Monday, May 18, 2020

• Black, Hispanic congregations dealing with COVID-19 health, economic disparities

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, May 18, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- The usher typically allows five people in the sanctuary at a time. One person approaches the casket. The others wait, at a safe distance, for their turn to view the body of a loved one who died of COVID-19.

  In the pandemic hotspot of New Orleans, Franklin Avenue Baptist Church Senior Pastor Fred Luter has instituted socially distanced wakes in advance of funerals, having lost seven church members to the coronavirus. Read More

• SBC Executive Committee to host SBC Advance June 2

  by BP Staff, posted Monday, May 18, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- While the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting has been canceled for the first time since 1945, Southern Baptists will still be provided with an opportunity to hear from the entities of the Southern Baptist Convention through an online event June 2 hosted by the SBC Executive Committee.

  SBC Advance, a two-hour online event, is not designed to be a substitute for the annual meeting, but will provide ministry updates from and interviews with all SBC entity and auxiliary heads, as well as SBC President J.D. Greear. The event will be livestreamed at SBCadvance.com starting at 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Read More

• 95-year-old pastor featured in prayer movement documentary

  by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Monday, May 18, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- A documentary about the global prayer movement "Praying on the Mountain" was released by Mud Creek Baptist Church Sunday (May 17).

  The documentary, produced by Mud Creek Baptist staff, follows the life of Fred Lunsford, the 95-year-old preacher and revivalist who started the prayer movement, which saw thousands of people praying on the same day -- May 5, 2020 -- for revival and spiritual awakening. See related story. Read More

• FROM THE SEMINARIES: New SWBTS video series for ministers; NOBTS student's composition reflects pandemic; MBTS holds virtual colloquy

  by Staff, posted Monday, May 18, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  SWBTS video series helps ministers live the call amid COVID-19; NOBTS student's musical composition finds new life and hope during pandemic; MBTS holds virtual colloquy. Read More

• SBC DIGEST: Falls Creek cancels summer camps; CSBC board votes to sell Jenness Park

  by Staff, posted Monday, May 18, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  Falls Creek cancels summer 2020 camp season; CSBC Executive Board recommends selling Jenness Park Christian Camp. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: How to know whether God has called you to be a missionary

  by John D. Massey , posted Monday, May 18, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  There is a special calling for some to become missionaries in the vocational sense of the word, says evangelism professor John D. Massey. He gives three signs to look for. Read More