Wednesday, February 20, 2019

• 10-year-old advances SBC ministry day

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (3 months ago)

  

  BP file photo by Marc Ira Hooks

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Zak McCullar was 9 years old when he knocked on a stranger's door in Black Mountain, N.C., eager to tell her about Jesus.

  "I said we're from Walker County in Alabama and we're with Oteen Baptist Church and we want to invite you to church, and if there's any questions ask me." Read More

• WRAP-UP: Sex abuse prevention tops SBC Exec. Comm. agenda

  by BP Staff, posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (3 months ago)

  

  Photo by Morris Abernathy

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Preventing and responding to sexual abuse was a major focus during meetings of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Feb. 18-19 in Nashville. Among the EC's actions was recommending an amendment to the SBC Constitution stating churches are not "in friendly cooperation with the Convention" if they "have evidenced indifference in addressing sexual abuse." Read More

• His thanks to Graham: 'One of those souls is mine'

  by Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (3 months ago)

  

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  SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (BP) -- A soldier stuck his head into the tent where Alfred Rawson was quartered during the Korean War with several other soldiers at an Air Force base in Japan.

  It was in November 1952. The soldier asked if anybody wanted to go hear Billy Graham at another Air Force base about 30 miles away. A bus would take them there; Rawson and another soldier in the tent agreed to go. Read More

• Immigration & pastors' views spotlighted in study

  by Aaron Earls, posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (3 months ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- As U.S. lawmakers continue to debate the best approach to illegal immigration, most Protestant pastors say the solution should be multifaceted, according to a study released Wednesday (Feb. 20).

  LifeWay Research surveyed 1,000 Protestants pastors Jan. 14-30 on their views on illegal immigration and how the church should view those in the country illegally. Read More

• Pro-life advocates fill capitol in fight for unborn

  by Emily Howsden/The Baptist Messenger, posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (3 months ago)

  

  OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (BP) -- On a foggy and cold February morning, despite the dreary and frigid weather conditions, more than 1,000 pro-life faithful flocked to the Oklahoma State Capitol for the 29th Annual Rose Day Pro-life Rally.

  The fourth floor rotunda of the capitol was full of rose colored masses proclaiming that each life, no matter how young, old, able bodied, or handicapped, is precious in the eyes of Jesus. Read More

• MOVIES: Tebow sports film not 'predictable & clichéd'

  by Phil Boatwright, posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (3 months ago)

  Movie reviewer credits "Run the Race," a new sports film from Tim and Robby Tebow, as exhibiting "perceptive wit and sensitivity, while their central figures are not stereotypes, but genuine people." Read More

• Bible Study: Feb. 24

  by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (3 months ago)

  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. Read More