Friday, December 13, 2019

• Arkansas Baptist buys out Payless store, inspires town

  by Sara Davis, Arkansas Baptist News staff writer, posted Friday, December 13, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  ALMA, Ark. (BP) -- Carrie Jernigan recently took her kids shoe shopping for an upcoming family vacation when her daughter, Harper, brought a pair of Avenger shoes to her. Harper had noticed a friend from school had shoes that were too tight and had holes, and she asked her mom if they could buy the shoes for him.

  "I said,'Yes,' but I looked down and I could tell they were small," said Jernigan, an attorney for Settle Jernigan Law in Fayetteville, Ark., and member of Kibler Baptist Church in nearby Alma. "I just jokingly said to the clerk, 'Looks like I may have to buy out all the shoes.'" Read More

• Fairness for All Act draws opposition from both sides

  by Tom Strode, posted Friday, December 13, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- A new congressional proposal seeking to balance religious freedom and gay rights is a misguided effort that will fail to achieve its stated goals, according to the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

  The Fairness for All Act, H.R. 5331, gained introduction in the House of Representatives Dec. 6 as an attempt to address the ongoing conflict between religious liberty and sexual liberty. The bill would prohibit discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people while also guarding religious expression by institutions and individuals, Republican Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah said in introducing the legislation. Read More

• Short-term missions leads to long-term commitment

  by Leslie Peacock Caldwell, posted Friday, December 13, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- life changes they are facing. They discuss holiday plans, an upcoming family wedding and the Sundays that they will have left with their home church. The weeks ahead will inevitably go by quickly. The mild Southern winters of their upbringing will be exchanged for the bitter cold of Eastern Europe in January. Read More

• Pensacola churches grieve, respond after deadly shooting

  by Keila Diaz, posted Friday, December 13, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  Photo from the Florida Baptist Convention

  PENSACOLA, Fla. (BP) -- Pensacola Baptist churches are grieving as they bring comfort, hope and love to their community after a gunman began shooting at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, killing three people and wounding eight others Friday, Dec. 6.

  "When tragedy strikes in a place like this, we are a tight-knit community and everyone is proud of their military, it causes a huge ripple," said Dave Snyder, pastor of First Baptist Church in Pensacola. Read More

• Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptists increase budget, focus on outreach

  by David Williams, posted Friday, December 13, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  GREEN BAY, Wis. (BP) -- Uniting around a theme and common purpose of "Reaching the Northland," Baptists from Minnesota and Wisconsin gathered for their 36th annual meeting Oct. 25-26 at Highland Crest Baptist Church in Green Bay, Wis.

  The annual meeting registered 94 messengers from 66 of the convention's 204 churches. Including 52 guests, total attendance was 146. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: What we can learn from the shepherds

  by Milton A. Hollifield Jr., posted Friday, December 13, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  "Most of us would expect that such a message would first be proclaimed to those with status and nobility," says Milton Hollifield, "rather than to lowly shepherds who probably didn't even own the sheep they were tending." Read More

• EDITORIAL: Jesús es el Señor

  by Octavio J. Esqueda, posted Friday, December 13, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  La frase "Jesús es el Señor" puede considerarse como el fundamento principal del cristianismo. ... Read More