Friday, September 02, 2016

• Cornerstone unites, grows in cooperative ministry

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo submitted

  LONE TREE, Colo. (BP) -- Visitors might have thought things were good at two Denver-area churches, University Hills and Cornerstone, before their merger in 2008.

  Yet both churches, each with a Sunday morning worship attendance between 150 and 175, needed revitalization, internal renewal. The merger was the impetus to fill that need, said Michael Atherton, called in 2005 to pastor University Hills.

  "This merger allowed this church to pool the talents, treasures and resources of ... Read More

• Critics resist Planned Parenthood-prompted bill

  by Tom Strode, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  "This proposed legislation is a transparent attempt to retaliate on behalf of Planned Parenthood."-- Russell Moore

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP) -- The California legislature has advanced Planned Parenthood-instigated legislation that further penalizes the efforts of whistleblowers in a move resisted by both pro-life and liberal, civil-liberties advocates.

  The California Senate approved an amended bill Aug. 31 that increases the punishment for a person who distributes a conversation with a health-care worker -- such as a Planned Parenthood employee -- that he or she has secretly recorded. Prior to the amendment, the bill penalized even those who distributed a recording on a website or via social media or another means without participating in the ... Read More

• CP 4.80% over YTD projection

  by Staff, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee through 11 months of the current fiscal year are 4.80 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget projection, and are 2.80 percent above contributions received during the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and CEO Frank S. Page.

  The year-to-date total represents money received by the Executive Committee by ... Read More

• DR volunteer dies while serving in Louisiana

  by The Alabama Baptist Staff, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  BATON ROUGE, La. (BP) -- Working as part of his church's disaster relief team, Sonny Ellis died while doing what he did best -- serving people.

  "He was showing the people of Denham Springs, La., an example of what Jesus would do," said Roy Hill, pastor of First Baptist Church in Satsuma, La.

  On Sept. 1, Ellis had just placed a load of laundry in a washing machine with his church's disaster relief laundry unit, which was in operation helping flood survivors

  of the historic flooding in south Louisiana. A little before lunch, Ellis, 72, lost his ... Read More

• LifeWay providing assistance to flood-ravaged Louisiana

  by Aaron Earls, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo provided by Baptist Message.

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- As Louisiana recovers from historic flooding, LifeWay Christian Resources wants to help churches, pastors and other victims.

  Part of the effort includes restoring Bible study material and pastoral libraries lost in the floodwaters.

  "LifeWay provides biblical solutions for life," said Thom Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. "We want to support these pastors and churches during the good times, but even more during the difficult times. Replacing some of ... Read More

• Global Hunger Sunday promotion resources available

  by BGR staff , posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Baptist Global Response, a Southern Baptist humanitarian aid organization, has published a new media kit to help churches promote Global Hunger Sunday on Oct. 9.

  The kit contains a poster, promotional video, announcement slide, three versions of a bulletin insert and three hunger-related sermon outlines. Southern Baptist churches can use these resources to raise awareness about Global Hunger Sunday, an annual giving event for Global Hunger Relief (GHR). Formerly known as the World Hunger Fund, GHR is a Southern Baptist initiative that funds hunger projects in North America ... Read More

• Missionsfest volunteers serve in creative ways

  by Cara Brown, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo submitted by WMU.

  SPARTANBURG, S.C. (BP) -- Music fills the air as participants sing and motion along with the lyrics. Later they gather together to listen to a Bible story and then construct a related craft. This may sound like a typical Vacation Bible School for the children in your church, but for the volunteers at Missionsfest in Spartanburg, S.C., this VBS was for a more mature audience: residents of a local nursing home.

  Missionsfest allowed 85 volunteers age 18 and older to gather from 12 states to spread the Gospel throughout Spartanburg through construction, outreach projects, evangelism, acts of kindness, prayerwalking and much more. Read More

• LABOR DAY: Work hard

  by Terry Dorsett, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  Terry Dorsett received valuable financial advice years ago -- advice that is applicable at Labor Day as well as living a vibrant spiritual life year-round. Dorsett, executive director of the New England Baptist Convention, recaps the key facet of the counsel: "Work hard." Read More

• EDITORIAL: ¡Todos somos pobres!

  by Octavio J. Esqueda, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  "Todos somos Marcos" se convirtió en una popular frase en México y en muchos lugares del mundo. El primero de enero de 1994 el denominado Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional inició una lucha armada en el estado de Chiapas en el sur de México. ... Read More

• Los voluntarios bautistas de Ayuda en Desastres son testigos del poder de la comunidad

  Por Carmen K. Sisson, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  Foto de Carmen K. Sisson/NAMB

  BATON ROUGE, La. (BP) -- El martes de Jerry Ritter comenzó a las 4 a.m., y aun así seguía desbordando entusiasmo mientras el sol se posaba, poniendo fin a otro día de ayuda después de la inundación en Baton Rouge, La.

  Ritter, un miembro de Blackgum First Baptist Church en Vian, Oklahoma, llegó a Luisiana la semana pasada junto con otros miembros de la brigada de cocinas de Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR). Aunque su cuerpo estaba cansado, consideraba como una bendición el haber tenido un día de arduo trabajo. Contemplaba el estacionamiento de Istrouma Baptist Church, observando cómo cada voluntario capacitado cumplía con un papel vital en la tarea de repartir la cena -- hamburguesas y frijoles al horno -- entre aquellos en necesidad. Él tenía otra misión esa tarde -- acompañar a la Cruz Roja Americana (CRA) a repartir alimentos. Read More

• CONCLUSIÓN: El evento de la ERLC aborda la cultura, el evangelio

  Por Tom Strode, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  Foto de Rocket Republic

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Durante el segundo día de una conferencia auspiciada por los bautistas del sur el 26 de agosto, oradores y panelistas buscaron ayudar a los cristianos a entender cómo pueden involucrarse de una manera enfocada en el evangelio.

  La Conferencia Nacional 2016 de la Comisión de Libertad Religiosa y Ética (ERLC por sus siglas en inglés) presentó a pastores, académicos y autores que proveyeron guía a la audiencia -- consistente de más de 900 inscritos --La Habra, Calif. y ha tenido la oportunidad de enseñar en diferentes países, instituciones y niveles académicos. en relación no solamente a lo que es el involucramiento cultural bíblicamente basado para evitar ser un cautivo del cristianismo cultural. Read More

• A líderes de la CBS les aflige la expansión de paternidad de la corte

  Por Tom Strode, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  "... como siempre, los niños pagarán el precio más alto."

  -- Russell Moore

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- La decisión de la corte más alta de New York de expandir los derechos de custodia y visitación a los "padres de facto" sirve como evidencia de que los partidarios del matrimonio del mismo sexo desean derribar la más antigua institución de la humanidad y como parte de "un momento crucial importante en la historia de la humanidad," dijeron líderes bautistas del sur. Read More

• 'Lista negra' pro-gay intense contra universidades bautistas

  Por David Roach, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Casi un tercio de las 102 instituciones de educación en la lista del grupo activista pro homosexualidad de "las absolutas peores universidades para jóvenes [lesbianas, gay, bisexuales, transexuales] " tienen lazos bautistas del sur. Read More

• EDITORIAL: ¡Todos somos pobres!

  Por Octavio J. Esqueda, posted Friday, September 02, 2016 (6 years ago)

  "Todos somos Marcos" se convirtió en una popular frase en México y en muchos lugares del mundo. El primero de enero de 1994 el denominado Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional inició una lucha armada en el estado de Chiapas en el sur de México. ... Read More