quien ha servido como directora ejecutiva de Friendship House desde 1997. Read More

  • EDITORIAL: Una vida superior Colosenses 3:1-4

    Gustavo V. Suarez , posted Friday, January 03, 2020 (4 years ago)

    ¡Les deseo un feliz año 2020! Muchos tienen la costumbre de hacer nuevas promesas de cosas que quieren hacer en el nuevo año. Me imagino que entre las mas destacadas promesas esta la de perder peso. Déjame sugerirte algo que podemos y debemos de hacer; busca vivir una vida superior. ... Read More