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Thursday, February 27, 2020

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  • ERLC to aid pro-life cause in Northern Ireland
    by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, February 27, 2020 (2 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission announced Thursday (Feb. 27) a new initiative to help churches in Northern Ireland in their response to the legalization of abortion in that country.

    Abortion became legal Oct. 22, 2019, for the first time in Northern Ireland's history, and the country's new abortion regulations will take effect April 1. The British Parliament approved an amendment in July to decriminalize abortion in the country, which is part of the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland's legislative body -- which had not functioned for three years because of the deep division between the country's two political parties -- failed to block the new law by the October deadline. Read More

  • Greenway encouraged by new student growth, alumni connections
    by Tammi Reed Ledbetter, posted Thursday, February 27, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    TUCSON, Ariz. (BP) -- Adam W. Greenway completes his first year as president of The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary encouraged by the reception he has found within the seminary community and the broader family of Southern Baptists.

    "I believe with every fiber of my being that the best days at Southwestern Seminary are in the windshield and not the rearview mirror," he told the TEXAN during an interview while attending a gathering of state convention executive directors and editors in Tucson. Read More

  • SBC Executive Committee chairman names study task force
    by BP Staff, posted Thursday, February 27, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- SBC Executive Committee chairman Mike Stone has named the six members of a study task force that was authorized by the group at their February 2020 meeting last week. Read More

  • 2005 sex abuse case puts Baptist college trustee under lens
    by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, February 27, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    BOLIVAR, Mo. (BP) -- Accusations that a pastor did not cooperate with police during a 2005 sex abuse case are bringing into question his appointment as a trustee at a Baptist university supported by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC).

    At issue is whether pastor Mike Roy, a trustee of Southwest Baptist University (SBU) in Bolivar, Mo., appropriately responded when then-music minister Shawn Davies was accused and later convicted of sexually abusing and sodomizing boys at First Baptist Church of Greenwood, Mo. Read More

  • Bible Study: Choosing God's righteousness
    by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, February 27, 2020 (2 years ago)

    Jesus' sacrifice in the place of sinners means the presence, peace, power and perfection of Christ may now become inseparable parts of who we are, because we are in Him and He is in us. Read More

  • ERLC elogia sentencia a favor de cruz de Pensacola

    Por Tom Strode, posted Thursday, February 27, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    ATLANTA (BP) -- La entidad de libertad religiosa de la Convención Bautista del Sur ha elogiado la decisión de la corte federal de apelaciones de que una cruz en terreno público en Pensacola, Fla., no infringe la Primera Enmienda.

    La Corte de Apelaciones del 11o Distrito en Atlanta falló el 19 de febrero que una cruz originalmente erigida en 1941 en el Bayview Park de Pensacola es constitucional con base en un veredicto de 2019 de la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. Un panel de tres jueces reversó una decisión previa de la Corte del Circuito 11o, mantenida en vista del fallo de la corte alta en el caso de una exhibición de Maryland que "la presencia de la cruz en una propiedad de la ... Read More

  • Líderes bautistas piden cuidado unificado para los desplazados
    Por Brandon Porter/Kentucky Today, posted Thursday, February 27, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- El mundo está en movimiento. Millones de personas viven lejos de su hogar, pero pueden comunicarse con sus familiares mediante el uso de la tecnología. Debido a esto, líderes de varias entidades bautistas del sur, convenciones estatales, asociaciones locales e iglesias creen que es el momento correcto para tener un plan estratégico para alcanzar a estas personas en movimiento.

    "Hay un deseo creciente entre las entidades de la Convención Bautista del Sur (SBC) de comunicarse más y colaborar mejor cuando se trata de servir a personas desplazadas," dijo Trent DeLoach, coordinador de Envía Asistencia y pastor de la Clarkston International Bible ... Read More

  • Kell va a ser nominado para presidente de la Conferencia de Pastores 2021

    Por Tess Schoonhoven, posted Thursday, February 27, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) -- Dave Russell, pastor de Oakhurst Baptist Church en Charlotte, N.C., ha anunciado su intención de nominar a Garrett Kell, pastor de Del Ray Baptist Church en Alexandria, Va., para presidente de la Conferencia de Pastores 2021 de la Convención Bautista del Sur (SBC). La Conferencia de Pastores 2021 se realizará en Nashville, Tenn., en conjunto con la reunión anual de la SBC 2021. La elección presidencial se llevará a cabo en la Conferencia de Pastores 2020 en junio en Orlando, Fla.

    Kell ha servido como el pastor de la Iglesia Bautista Del Ray (DRBC) durante los pasados siete años y medio. Read More

  • EDITORIAL: Transiciones
    Luis R. Lopez, posted Thursday, February 27, 2020 (2 years ago)

    Algunos pueden decir que el cambio y la transición son lo mismo. Sin embargo, no lo son. El cambio es algo nuevo que se presenta y hay una situación diferente. Por ejemplo, se termina el contrato, perdemos algo o a alguien, te llega una promoción en tu trabajo, te mudas o divorcias. ... Read More