Thursday, June 04, 2020

• Southern Baptist Convention continues statistical decline, Floyd calls for rethinking ACP process

  by Staff Reports, posted Thursday, June 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- For the 13th consecutive year, the Southern Baptist Convention reported a drop in its membership. Total membership in the Southern Baptist Convention fell almost 2 percent to 14,525,579 from 2018 to 2019. The decline of 287,655 members is the largest single-year drop in more than 100 years. Read More

• Economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic slows Cooperative Program giving

  by Staff, posted Thursday, June 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Gifts to the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget for May 2020 were below budget by more than $1.5 million as the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to impact churches financially. The $14,802,344.02 given through the Cooperative Program was 16.08 percent less than the same month last year. Read More

• Podcast focused on racial reconciliation launches

  by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Thursday, June 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) -- "The Reconciliation Conversation," a podcast aimed to "encourage love, expose hate, equip for reconciliation and emphasize unity, so that red and yellow and black and white can know our value together," debuted its first episode Wednesday (June 3).

  The podcast, co-hosted by Jason Dukes, church multiplication minister at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tenn., and Derrick DeLain, pastor of the soon-to-be-launched Proclamation Church plant in Nashville, features conversations about racial unity, the Gospel, and the role Christians have to play in cultivating a culture in which people value each other. Read More

• Church reaches the world from small Alaska town

  by Karen L. Willoughby , posted Thursday, June 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  Submitted photo

  VALDEZ, Alaska (BP) -- David Bradley, pastor of First Baptist Church of Valdez, isn't hard to find. That's because Valdez is a small town.

  Check the post office, grocery store, hardware store, senior center, or numerous eating establishments, and you'll find him. Bradley looks for people to talk with. Read More

• Bible Study: Do you have 'saving faith' in Jesus?

  by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, June 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  Jesus healed 10 lepers when they pled for His mercy in Luke 17, but only one had the heart to express thanks. In Jesus, the cleansed man found a saving faith and fixed his eyes on Christ for his every need, appreciating that Christ alone saved him. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Who's Your One is not just a slogan

  by J.D. Greear, posted Thursday, June 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  J.D. Greear calls on Southern Baptists to lament the downward trend in baptisms and to "ask God what He would have each us do about it." Read More

• Sanidad Racial, Gran Comisión, Programa Cooperativo encabezan SBC Advance

  Por Diana Chandler , posted Thursday, June 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  SBC gráfico

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- En medio de desafíos sin precedentes resultantes de la pandemia COVID-19, además del descontento racial y el tumulto después de la reciente muerte de un afroamericano en custodia de la policía, El Comité Ejecutivo de la Convención Bautista del Sur (SBC) ofreció un bálsamo sanador el martes (2 de junio) con SBC Advance.

  El evento de dos horas no tuvo la intención de reemplazar la reunión anual de la SBC 2020 (originalmente programada para el 9 y 10 de junio en Orlando, que fue cancelada debido a la pandemia del coronavirus), sino proveer en vez a los bautistas del sur la oportunidad de oír cómo Dios ha continuado la obra a través de la SBC. Read More

• EDITORIAL: Con alma de convicción y con voz de valentía

  Octavio J. Esqueda, posted Thursday, June 04, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  "Con alma de convicción y con voz de valentía" (A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage) es una frase que utilizó la Universidad Biola hace unos años y que acertadamente refleja la actitud que necesitamos para enfrentar la situación que estamos viviendo.

  En estos momentos en los que los que el mundo ... Read More