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Friday, September 13, 2019

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  • 'Dirty Jobs' star helps ministry transform community
    by Brian Blackwell/Baptist Message, posted Friday, September 13, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Brenda Lomax-Brown received a surprise visit from television personality Mike Rowe, who showed up with a film crew to give her a $20,000 check and a new playground for the local ministry she directs in the Hollygrove-Dixon neighborhood of New Orleans. Read More

  • Dem debate: No mention of abortion, religious liberty
    by Tom Strode, posted Friday, September 13, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    HOUSTON (BP) -- The third Democratic presidential debate failed to address abortion and religious freedom -- two primary issues for many evangelical Christians -- but offered the 10 participants the opportunity to wrangle over a host of mostly domestic policy questions Thursday (Sept. 12).

    The currently leading contenders for the Democratic nomination in 2020 debated health care, racism, criminal justice, immigration, foreign policy, national security, climate change and education during the three-hour event on the campus of Texas Southern University in Houston. The debate -- the third of a planned 12 debates -- will be followed in mid-October by the next in the series. Read More

  • TRUSTEES: ERLC honors Denhollander, Lankford
    by Tom Strode, posted Friday, September 13, 2019 (5 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Trustees of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission approved a leading advocate for sexual abuse survivors and a United States senator as recipients of the entity's 2019 awards during their annual meeting Sept. 11.

    The ERLC board unanimously ratified Rachael Denhollander for the Distinguished Service Award and Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma for the Religious Liberty Award. Read More

  • MBTS 'Day of Sharing' proclaims Gospel
    by T. Patrick Hudson, posted Friday, September 13, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Nearly 100 Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Spurgeon College students, faculty and staff partnered with local area churches on Sept. 10 to proclaim the Gospel during an annual outreach event known as the "One Great Day of Sharing."

    Canvassing the greater Kansas City metro area, teams of four walked door to door sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As a result, 30 gospel presentations were delivered, and 33 people were encouraged by the groups praying with them. Another 98 people chose not to engage in any discussion about prayer or the Gospel. Read More

  • Legacy Tree connects church to Baptist retirees
    by Joe Westbury, posted Friday, September 13, 2019 (5 years ago)

    MARIETTA, Ga. (BP) -- It can be frustrating to purchase a Christmas gift for someone who has everything.

    But have you tried purchasing a gift for someone who has less than enough to make ends meet and yet insists on the gift going to someone more worthy? Read More

  • 'See You at the Pole' school prayer event Sept. 25
    by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, September 13, 2019 (5 years ago)

    SAN DIEGO (BP) -- Students in more than 60 countries are anticipated to pray in schools Sept. 25 at numerous See You at the Pole (SYATP) events and during Global Week of Student Prayer Sept. 22-28.

    "If...," this year's theme drawn from 2 Chronicles 7:14, encourages students to find new and unique ways, places and times to pray throughout the week, and to pray in groups at 7 a.m. local time Sept. 25 at school flag poles. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Clergy & depression
    by Marshal Ausberry, posted Friday, September 13, 2019 (5 years ago)

    Members of the clergy are not exempt from depression, Marshal Ausberry writes, calling on churches "to create environments where those who live with depression and other hurts of the soul are not ostracized." Read More