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WMU MISSIONS DISCIPLESHIP HIGHLIGHTED TO MESSENGERS

By Julie Walters Baptist Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — WMU Executive Director Sandy Wisdom-Martin welcomed the Southern Baptist Convention June 12 to Birmingham, Ala., where the national missions organization is headquartered. “This has been our home for the past 98 years, but for the entire history of our organization, we’ve stayed focused on our assigned task,” Wisdom-Martin said. “Our mandate is making disciples of Jesus who live on mission. This is

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IMB APPROVES MISSIONARIES

Baptist Press RICHMOND — International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 26 new missionaries to take the gospel to the nations during their May 22-23 meeting near Richmond. Trustees also considered pivotal changes in ministry advancement and prayer strategies; heard recommendations related to IMB’s handling of past allegations of child abuse and sexual harassment; and elected 2019-2020 officers. The new missionaries were to be commissioned for service at a

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‘THE NATIONS ARE WAITING,’ CHITWOOD TELLS SBC

By Julie McGowan Public relations director, International Mission Board BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Massive cyclones in sub-Saharan Africa. Political and humanitarian crises in the Americas. Gangs among the Deaf. Police arrests in Southeast Asia. Slander in Central Asia. Even amid such difficulties, International Mission Board personnel are seeing God create opportunities for people to hear a clear Gospel witness, IMB President Paul Chitwood reported June 11 during the Southern Baptist Convention’s

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RESOLUTIONS CONTEND FOR VULNERABLE, GOSPEL

By Tom Strode Baptist Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Messengers to the 2019 Southern Baptist Convention advocated for the vulnerable against abortion, sexual abuse and religious persecution in approving 13 resolutions Wednesday (June 12). The resolutions also addressed a variety of other noteworthy issues in the convention and the world, including local church autonomy, same-sex attraction, justice, women in the military draft and gene editing.

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SBC: 18 OF 23 MESSENGER MOTIONS REFERRED

By Myriah Snyder Baptist Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Eighteen of the 23 motions by messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala., were referred to SBC committees or entities; five were ruled out of order. The Committee on Order of Business made the recommendations to messengers during the SBC’s June 11-12 meeting.

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BOLD TALK NOT ENOUGH TO STOP SEX ABUSE, GREEAR SAYS

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — “Bold resolutions and sweeping statements are not sufficient” to tackle the crisis of sex abuse, Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear said today (June 12) at the 2019 SBC Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Ala. “Victims have told us, words without follow-up actions are worse than no words at all,” Greear said in what is his latest update on the Sexual Abuse Advisory

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TENNESSEE RANKS THIRD IN NUMBER OF SBC MESSENGERS

By Brian Koonce Baptist Press BIRMINGHAM. Ala. — The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting drew 8,183 messengers to Birmingham, Ala., June 11-12, outgoing SBC registration secretary Don Currence said in releasing the unofficial total. Official attendance numbers will be released later in June, Currence, of First Baptist Church in Ozark, Mo., said.

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RUMMAGE PROCLAIMS VICTORY ‘BECAUSE OF THE CROSS’

By Brian Hobbs & Chris Doyle Baptist Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Oklahoma pastor Stephen Rummage proclaimed the power and promises Christians have in Jesus Christ “because of the cross” in the annual sermon at the Southern Baptist Convention today (June 12). Every person “is on one side of the cross or the other — the lost side or the saved side,” Rummage emphasized.

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26 NEW MISSIONARIES OBEY GOD’S CALL TO THE NATIONS

By Julie McGowan Public relations director, International Mission Board BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — David and Zoey Lee know they can go as Southern Baptist missionaries today because Christian believers in the past sacrificed to get the Gospel to their homeland — a truth they shared June 11 during a Sending Celebration to honor the appointment of 26 new Southern Baptist international missionaries. “Many missionaries came to Korea and laid down their

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SOUTHERN BAPTISTS AFFIRM STANCES ON SEX ABUSE, RACISM

By Baptist Press staff BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — By overwhelming votes, Southern Baptists strengthened their stances against sexual abuse and racism during the opening day of their June 11-12 SBC annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Ronnie Floyd, president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee, told messengers after their votes, “I believe this is a very significant moment in the history of the Southern Baptist Convention. And I believe that every

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IMB APPROVES MISSIONARIES

Baptist Press RICHMOND — International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 26 new missionaries to take the gospel to the nations during their May

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