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PENCE THANKS SBC FOR VALUES, PRAYERS, MINISTRY

By Margaret Colson Baptist Press DALLAS — Vice President Mike Pence affirmed Southern Baptists for their gospel witness and then encouraged Southern Baptists to continue in that commitment, speaking at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting on Wednesday (June 13).

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DAVE RAMSEY URGES PASTORS TO LEAD PEOPLE OUT OF DEBT

By Erin Roach Baptist Press DALLAS — Personal finance speaker and author Dave Ramsey, addressing the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 12, urged pastors to lead people out of debt by teaching them what the Bible says about money. “When you stand up in front of your congregation, you’re looking at a large number of people who do not have the ability to handle their money,” Ramsey, CEO of Ramsey

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TENNESCENE JUN. 13-26

DEATHS Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor Edward C. Minor died May 5. He was 87. Minor was pastor of several Tennessee Baptist churches including Concord Baptist Church, Brentwood; Nolensville Baptist Church, Nolensville; Grace Baptist Church, Bethpage; Chapel Hill Baptist Church, Chapel Hill; and Arrington Baptist Church, Arrington. He also was pastor of churches in Alabama and North Carolina and he worked for 17 years with Thomas Nelson Publishers. Minor is survived

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EVANGELISM TASK FORCE RELEASES REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS

By David Roach Baptist Press DALLAS — A task force appointed last year to explore avenues of evangelistic renewal among Southern Baptists has released its final report, including a series of eight recommendations for individuals and groups at all levels of Southern Baptist life. “We are convinced that these suggestions can be heartily embraced by all gospel-loving Southern Baptists,” the report stated, “regardless of differences in theology, methodology, or generational preferences.”

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EC DISFELLOWSHIPS GA. CHURCH, HONORS MOHLER

By David Roach & Erin Roach Baptist Press DALLAS — The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has disfellowshiped a Georgia church for alleged “intentional discriminatory acts toward individuals based solely on the color of their skin,” according to a recommendation adopted at the EC’s June 11 meeting in Dallas.

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EC DISFELLOWSHIPS GA. CHURCH, HONORS MOHLER

By David Roach & Erin Roach Baptist Press DALLAS — The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has disfellowshiped a Georgia church for alleged “intentional discriminatory acts toward individuals based solely on the color of their skin,” according to a recommendation adopted at the EC’s June 11 meeting in Dallas.

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J.D. GREEAR ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SBC

Baptist and Reflector DALLAS — North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention June 12 at the 2018 annual meeting in Dallas. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, N.C., was elected over Ken Hemphill, an administrator at North Greenville University in Tigerville, S.C. Hemphill received 5,410 votes or 68.62 percent while Hemphill received 2,459 or 31.19 percent. Two years ago Greear was involved

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LEAVELL: DESIRE NEEDED TO SHARE GOSPEL

Editor’s Note: You can listen to David Leavell in Episode 15 of Radio B&R, the official news podcast of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Although there are countless teaching tools and training seminars on the subject, there is actually only one requirement to be an effective sharer of the gospel: The desire to do it. That’s the message that David Leavell,

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TENNESCENE JUN. 13-26

DEATHS Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor Edward C. Minor died May 5. He was 87. Minor was pastor of several Tennessee Baptist churches including Concord Baptist

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