Monday, April 13, 2015

• Baptist Press launches app with SBC versatility

  by Staff, posted Monday, April 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Baptist Press, the Southern Baptist Convention's news service, officially launched a free app today (April 13) connecting to its daily content and to key entities across SBC life.

  The app is available in both Android and iPhone formats through Google Play and the Apple Store. Enter a search for "Baptist Press," using quote marks, for best access to the app. Read More

• Caution urged with YouTube Kids app

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, April 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Google's new YouTube Kids app may be a welcomed addition to children-friendly entertainment, but parents should still study the programming before exposing their children to its content, some Baptist communicators say.

  As more companies release these types of apps, parents need to determine whether an organization's definition of "kid-friendly" matches their own definition, said Darrel Girardier, digital strategy director for Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tenn. Read More

• Arrests of Cuban Christians remembered

  by Keila Diaz Florida Baptist Witness, posted Monday, April 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

  MIAMI (BP) -- A group of about 400 Baptists met April 7 at Iglesia Bautista Getsemaní in Miami to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrests of several pastors, missionaries and laity in the western part of Cuba by the Castro government.

  "We do not come to make old scars bleed,” said Samuel Alemán, a pastor from Georgia and son of one of the pastors arrested, “but rather to celebrate as [God] was in control of what happened.” Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Gain to lose?

  by David Jeremiah, posted Monday, April 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

  EL CAJON, Calif. (BP) -- "Only in the Christian life," California pastor David Jeremiah writes, "does surrender bring victory, and only in loving Him more than 'these things' (John 21:15) can we gain to lose and lose to gain." Read More

• 11 'normal' ways missionaries share the Gospel

  by Susie Rain, posted Monday, April 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  SOUTHEAST ASIA (BP) -- Newsflash: Most International Mission Board missionaries are NOT preachers. The mission agency notes this is probably one of the best-kept secrets about its work.

  It shouldn't be a surprise, say those on the field. After all, Jesus was a carpenter. John was a fisherman and Paul was a tentmaker. The IMB released a list of what some of its missionaries are doing in order to share the Gospel: Read More

• Floyd, 11 pastors to lead SBC 'Call to Prayer'

  by Art Toalston, posted Monday, April 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) -- For an "epic night of prayer" during the Southern Baptist Convention, 11 pastors have been named by SBC President Ronnie Floyd to help lead the Tuesday evening session, June 16, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in the Ohio capital.

  Floyd has titled the session, "A National Call for Prayer to All Southern Baptists for the Next Great Awakening and to Reach the World for Christ" on the opening night of the June 16-17 SBC annual meeting. Read More

• BP Ledger, April 10, 2015

  by Staff, posted Monday, April 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

  Today's BP Ledger contains items from:

  Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools

  Union University

  WORLD News Service Read More