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SBC’s Cooperation Group releases recommendations

NEW By Scott Barkley, posted May 1, 2024

NASHVILLE (BP) — Four recommendations released today are designed to “prioritize and emphasize the authority of messengers in defining the boundaries of our cooperation while clarifying and refining our structure,” said a statement from the SBC’s Cooperation Group. The group was tasked at last summer’s annual meeting to study the issue of what makes a church “to be in friendly cooperation of faith and practice” with the Southern Baptist Convention.

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SBC’s Cooperation Group releases recommendations

By Scott Barkley, posted May 1, 2024 in SBC Annual Meetings, SBC News

By Carol Pipes, posted May 1, 2024 in Lifeway

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – Lifeway President and CEO Ben Mandrell announced the appointment of Joe Walker as the entity’s new executive vice president and Scott Arvay as its new chief operating officer. Lifeway trustees approved Walker and Arvay in their new roles during a special-called board meeting, May 1.

Darryl Brown, front row left, assistant director of evangelism at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, is joined by Senior Associate Pastor Chip Luter, center; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary evangelism professor Preston Nix, first row right, and NOBTS students as they participate in door-to-door and street evangelism in New Orleans East during the spring 2024 semester.

By Diana Chandler, posted May 1, 2024 in Evangelism, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – New Orleans seminary professor Preston Nix cites his divine conviction of the need for neighborhood evangelism during his pastorate at Eastwood Baptist Church in Tulsa, Okla., in the mid-1990s.

Protesters at Columbia University's Hamilton Hall prepare for police to move in on April 30. Screen grab from CNN

By Scott Barkley, posted May 1, 2024 in Culture, Ethnicity, National News

NASHVILLE (BP) — “This is Satanic. This is evil.” Ric Worshill takes a break from working on his camper – “I’m going to need it when Disaster Relief calls,” he said. – and thinks about the spread of antisemitism in the U.S. and around the world.