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SEEDS SPREAD IN STEEL TOWN

Missionary wants to make gospel part of Pittsburgh’s renewal By Brandon Elrod NAMB News Office PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh has, in decades past, been synonymous with steel. In the years following an economic hit to the blue-collar town, the city has been experiencing a renaissance as technological and medical companies are beginning to thrive. While the economic renewal has been a boon for the city, missionary Rob Wilton is praying and

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FIRST BAPTIST ORLANDO TO PAY ALL PASTORS’ CONFERENCE COSTS

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press ORLANDO — First Baptist Church of Orlando, Fla., has paid the full cost of the 2020 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference, leaders said Monday (Feb. 17) in response to disagreement about speakers and performers slated for the June 7-8 event. “We will not receive any financial support of any kind from any SBC entity or auxiliary,” pastors’ conference leaders said in a statement released by

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FLOYD ISSUES VISION 2025 CALL FOR EVANGELISM

By Jonathan Howe and Amy Whitfield Baptist Press NASHVILLE — SBC Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd announced a new five-year initiative in conjunction with multiple entities to reach every person with the Gospel in every town, every city, every state and every nation. In his address Monday night (Feb. 17), Floyd presented this Convention-wide initiative to members of the EC and a packed crowd in attendance for the group’s February

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PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR A CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST NETWORK

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] BOSSIER CITY, La. — Plans have been announced for the formation of a new Conservative Baptist Network. According to a news release from the organization, “A significant number of pastors and laymen, motivated by a passionate desire to keep the Southern Baptist Convention anchored to the inerrancy and sufficiency of God’s Word, have formed the Conservative Baptist Network (CBN). “The network is the product of a

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FLOYD ASSURES LEADERS OF LOVE, CARE ON COVID-19 PRAYER CALL

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — More than 30 ethnically diverse leaders joined Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd praying Thursday (Feb. 13) for global healing, comfort and salvation in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak that has killed more than 1,100 people. “I want to remind all of us on the call, that regardless of how despairing the news may be, or some of the hope

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IMB NAMES SOMER NOWAK AS PREVENTION AND RESPONSE ADMINISTRATOR

By Ann Lovell IMB office IMB has selected Somer Nowak to fill the newly created position of prevention and response administrator for the 175-year-old entity. In this role, Nowak will oversee and manage prevention and response efforts for child abuse (physical and sexual), sexual harassment (including sexual assault), and domestic violence.  IMB is the first Southern Baptist entity to create a position for this purpose, fulfilling IMB President Paul Chitwood’s

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SBC EC TO ADD PRAYER MINISTRY

Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd announced Jan. 30 that he will propose at the February EC meeting revisions to the EC mission and ministries statement including a new prayer ministry. “Updating the language of the SBC Executive Committee’s ministry assignments and the explanation of them is important as we seek to better serve Southern Baptist churches,” Floyd told Baptist Press.

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YANES: CORONAVIRUS OPPORTUNITY FOR LOVE, UNDERSTANDING

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — The international coronavirus outbreak should not spread panic in the U.S., but should encourage Gospel love and understanding among the diverse body of Southern Baptists, Asian American relations leader Peter Yanes told Baptist Press. Misinformation has spread across social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok, NBC news has reported, spreading fear, racial stereotyping and xenophobia. “We need to be gracious

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JAMES LEO GARRETT JR., LEADING BAPTIST THEOLOGIAN, DIES AT 94

By Julie Owens and Alex Sibley Baptist Press Fort Worth, Texas — James Leo Garrett Jr., distinguished professor of theology emeritus at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS), died Feb. 5 in Nacogdoches, Texas. He was 94. Garrett found widespread acceptance not only in Baptist circles, but also in the wider community of Christian scholars. He had held emeritus status at Southwestern Seminary since his retirement in 1997. His career

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ARKANSAS BAPTIST NEWS RELEASED TO STATE CONVENTION, NO LONGER INDEPENDENT NEWS OUTLET

By The Alabama Baptist staff The Arkansas Baptist News recently dissolved its autonomous board of directors and became a convention-run publication, according to an Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) press release Feb. 4. The ABN is the most recent of the traditional state Baptist newspapers, reportedly because of financial and other pressures, to make this move, leaving only four of its kind remaining. The Alabama Baptist (TAB) is one of

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SEEDS SPREAD IN STEEL TOWN

Missionary wants to make gospel part of Pittsburgh’s renewal By Brandon Elrod NAMB News Office PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh has, in decades past, been synonymous with

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SBC EC TO ADD PRAYER MINISTRY

Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd announced Jan. 30 that he will propose at the February EC meeting revisions

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