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Monday, December 10, 2012

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  • ANALYSIS: Survey shows CP legacy, challenges
    by Roger S. Oldham, posted Monday, December 10, 2012 (11 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Southern Baptists are putting their CP treasure where their missional heart is, according to the most recent Cooperative Program survey conducted by LifeWay Research. (See today's Baptist Press story on the survey's findings.) Read More

  • Leaders: Window open for immigration reform
    by Tom Strode, posted Monday, December 10, 2012 (11 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- A window for the federal government to enact "top-to-bottom" immigration reform stands open for now, supporters are saying.

          Advocates for comprehensive reform of the United States immigration system expressed new optimism at recent events in Washington. ... Read More

  • Plush puppies become LifeWay stores' ministry
    by Jon D. Wilke, posted Monday, December 10, 2012 (11 years ago)

    SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (BP) -- What started as an idea sparked by a hospitalized child has grown into a "Jesus Loves Me Plush Dog" outreach through LifeWay Christian Stores' 160 locations nationwide. Read More

  • Md./Del. convention has multi-ethnic flair
    by Staff, posted Monday, December 10, 2012 (11 years ago)

    SILVER SPRING, Md. (BP) -- The 177th annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware included participation by several ethnic churches as well as the largest number of language church members ever present at the convention's annual gatherings.

    With the theme "We Can't Stop," based on the account of Peter and John before the Sanhedrin in Acts 4, the meeting at Global Mission Church in Silver Spring, Md., drew 260 messengers and 96 guests.

    During worship, groups from Burme... Read More

  • WEEK OF PRAYER: Called to action
    by Wanda S. Lee, posted Monday, December 10, 2012 (11 years ago)

    People may debate politics, sports and theology, but there comes a time to heed Christ's call to action "among the many who do not know the one true source of peace," Wanda Lee of Woman's Missionary Union writes. Read More

  • BP Ledger, Dec. 10 edition
    by Staff, posted Monday, December 10, 2012 (11 years ago)

    EDITOR'S NOTE: BP Ledger carries items for reader information each week from various Southern Baptist-related entities, and news releases of interest from other sources. The items are published as received.

    Today's BP Ledger contains items from:

    Publishers Place

    University of the Cumberlands

    Campbellsville University

    Memoir Relates Pastor's Love for People

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Publishers Place) -- One of the most pulsating moments of Gene Enlow's life occurred the night a m... Read More