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Friday, October 16, 2015

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  • Église 21 launches to reach unchurched
    by K. Faith Morgan, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    Photo by Claudine Chaussé
    MAGOG, Quebec (BP) -- By the numbers, the launch of Église 21 was a resounding success. In addition to the launch team of 80, 150 guests from the community attended the church's first official service.

    But the true success of the launch service can't be fully conveyed with numbers. Each of those 150 lives had a different story. Some were invited to the Sept. 27 service by friends. Read More

  • Could 'Woodlawn' be 'catalyst' to awakening?
    by Myriah Snyder, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    DALLAS (BP) -- "Woodlawn," a movie about overcoming racial division through faith in Christ, could contribute to "the next spiritual awakening in the United States," Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd said during a simulcast to promote the film.

    Floyd, pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, compared the potential effects of Woodlawn, which opens nationwide today ... Read More

  • Moore: Church must be confessional, 'conversionist'
    by Tom Strode, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    Photo by Wenjia Fan.
    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Conservative Christians must be both faithfully distinctive and boldly persuasive in a future America, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore told an audience in the nation's capital.

    To fulfill that responsibility, he stated that the church must rebuke prosperity gospel teachers. Read More

  • Alaska Baptists, at 70-year mark, give thanks
    by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    PALMER, Alaska (BP) -- Constancy, change and unity all were part of the 70th annual meeting of the Alaska Baptist Convention, Sept. 28-30 at First Baptist Church in Palmer.

    Seventeen pastors were recognized for having between 15 and 28 years of ministry in Alaska, and Executive Director Mike Procter received a resolution of appreciation from Ashley Clayton .... Read More

  • TRUSTEES: God's hand on Golden Gate
    by Katherine Chute, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    PHOENIX (BP) -- The board of trustees of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, meeting Oct. 12-13 in Phoenix, expressed appreciation for the seminary's faculty, staff and students for their "efforts, endurance, prayers and amazing positive approach to the entire transition project." After adopting the resolution of appreciation, trustees erupted in spontaneous applause for the efforts of seminary personnel during the relocation effort. Read More

  • Relationships drive prison ministry, NAAF told
    by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

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    PHILADELPHIA (BP) -- The number 10002648 is ingrained in the memory of Harold Dean Trulear. Whenever he preaches, he recites the number before stating his biblical text.

    "Because that was my number when I was incarcerated in George W. Hill Correctional Facility," Trulear often says in his outreach as national director of the Healing Communities Prison Ministry and Prisoner Reentry Project of Philadelphia. Read More

  • Playboy's nudity purge addressed
    by David Roach, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    "Whatever Playboy does or doesn't do won't change God's plan and promise." -- Jay Dennis
    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Playboy's decision to remove nude photos from the U.S. print edition of its magazine, pornography opponents say, in no way suggests the company is moving away from the objectification and exploitation of women.

    "This decision was not a moral one, it was purely business," said Charles Beeghley, a Missouri pastor whose proposal to the Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee this summer ... Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: How's business?
    by David Jeremiah, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    EL CAJON, Calif. (BP) -- "How's business?" David Jeremiah asks in regard to fulfilling Jesus' instructions to the church to disciple the nations. Various facets of discipleship, he notes, are pivotal to the Great Commission. Read More

  • En Honduras, ofrenda para el hambre ayuda a mayas agricultores de maíz
    Ann Lovell, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

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    LAS MEDIAS DOS, Honduras (BP) -- Lucio, un agricultor chortí de 23 años, emerge del seto con machete en mano. Él ha estado cuidando el terreno en preparación para la siguiente temporada de siembra de maíz.

    En el pasado, la erosión de la tierra complicaba sus esfuerzos y hacía su finca menos productiva. Read More

  • Floyd: Un despertar causaría una 'reinvención estratégica'
    Art Toalston, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – Fusionar la Junta de Misiones Internacionales (IMB) con la Junta de Misiones Norteamericanas (NAMB) es una cuestión clave que los bautistas del sur deben abordar si llegara a su red de iglesias el despertar por el que tanto han orado.

    Ronnie Floyd, el presidente de la Convención Bautista del Sur, presentó esta situación en su discurso dentro del simposio sobre "La CBS y el Siglo XXI: Reflexión, Renovación y Compromiso Renovado" el 28 y 29 de septiembre en el Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, en Kansas City, Mo. Read More

  • Destino de las clínicas de aborto está a la espera de los tribunales
    Tom Strode, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- El destino de múltiples clínicas de aborto espera la consideración de la Corte Suprema de EE.UU.

    El tribunal superior tiene la oportunidad de decidir este término, el cual se abrió el 5 de octubre, si los gobiernos estatales pueden promulgar leyes que resultarían en el cierre de la mayoría de las clínicas de abortos o inclusive de la única que quede en el estado. Además del aborto, los jueces también van a considerar asuntos tales como la pena de muerte y la acción afirmativa en este término, que concluirá a inicios del próximo verano. Read More

  • De budista zen a plantador de iglesias
    Keila Díaz/Florida Baptist Witness, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    Foto cortesía de Aldo León
    MIAMI, Fla. (BP) -- Aldo León, quien se describe a sí mismo como un chico cubano-estadounidense-miamense, recientemente se trasladó de nuevo a Miami desde Los Ángeles para plantar la Iglesia Reconciliación Miami (Reconcile Church Miami) con el propósito de alcanzar a los perdidos en el sur del condado Dade.

    León, de 33 años, casado y padre de dos, no fue siempre tan apasionado por el evangelio. Dice que creció en un hogar que "no era nada religioso," y en la universidad tuvo profesores muy liberales que alimentaron su disgusto por la religión ... Read More