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Monday, August 10, 2015

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  • Domestic violence: Why pastors can't ignore it
    by David Roach, posted Monday, August 10, 2015 (9 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE, (BP) -- When Mark Bagwell started Golden Corner Church in Walhalla, S.C., 22 years ago, he was shocked by the prevalence of domestic violence among the people he sought to reach.

    "A huge number of the people I was counseling -- within just a short time of even the first meeting, I would start discovering that they had been abused," Bagwell, now Golden Corner's care pastor, told SBC LIFE. That reality "broke my heart and started bringing about a great passion" to confront the problem. Read More

  • Deaf reached through story crafting
    by Susie Rain, posted Monday, August 10, 2015 (9 years ago)

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    THAILAND (BP) -- It appeared to be just words in a book that some American visiting Thailand had given him. This Bible just wasn't working for Ball Lamphun. He wanted a god who talked to him, maybe even gave him some guidance. He couldn't find that in the words. Read More

  • 3 states defund Planned Parenthood in wake of videos
    by Tom Strode, posted Monday, August 10, 2015 (9 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Three states have acted swiftly to accomplish what the U.S. Senate could not -- defund Planned Parenthood.

    Alabama, Louisiana and New Hampshire all have eliminated funding for the country's leading abortion provider after the release of videos providing evidence Planned Parenthood trades in baby body parts. ... Read More

  • Hispanic Baptist pastors align behind BF&M 2000
    by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, August 10, 2015 (9 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- A group of 40 Southern Baptist Hispanic pastors have aligned to equip and encourage preachers to proclaim the Gospel truth among the growing Hispanic community in the U.S.

    The Hispanic Baptist Pastors Alliance will work to foster fellowship among Hispanic pastors, encourage a Great Commission mindset and nurture the soundness of "the faith once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3)," said Felix Cabrera, a member of the alliance's four-man executive committee and pastor of Iglesia Bautista Central in Oklahoma City. Read More

  • TRUSTEES: GuideStone progresses in 100-year plan
    by Timothy E. Head, posted Monday, August 10, 2015 (9 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Continued growth of assets and business was evidenced in reports received at GuideStone Financial Resources' summer trustee meeting at the Omni Nashville Hotel.

    GuideStone President O.S. Hawkins addressed trustees about GuideStone 100, the ministry's long-range plan that guides the entity through its 2018 centennial and beyond. Read More