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Monday, June 03, 2019

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  • Va. Beach tragedy: Bapt. church mourns loss

    by Grace Thornton, posted Monday, June 03, 2019 (3 years ago)

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    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (BP) -- A Virginia Baptist church is mourning the loss of one of its own in the wake of a mass shooting that left 12 dead in a Virginia Beach office building on Friday (May 31).

    The tragedy also opened the door for Virginia pastor David Platt to share the Gospel as he prayed over President Donald Trump during an unexpected visit from Washington, D.C., to nearby McLean Bible Church in Vienna on Sunday morning (June 2). Read More

  • IMB sex abuse prevention underway amid new report
    by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, June 03, 2019 (3 years ago)

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    RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- A new media report on sex abuse allegations, admissions and convictions involving former International Mission Board workers comes as the IMB is implementing extensive sex abuse prevention reforms.

    The IMB is hiring a full-time senior staff member to oversee prevention response efforts, will involve outside legal counsel when reports of child abuse and sexual harassment are received, and will go beyond legal reporting duties in handling such cases, IMB President Paul Chitwood said in announcing an extensive reform effort May 22. Read More

  • Motions, amendments process receives digital upgrade

    by Baptist Press staff, posted Monday, June 03, 2019 (3 years ago)

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    BIRMINGHAM, Ala., (BP) -- A new digital opportunity will be available to Southern Baptist messengers at this year's SBC annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala., according to a release by recording secretary John Yeats.

    Messengers will be able to "pre-file" the text of their motion or amendment and contact information with the recording secretary prior to the time of introducing new business, or debatable recommendations or resolutions, Yeats told Baptist Press. Read More

  • Students learn Bible truths in retrofitted school bus
    by Mark Maynard/Kentucky Today, posted Monday, June 03, 2019 (3 years ago)

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    CORBIN, Ky. (BP) -- The big blue-and-white bus pulls in front of a public elementary school and children come out and step aboard.

    The bus has been retrofitted into a portable classroom where children learn truths from the Bible, with the seats taken out and rows of bleachers constructed on each side. Read More

  • Last Missouri Planned Parenthood to stay open
    by Rachel Lynn Aldrich/WORLD , posted Monday, June 03, 2019 (3 years ago)

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    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP) -- A Missouri judge on Friday (May 31) ordered that the state's last remaining abortion center can continue operating just hours before the Planned Parenthood facility's license was set to expire.

    The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services had not renewed Planned Parenthood's license due to concerns about failed abortions, compromised patient safety, and legal violations at the facility. Read More

  • FROM THE SEMINARIES: Leo Day to lead SWBTS Center for the Arts; Spurgeon College implements Fusion changes
    by SBC Seminary Staff, posted Monday, June 03, 2019 (3 years ago)

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    From the Seminaries: Leo Day to lead the new Center for the Arts at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Spurgeon College implements Fusion changes.

    Leo Day to lead new SWBTS Center for the Arts

    FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Leo Day has been named as founding director of the Southwestern Center for the Arts to develop and expand current avenues of private and group instruction to the seminary community and surrounding area in music as well as dramatic and visual arts. Read More