IMB TRUSTEES APPOINT 31 MISSIONARIES
Baptist Press PHOENIX — Through Southern Baptists’ “faithful, generous and consistent giving” of more than $98 million to the Cooperative Program and approximately $153 million to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, the International Mission Board has reached financial stability, IMB President David Platt told the entity’s trustees June 12. “That’s breathtaking: over $250 million given […]
TRUSTEES: IMB NOW ON FIRM GROUND, PLATT REPORTS
Baptist Press PHOENIX (BP) — Through Southern Baptists’ “faithful, generous and consistent giving” of more than $98 million to the Cooperative Program and approximately $153 million to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, the International Mission Board has reached financially stability, IMB President David Platt told the entity’s trustees June 12. “That’s breathtaking: over $250 million […]
EZELL: SBC NEEDS A ‘GOSPEL CONVERSATION RESURGENCE’
Baptist Press PHOENIX (BP) — Pledging “NAMB will do its part,” North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell said the SBC needs a “Gospel Conversation Resurgence” if declining baptism numbers are to turn around. “If one member from each of our 47,000 churches shares the Gospel each day, it would result in over 17 million […]
LMCO REACHES FOURTH LARGEST TOTAL EVER
Compiled by B&R Staff RICHMOND — The 2016 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions contained a “good news, bad news” scenario. The good news is that the offering reached its fourth highest total ever, closing at approximately $153 million, according to data released June 7 by the IMB. The bad news is that the […]
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, […]
WHY DAVID PLATT’S APOLOGY IS SO IMPORTANT
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB “I’m sorry.” Two words that carry profound meaning and trigger acts of reconciliation. They admit a wrong, communicate humility, express a desire for forgiveness, and move people toward a unified future. And that’s precisely why David Platt, president of the International Mission Board, needed to say he was […]
IMB APPOINTS MISSIONARIES
Baptist Press RICHMOND — Twenty-nine Southern Baptists were appointed as missionaries to the nations during the International Mission Board’s trustee meeting Feb. 28-March 1 near Richmond. Trustees also heard numerous reports and recognized 63 missionaries who retired or died within the past year. Among those appointed were Aaron and Melissa Stormer of Hilldale Baptist Church […]
INTENTIONAL ACTS OF COURAGE
By Randy C. Davis TBMB Executive Director You’ve probably never heard of Thomas Hart Benton. Benton was a U.S. senator from Missouri who served with distinction for 30 years, but whose political career crashed to an inglorious end in 1851 because of his opposition to the westward expansion of slavery. Benton, a Democrat and representative […]
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 […]
WHY PLATT’S APOLOGY IS IMPORTANT
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB “I’m sorry.” Two words that carry profound meaning and trigger acts of reconciliation. They admit a wrong, communicate humility, express a desire for forgiveness and move people toward a unified future. And that’s precisely why David Platt, president of the International Mission Board, needed to say he was […]