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GEORGE SCHROEDER NAMED EC’S ASSOCIATE VP FOR CONVENTION NEWS

January 21, 2020

By Jon Wilke Baptist Press NASHVILLE — The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has hired award-winning journalist George Schroeder as its new associate vice president for convention news. In this new role, Schroeder’s nearly 30 years of experience in the news industry will help him lead the editorial direction and team of journalists and editors at Baptist Press, the Convention’s news service. In 2012, Schroeder joined USA Today as a

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PREGNANCY CLINIC MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT

January 21, 2020

Ministry in Fayetteville has changed lives of many since opening its doors only one year ago By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FAYETTEVILLE  — In one year, the Crossroads Pregnancy Clinic has made a huge impact in Fayetteville and surrounding towns in Lincoln County. Crossroads opened its doors to ministry on Jan. 15 of last year and served more than 150 women and men from various walks of

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GREEAR URGES CHURCHES TO ‘FILL THE TANK’ ON EASTER

January 20, 2020

By Tess Schoonhoven Baptist Press NASHVILLE — J.D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, is calling SBC churches to participate in a nationwide focus on baptism this Easter Sunday, April 12. After the success of the first “Baptism Sunday” in September 2019, Greear and other SBC leadership hope to continue to focus on growing proclamations of faith through public baptism services. “We have heard some of the most amazing

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DISASTER RELIEF VOLUNTEERS RESPOND TO REAL-TIME DISASTER

January 20, 2020

By Tess Schoonhoven Baptist Press MONTROSE, Ark. — On the morning of Jan. 16, two Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief (ABDR) volunteers found themselves responding to a present emergency — a real-time disaster. ABDR, a subsidiary of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) primarily focuses on giving aid to communities where natural disasters have struck. While volunteers were working on repairing a roof damaged from recent tornados in the southeast Arkansas

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NEW TENNESSEE LAW WOULD PROTECT CHRISTIAN ADOPTION AGENCIES

January 15, 2020

Editor’s note: This bill was signed into law by Gov. Lee on Friday, Jan. 24. The law takes effect immediately. By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] NASHVILLE — Tennessee state senators approved legislation on Jan. 14 that would prohibit the state from forcing Christian adoption agencies or other religious-based adoption agencies to place children in homes that would “violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or policies.” Senate Bill 1304 passed

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FLOYD URGES ‘FULL CONTINGENT OF MESSENGERS’ AT SBC 2020

January 15, 2020

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press ORLANDO  — Each church should send the maximum number of messengers allowed to the 2020 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Orlando in June, SBC Executive Committee president Ronnie Floyd told Baptist Press on Jan. 14. “I want to encourage every Southern Baptist church to send messengers to our 2020 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla., on June 9-10,” Floyd said in advance

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FOSTER FAMILY PLAYS CRITICAL ROLE IN YOUTH MINISTER’S JOURNEY TO CHRIST

January 14, 2020

BP EDITOR’S NOTE: Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is Jan. 19 in the Southern Baptist Convention. By Tobin Perry Baptist Press CHATTANOOGA — Much of Shaq Hardy’s childhood is a blur. For the first 10 years of his life, he moved from foster home to foster home, never able to put down roots. Hardy longed for a sense of home, a place where he belonged. But what Hardy does remember

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RADIO B&R EP. 37: TBMB JANUARY UPDATE WITH RANDY C. DAVIS

January 13, 2020

Randy Davis talks about some of the big things that happened in 2019, including the “I Stand for Life” initiative. FULL TRANSCRIPT: Chris Turner:     Hello and welcome in to this edition of Radio B&R. I’m your host, Chris Turner, director of communications here at the Tennessee Baptist mission board. And today we’re talking with Randy Davis, our executive director for the Tennessee Baptist mission board. Randy, welcome in. Thank you

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BAPTIST WORK IN VIETNAM HITS CLOSE TO HOME FOR OKLAHOMA PASTOR

January 13, 2020

By Catherine Finch IMB writer As French McLemore rode through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, the last thing he expected to see was a sign for a Baptist church. Born in Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon as it was once known, McLemore and his family lived there until two days before the fall of Saigon in 1975. McLemore’s Vietnamese mother met his father, a full-blooded

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NEW YEAR CAN BE A NEW START FOR BIBLE READING

January 10, 2020

Baptist Press NASHVILLE — With the unfolding of a new year comes opportunities for new commitments, resolutions and goals.  For many, these goals include dedications to Bible reading and thus, specific Bible reading plans.  But choosing a Bible reading plan can be intimidating and some wonder, why even bother being specific about the way in which the Bible is read? Are Bible reading plans even being followed? YouVersion, a popular

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