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Tuesday, December 03, 2019

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  • SBC Credentials Committee establishes online submission portal
    by BP Staff, posted Tuesday, December 03, 2019 (2 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention Credentials Committee has established an online submission portal for reports of a church's alleged departure from Southern Baptist polity, doctrine or practice.

    The new portal is available at SBC.net/credentials, chairman Stacy Bramlett told Baptist Press Monday (Dec. 2), and submissions may be completed online or in print. The website includes the Credentials Committee statement of assignment and a statement of relationship between the Southern Baptist Convention and other Baptist bodies, including local churches. Read More

  • WEEK OF PRAYER: Sharing the Gospel with a people on the move
    by IMB Staff, posted Tuesday, December 03, 2019 (2 years ago)

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    EAST ASIA (BP) -- Peter Station* lives his life chasing after cows, camels, and gers -- large, round, felt tents that seem to move more than they sit still.

    His country has more than a million nomadic people scattered across a land mass about half the size of the U.S. To say they're hard to find is an understatement, and to keep connecting with them once you find them is even harder. They're cattle herdsmen who live off the land, and what they need from the land is ever changing with the seasons. They pack their tents up on their camels and move as often as once a month. Read More

  • CHRISTMAS HYMN: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
    by Keith Getty, posted Tuesday, December 03, 2019 (2 years ago)

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    Hymn writer Keith Getty says singing the hymn "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" is an opportunity "to recognize the sin in our lives that leads to the need for God's salvation and, ultimately, Jesus' birth and sacrifice." Read More

  • Pastors less optimistic about economy's impact on churches
    by Aaron Earls, posted Tuesday, December 03, 2019 (2 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- As retail stores hope the holiday shopping season gives their bottom line a lift, American Protestant pastors are less sure the economy is helping their congregation this year.

    Around 2 in 5 pastors of Protestant churches in the United States (41 percent) say the economy is having no impact on their church, according to a new survey from Nashville-based LifeWay Research. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: A picture of godly encouragement
    by Matthew Hall , posted Tuesday, December 03, 2019 (2 years ago)

    In 1 Samuel, Jonathan's journey to encourage his friend David is an example of a personal, timely, godly word of encouragement, says Southern Seminary provost Matthew Hall. Read More