Monday, October 12, 2015

• In Ukraine: He lifts church's resolve to stay open

  by Tom Long, posted Monday, October 12, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Tom Long

  UKRAINE (BP) -- Life along the road to the war front seemed normal -- gardens surrounding every home, villagers taking their cows out to pasture, huge sunflower fields dotting the landscape nearby. It didn't look like we were less than 13 miles from a war zone.

  I met Victor* last summer. At that time, the 30-something believer was helping evacuate people from Ukrainian towns and villages ... Read More

• From Zen Buddhism to church planting

  by Keila Diaz/Florida Baptist Witness, posted Monday, October 12, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of Aldo Leon

  MIAMI, Fla. (BP) -- Aldo Leon, a self-described Cuban-American Miami boy, recently moved back to Miami from Los Angeles to plant Reconcile Church Miami with the purpose of reaching the lost in south Dade County.

  Leon, 33, married and a father of two, wasn't always so passionate about the Gospel. He says that he grew up in a home that was very "unreligious," and in college he had very liberal ... Read More

• Joining SBC draws focus in 2015

  by Roger S. Oldham, posted Monday, October 12, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Bill Bangham.

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) -- Becoming part of the Southern Baptist family, both as a church and as an individual, has been on display in 2015.

  In his address to the Executive Committee during its February meeting, SBC President Ronnie Floyd challenged the Convention to invite other churches "to come into our family and cooperate ... Read More

• In his own words: parliamentarian Barry McCarty

  by Barry McCarty, posted Monday, October 12, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of Baptist Press.

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- I have moved to Fort Worth, Texas, to begin a new season of ministry as professor of preaching and rhetoric at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. This move is not just a change of ministry or a change of city; it is a change in my church affiliation.

  My wife Pat and I have been received as members of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., and I will be teaching in a seminary ... Read More

• BP Ledger, Oct. 12, 2015

  by Staff, posted Monday, October 12, 2015 (8 years ago)

  Today's BP Ledger contains items from: Samford University and The Alabama Baptist; Louisiana College. Read More

• COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: Where is the money?

  by Ronnie Floyd, posted Monday, October 12, 2015 (8 years ago)

  SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) -- SBC President Ronnie Floyd notes that the funds to reach the world for Christ are in the hands of God's people and their churches. "We give because we love Christ, want to walk in obedience to Him, and desire to see our town, city, region, state, nation and world reached for Christ," he writes. Read More