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Thursday, March 31, 2016

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  • Replant brings children back to dying church
    by Meredith Yackel, posted Thursday, March 31, 2016 (8 years ago)

    Photo courtesy Calvary Church
    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (BP) -- Nancy Elliott found herself crying alone in the nursery. She had attended Calvary Church in Englewood, Colo., since she was 14. Now, for the first time, they had no children at church on a Sunday morning.

    "Not one child," Elliot said. "I went into the nursery and started crying and praying to God to bring children."

    Little did she know her prayers were about to be answered in ways she didn't expect. Read More

  • Abortion pill guidelines: FDA eases chemical regimen
    by David Roach, posted Thursday, March 31, 2016 (8 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has updated its guidelines concerning the abortion drug mifepristone, allowing women to take it later in pregnancy and with reduced medical supervision.

    The New York Times called the update "an unequivocal victory for abortion rights advocates."

    Previously, women were permitted to take mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486) up to the seventh week of pregnancy, but that has been extended to 10 weeks. ... Read More

  • IMB's 'quiet force' Holli Fish Lancaster, 51, dies
    by Caroline Anderson , posted Thursday, March 31, 2016 (8 years ago)

    SOUTHEAST ASIA (BP) -- Described as a "quiet force," former International Mission Board worker Holli Fish Lancaster died in Tennessee Tuesday (March 29), following a battle with ovarian cancer. She was 51.

    Lancaster, a native Texan, and her husband Dan served in Southeast Asia for more than 12 years. Before moving overseas, the couple planted churches in the U.S. Read More

  • Montana Baptists seek new executive director
    by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, March 31, 2016 (8 years ago)

    BILLINGS, Mont. (BP) -- The Montana Southern Baptist Convention is seeking a new executive director to lead the group of about 135 churches in a state where more than a third of the people reportedly don't attend church worship services regularly -- or at all.

    The new executive director of the Montana Southern Baptist Convention (MTSBC) will need to be a successful pastor, an exceptional leader committed to evangelism, and must love pastors and local churches, said search team chairman Bruce Speer, who pastors Crosspoint Community Church in Missoula. Read More

  • DR worker dies of heart attack on flood recovery
    by Lisa Sergent, posted Thursday, March 31, 2016 (8 years ago)

    Submitted photo
    LEESVILLE, La. (BP) -- A volunteer with a Southern Baptist Disaster Relief team from Illinois died of a heart attack Tuesday (March 29) while serving flood victims in Leesville, La.

    Don Fulkerson, 77, was a member of First Baptist Church of Galatia, Ill. He was serving with a group of trained relief workers from the church and others from churches around Illinois. Read More

  • Bible Study: April 3, 2016
    by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, March 31, 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

  • FIRST-PERSON: Drive-by praying
    by Chuck Lawless, posted Thursday, March 31, 2016 (8 years ago)

    How do you spend your time in the car? Chuck Lawless, graduate studies dean at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, suggests "drive-by praying" for unchurched neighbors, schools, hospitals and numerous other people and places. "A short ride in the car can change eternity," he writes. Read More