MOTION FOR SOUL-WINNING TASK FORCE AFFIRMED AT SBC
By Seth Brown Baptist Press PHOENIX — Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention proposed 11 motions during two 15-minute scheduled segments of the 2017 annual meeting in Phoenix. Messengers voted affirmatively on one of the motions, submitted by Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board and member of First Baptist Church in Alpharetta, […]
COLLINS SEEKS ‘REAL TIME’ BAPTISMS
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Roc Collins joined the staff of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board as director of evangelism in January with one purpose in mind — to see more Tennesseans come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ. Collins, director of evangelism for the TBMB, also had a strong […]
MISSIONS EDUCATION IS IMPERATIVE: PITTS
Editor’s note: You can listen to Martha Pitts discuss missions during Episode 7 of Radio B&R, the official news podcast of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector GATLINBURG — Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union President Martha Pitts is a product of missions education. And she is a huge proponent […]
CELEBRATE, SUPPORT THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM
Jason Allen President, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Mo. The Cooperative Program ought not be a sacred cow, but it is close to one for me. Begun by Southern Baptists nearly a century ago, it has proven to be a most effective and enduring way to support our collective ministry and missions work. I […]
TBC CP GIFTS HOLD STEADY
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,796,195 through the Cooperative Program in March. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $14,614,829. After five months of the current fiscal year, the total is $97,249 or 0.7 perecent below what was given during the same time frame last year. The amount is $31,496 […]
PAGE & MOORE: ‘WE FULLY SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER’
By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) — Despite a Washington Post article suggesting Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Frank S. Page could ask Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore to resign amid ongoing controversy, the two SBC entity leaders reported a collegial meeting today (March 13) and said they “fully support […]
FAMILY CHOOSES CP FOR MEMORIAL
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector NEWPORT – Levi Parish spent the better part of his ministry supporting and encouraging others to support the Cooperative Program. So when he passed away on Feb. 26, it was only natural that the family wanted to do something special in his memory. “He loved missions,” Sherry Parish […]
TBC GIFTS HOLD STEADY
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD – Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,789,097 through the Cooperative Program in February. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $11,818,634. The amount is $145,614 or 1.2 percent below what was given at the same time last year.
PRESTONWOOD ESCROWS CP FUNDS, CITES ERLC ACTIONS
By David Roach Baptist Press PLANO, Texas (BP) — A Dallas-area megachurch has decided to escrow Cooperative Program funds temporarily in order to evaluate future support of Southern Baptist Convention causes. At issue are what the congregation calls “various significant positions taken by the leadership of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission that do not […]
CP, GOTM GIFTS INCREASE
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,870,821 through the Cooperative Program in January. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $9,029,537. The amount is $69,675 or 0.8 percent over the amount given during the same time frame last year. After the first quarter of the fiscal year, Cooperative Program gifts are […]