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Friday, October 04, 2019

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  • Tokyo, Baptists prepare for Olympics, Rugby World Cup
    by Caroline Anderson, posted Friday, October 04, 2019 (3 years ago)

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    TOKYO (BP) -- The world will converge on Tokyo, Japan, twice in the span of a year for two international sporting events -- the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Southern Baptists and their local church partners in Tokyo will be there to share the Gospel with the players, coaches and fans.

    Between the Rugby World Cup matches this month, rugby fans supporting the 20 qualifying countries are joining the crowds in Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing. Southern Baptist volunteers from across the United States are partnering with International Mission Board missionaries and Japanese Christians to share the Gospel in the city that hosts the busiest pedestrian crossing in the world. Read More

  • 'Caring Well': Sex abuse 'a Gospel issue,' Greear says

    by Tom Strode, posted Friday, October 04, 2019 (3 years ago)

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    GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) -- The Gospel cannot be separated from how the church deals with sexual abuse, Southern Baptist leaders J.D. Greear and Russell Moore said Thursday (Oct. 3) on the first day of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s sixth annual national conference.

    Greear, SBC president, and Moore, ERLC president, spoke to a sellout audience of more than 1,650 registrants at the conference, "Caring Well: Equipping the Church to Confront the Abuse Crisis," in Grapevine, Texas. The gathering -- hosted by the ERLC in partnership with the SBC Sexual Abuse Advisory Group, which Greear convened last year -- is designed to educate churches about abuse prevention and ministering to survivors of such abuse. Read More

  • Beth Moore, Kay Warren address courage, abuse's effects
    by Tom Strode, posted Friday, October 04, 2019 (3 years ago)

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    GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) -- Courage and a recognition of trauma's long-term effects are called for if the church is to deal sufficiently with its sexual abuse crisis, two well-known women in the evangelical Christian world said Thursday (Oct. 3) during an Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission-sponsored conference. Read More

  • Governor's call to prayer draws Baptist leaders' support
    by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, October 04, 2019 (3 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Southern Baptists across Tennessee told Baptist Press they support Gov. Bill Lee's plea for the state to fast and pray Thursday (Oct. 10).

    Tennessee Baptist Mission Board President Randy Davis, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd, Tennessee pastor and former SBC President Steve Gaines and others told BP it's beneficial for governmental officials to invite citizens to pray and fast. Read More

  • Joker's dark content 'dangerous,' reviewers say

    by Michael Foust, posted Friday, October 04, 2019 (3 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The new psychological thriller "Joker" is a "dangerous" movie that glorifies violence and could spark copycats, even if it does raise important questions about mental illness and society's downtrodden, say faith-based reviewers who screened the film.

    The Warner Bros/DC Films movie opens in theaters this weekend, revealing the backstory to the villain best-known as Batman's nemesis. Read More