Monday, April 08, 2019

• 'Lord here am I, send me,' Floyd says of EC post

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, April 08, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Cross Church photo

  SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) -- Ronnie Floyd had told his wife Jeana not to worry. Jeana couldn't shake a feeling that one of five Southern Baptist Convention entities seeking presidents at that time would recruit her husband to the helm.

  "We're happy," Floyd reassured her. "It's not going to happen. God is moving, all is well." Read More

• Ernie Myers, first Nevada exec. director, dies at 93

  by Art Toalston, posted Monday, April 08, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  PLANO, Texas (BP) -- Ernie Myers, founding executive director of the Nevada Baptist Convention, died Tuesday, April 2, in Plano, Texas. He was 93.

  Myers was elected as executive director when the Nevada convention was constituted in 1978 in Las Vegas during an Oct. 16-17 meeting at Red Rock Baptist Church. Read More

• Artificial intelligence to draw evangelical focus

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, April 08, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  BP file photo.

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Southern Baptist and other evangelical leaders will issue a statement April 11 on the rising area of technology known as artificial intelligence or AI.

  The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission will host an event in Washington, D.C., at which the "Evangelical Statement of Principles on Artificial Intelligence" will be released. The document is intended to provide the church with an ethical foundation for how to think about artificial intelligence, according to an April 5 ERLC news release. Read More

• Steve Horn nominated as Louisiana convention exec

  by Will Hall/Baptist Message, posted Monday, April 08, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP) -- Steve Horn is a leader among leaders in the Louisiana Baptist Convention and someone who loves Louisiana Baptists, Waylon Bailey shared with the Baptist Message in announcing Horn as the candidate the search committee will present May 7 to the LBC Executive Board for a vote.

  If elected, Horn will replace David Hankins who is retiring June 30 as LBC executive director. Read More

• Malaysian pastor abducted by police, panel finds

  by David Roach, posted Monday, April 08, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Screengrab from KiniTV documentary.

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (BP) -- A kidnapped Malaysian pastor was abducted by police for allegedly proselytizing Muslims, Malaysia's human rights commission has concluded following a two-year investigation.

  The family of 63-year-old Raymond Koh -- who was abducted in February 2017 in Kuala Lumpur -- hopes he is still alive and that the Malaysian government investigates the matter further, a Nashville-area pastor and family friend told Baptist Press. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: You may be asking

  by Ronnie Floyd, posted Monday, April 08, 2019 (5 years ago)

  Ronnie Floyd gives an overview of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee as its new president. Read More