Stories tagged with: 2015

• Marriage, race among top issues for ERLC in 2015

  by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, December 30, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Gary Ledbetter

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission addressed same-sex marriage, religious freedom, racial reconciliation, the sanctity of human life and politics among other issues in a tumultuous year for social and church-state issues.

  The ERLC sponsored conferences and panel discussions, provided resources to equip pastors and churches, and advocated for biblically based policies with the federal government during 2015. Read More

• Send Conf. among 2015 highlights for NAMB

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, December 23, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by John Swain.

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- Looking back on 2015, the North American Mission Board released a list of the year's highlights -- spotlighting churches and individuals whose sacrificial giving and "life on mission" actions are changing lives and impacting North America with the Gospel.

  The following list for 2015 includes a brief description with each headline. Read More

• IMB workers declare God's glory in 2015

  by IMB staff, posted Wednesday, December 23, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  IMB photo

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- In many ways, 2015 was not significantly different from 2014. Terrorism, war and natural disasters dominated headlines. Newsfeeds were filled with images of refugees in flight -- many of them children -- seeking safety and shelter from militants and terrorists.

  God often uses the displacement of people to bring them to a saving knowledge of Him, says Kevin Rodgers, an International Mission Board strategist in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rodgers visited several camps in South Sudan and heard harrowing tales of people running from ... Read More

• States spotlight sanctity of life, religious liberty

  by Tammi Reed Ledbetter, posted Tuesday, December 15, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Baptist Courier photo

  NASHVILLE (BP) –- The sanctity of human life and defense of religious liberty remained the most often addressed concerns among many state Baptist conventions during their annual meetings as messengers penned resolutions endorsed by fellow Southern Baptists.

  Resolutions calling for an end to the funding of Planned Parenthood gained support in eight state Baptist conventions this year, with others declaring the sanctity of human life. ... Read More

• WRAP-UP: 23 states increase CP for SBC missions & ministry

  by Tammi Reed Ledbetter, posted Tuesday, December 15, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy KNCSB

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Twenty-three state conventions voted to increase the portion of Cooperative Program receipts being forwarded to Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries in the coming year, continuing a trend inspired by passage of the Great Commission Task Force recommendations five years ago. This year, Florida Baptists made the largest shift, moving from 41 to 51 percent allocated to SBC causes. Read More

• BGAV focuses on 'Church Today, Church Tomorrow'

  by Nathan White, posted Monday, December 14, 2015 (8 years ago)

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- For the first time in more than 30 years, the Baptist General Association of Virginia met in a church location to hold its 192nd annual meeting. This year's attendance totaled 1,170, which consisted of 875 messengers and 295 guests from 360 churches, and together they gathered at Second Baptist Church, Richmond, the church where the 1,400-church organization first met in 1823.

  The theme of the meeting was "Church Today, Church Tomorrow," and Monday night's opening event featured a panel discussion focusing on the future of the ... Read More

• Floyd: 5 reflections in 2015 about our SBC

  by Ronnie Floyd, posted Monday, December 14, 2015 (8 years ago)

  Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, shares five reflections about the convention as the close of 2015 nears. Read More

• Iowa Baptists note church plants, CP giving

  by Jon "Ole" Olsen, posted Wednesday, December 09, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Submitted photo

  DES MOINES, Iowa (BP) -- New church plants and an increase of more than 11 percent in Cooperative Program giving highlighted the 20th annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of Iowa in Des Moines.

  About 11 new church plants have ether launched or are holding preview services, BCI Executive Director Tim Lubinus said, noting firm plans for additional church plants in the Des Moines area in 2016. Read More

• Northwest convention welcomes 16 churches

  by Cameron Crabtree/Northwest Baptist Convention, posted Wednesday, December 09, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  PORTLAND, Ore. (BP) -- Sharing the Gospel message "from neighborhoods to nations" took center stage as Northwest Baptist Convention messengers convened Nov. 10-11 for their annual meeting in Portland, highlighting the motive for adopting a $5,267,000 budget for the convention's 2016 mission efforts. Read More

• 'Engage Ohio' initiatives garner convention's focus

  by Staff/State Convention of Baptists in Ohio, posted Tuesday, December 08, 2015 (8 years ago)

  PATASKALA, Ohio (BP) -- "Engage Ohio: All for Him" was the theme of the Nov. 3-4 annual meeting of the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio at the Columbus-area Jersey Baptist Church in Pataskala.

  SBCO President Mark Stinson, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Cambridge, called the 62nd annual meeting to order, with host pastor John Hayes, a former SBCO president, welcoming messengers and guests, who numbered 257 and 28, respectively, by the end of the meeting. Read More