Thursday, September 19, 2019

• FROM THE SEMINARIES: SEBTS dedicates Braswell library; Lawless, Robinson installed in key chairs; NOBTS, Louisiana College sign articulation agreement

  by Seminary staff, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  From the Seminaries: Southeastern dedicates George Braswell Library; Chuck Lawless, George Robinson installed in key academic chairs; NOBTS, Louisiana College sign M.Div. articulation agreement. Read More

• Hurricane Harvey: 'Still working to rebuild'

  by Bonnie Pritchett/TEXAN Correspondent, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  File photo by Jane Rodgers/TEXAN

  GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)-- As U.S. and international aid agencies pour resources into the Bahama Islands and eastern United States in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, some southeast Texas homeowners still await relief from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey two years ago, according to Southern Baptists of Texas Convention pastors in the region.

  SBTC field ministry strategists Dennis Parrish and Sonny Hathaway serve Southeast Texas communities where Harvey damaged or destroyed 738,000 homes and 25-30 SBC churches, and more than 30 pastors' homes. Read More

• Every prayer, every trip matters: Let us pray more

  by Libby Donaldson , posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  CZECH REPUBLIC (BP) -- Tears of joy flooded Stan and Abbey Wilcox's* eyes. It had been years since these International Mission Board missionaries lived in the Czech Republic.

  Back then, the spiritual darkness had been so overwhelming at times. And now -- were they hearing this correctly? Were two people they had never met thanking God publicly for leading them to start a church where Stan and Abbey had prayed nearly a decade earlier? Read More

• Filipino Baptists sign covenant with IMB

  by Caroline Anderson, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  BOHOL, Philippines (BP) -- The International Mission Board has signed a covenant with One Sending Body, the sending entity of five Baptist conventions in the Philippines.

  The agreement forges an official partnership between the two missionary-sending organizations and facilitates teaming between Filipino and IMB missionaries to advance the Gospel. Read More

• Abortion continues to ebb, the reasons why debated

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- After a record low in the U.S. abortion rate, pro-life advocates and an abortion rights research organization have offered differing explanations.

  The Guttmacher Institute announced Wednesday (Sept. 18) the abortion rate was 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women age 15 to 44 in 2017, the latest year for which it has statistics. That rate marked an 8 percent drop from the previous figure of 14.6 in 2014. Guttmacher was a Planned Parenthood affiliate from 1977 to 2007, when the abortion rights organization began phasing out its financial support. Read More

• Bible Study: Sept. 22, 2019

  by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, LifeWay publishes Sunday School curricula and additional resources for all age groups. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: The desert road

  by Keith Shorter, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  Keith Shorter's encounter with Tony, wearing a T-shirt with a skull in the middle of a white cross, stranded with his family in the desert of West Texas, yielded an opportunity to help Tony trust in Christ. Read More

• 'Levántense,' insta Floyd a las iglesias en investidura

  Por Grace Thornton, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Foto por Morris Abernathy

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- En más de 47,000 iglesias fuertes, los bautistas del sur pueden tener una huella espiritual masiva -- solamente tienen que aprovechar el poder de la oración y sus recursos para el bien del Evangelio, dijo Ronnie Floyd.

  "Dios nos ha bendecido grandemente," dijo el nuevo presidente y director ejecutivo del Comité Ejecutivo de la Convención Bautista del Sur. "Debemos levantarnos." Read More

• Un grupo de mujeres escucha historias 'quebrantadoras' en la frontera

  Por Grace Thornton , posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  JUÁREZ, México (BP) -- El hombre temía que, si se negaba una vez más, podría ser la última. O incluso algo peor -- pudiera sellar el destino de su hija adolescente.

  "En Guatemala, es prácticamente imposible tener un pequeño negocio, porque una vez que empieza a irte bien y ganas dinero, las pandillas llegan y exigen dinero," dijo Chelsea Sobolik, la directora de póliza para la Comisión de Ética y Libertad Religiosa en Washington, D.C., contando la historia de este hombre. "Si te niegas a pagar, te matan. No solamente temía por su propia seguridad, temía por la vida de su hija adolescente, porque las pandillas estaban ... Read More

• Greear urge a los bautistas a unirse, 'Envíen a todos los miembros'

  Por Grace Thornton, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Foto de Morris Abernathy

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Si la unidad de los bautistas del sur está edificada sobre "todos nosotros nos ponemos de acuerdo en todo, entonces en verdad no hay esperanza para todos nosotros," dijo J.D. Greear, presidente de la Convención Bautista del Sur, durante su discurso al Comité Ejecutivo de la SBC el martes (17 de septiembre).

  La unidad tiene que estar "edificada sobre el amor hacia algo mayor que aquello que nos divide" -- por eso Greear dijo que está manteniendo el Evangelio Sobre Todo como el tema de la convención para su segundo año como presidente. Read More

• Floyd al personal de NAMB: Defiendan sin avergonzarse el evangelio

  Por Mike Ebert, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Foto de la Junta de Misiones Norteamericanas.

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- En su primera visita a la Junta de Misiones Norteamericanas (NAMB) en su rol como presidente del Comité Ejecutivo de la Convención Bautista del Sur (SBC), Ronnie Floyd desafió a los miembros del personal a "fomentar sin avergonzarse el compartir el Evangelio a Estados Unidos de América."

  "Ustedes tienen una gran oportunidad de presentarle el Evangelio de Jesucristo -- y a dirigirnos a hacerlo -- a cada persona, a cada pueblo, a cada ciudad, a cada estado a lo largo y ancho de este país," dijo Floyd. "Y cuando toquen esta nación, y obviamente Canadá, van a tocar el resto del mundo." Read More

• EDITORIAL: Dios Prefiere Personas Débiles (2 Corintios 4:7)

  Gustavo V. Suarez, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

  Nosotros vivimos en un ambiente donde casi se demanda que ganemos. Esto, en sí, no es malo, pero en exceso puede ser muy dañino.

  Yo llegue a este país cuando tenía 13 años. La mayor parte de mi educación desde séptimo grado ha sido aquí. ... Read More