Wednesday, October 21, 2015

• Platt to discuss IMB's future in live Web event

  by IMB Staff, posted Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- International Mission Board President David Platt invites pastors, church leaders and members to be part of an IMB-hosted live stream event Oct. 27, 3 p.m. EDT, to discuss the organization's present challenges and future vision.

  The hour-long online video forum will provide a way to dialogue as participants ask Platt questions via Twitter and Facebook. Beginning Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, live stream viewers can ... Read More

• IMB personnel face difficult decisions

  by K. Allan Blume, North Carolina Biblical Recorder, posted Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

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  CARY, N.C. (BP) -- Michael and JuliAn Domke are missionaries who wrestle with a painful, unexpected decision. He is the International Mission Board's team leader for church planting in Kiev, Ukraine. They were appointed in 2008 and moved their family from Florida to Eastern Europe, anticipating a long, fruitful ministry there.

  But their plans may change. Domke is more than 50 years of age ... Read More

• ‘We cannot be silent,’ Mohler says in new book

  by S. Craig Sanders , posted Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- In the span of three months in the summer of 2015, three headlines marked historic events that generations of Americans past could never have imagined. First it was former “world’s greatest athlete” Bruce Jenner debuting his gender transition on the cover of Vanity Fair. Next the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Within a few weeks Americans witnessed the horrors of abortion in a series of undercover videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood ... Read More

• Boko Haram suicide bombings widespread in Nigeria

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy UNICEF/Rich.

  NIGERIA (BP) -- Weather and logistics have slowed military progress against Boko Haram in Nigeria and neighboring countries. And suicide bombings that are increasingly commonplace may well continue regardless of military progress, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari told Al Jazeera English news.

  "It is known that Nigeria is the main battle ground, and we have ... Read More

• Kan.-Neb. Baptists increase CP to SBC causes

  by Eva Wilson/Baptist Digest, posted Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of KNCSB.

  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BP) -- Messengers to the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists increased the percentage of Cooperative Program receipts they will forward to Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries and affirmed both biblical marriage and the sanctity of life during the convention's annual meeting Oct. 12-13 at Blue Valley Baptist Church in Overland Park, Kan. Read More

• At Sturgis, Alaskan grocer finds divine appointment

  by Jim Burton, posted Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

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  STURGIS, S.D. (BP) -- When Mike Cooper learned about the 2015 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally from his pastor in Alaska he felt compelled to go.

  The veteran grocer had never been to a motorcycle rally, nor does he have a souped-up Harley-Davidson, but his determination wasn't about the debauchery at the seven-day Sturgis rally. Read More

• Bible Study: Oct. 25, 2015

  by staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (8 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- 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.

  This week's Bible study is adapted from the Explore the Bible curriculum. Read More

• MOVIES: Profanity, violence in the movies

  by Phil Boatwright, posted Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (8 years ago)

  Movie reviewer Phil Boatwight observes, "You don't hear many complaints about the excesses of Hollywood anymore." When it comes to profanity and violence in the movies, he wonders, "Could it be that the battle for restraint in cinema has been lost?" Read More