Stories tagged with: ethnicity in the sbc

• New Jersey Hispanic church tries to fill the void

  by Keila Diaz, posted Tuesday, February 04, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  PASSAIC, N.J. (BP) -- Just over 70 percent of the 70,000 residents of Passaic, N.J., are Hispanic or Latino. That's almost 50,000 people in this community just north of Newark.

  A quick Google search, however, confirms what many in the area already know -- there are not many Hispanic Baptist churches in Passaic. But there are many Hispanics open to the Gospel.

  Federico Fernandez pastors Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana de Passaic (First Hispanic Baptist Church of Passaic), and in his 28 years of ministry in the area, he has seen how the community around the church has transformed, and the church along with it. Read More

• Thomas named IMB's African American church mobilization strategist

  by Ann Lovell, posted Wednesday, January 29, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- Jason Thomas has joined IMB's partner relations team as African American church mobilization strategist. In this capacity, Thomas will work with nearly 4,000 African American churches across the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) to mobilize pastors and church members to pray, give, go and send. Read More

• Kentucky church reaching nations nearby

  by Chip Hutcheson/Western Recorder, posted Friday, January 24, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  OWENSBORO, Ky. (BP) -- Bellevue Baptist Church in Owensboro, Ky., takes literally the command to make disciples of all nations. Many times, the nations are in the neighborhood.

  "For a while at Bellevue, we had five services with four different languages," pastor Greg Faulls said. Read More

• Arriola has vision for 'thousands more' Hispanic churches

  by Keila Diaz, posted Wednesday, January 15, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- New executive director of Hispanic relations and mobilization Julio Arriola officially began his role with the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee January 1, 2020.

  As 2019 came to an end, Arriola moved from Mexico to Nashville with his wife Carla and their three children, Daniel, David and Elizabeth. Read More

• Midwestern commencement 'epic and historic' for Hispanic graduates

  by Keila Diaz, posted Thursday, December 19, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) celebrated a milestone during its 66th Commencement Ceremony Dec. 6 as 29 Spanish-speaking church planters earned their Church Planting Certificates, and two of those graduates also received a master's in Theological Studies with an emphasis in Pastoral Ministry from the school's Spanish Language program. Read More

• Yanes named executive director of Asian American relations and mobilization

  by Amy Whitfield, posted Tuesday, December 10, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Peter Yanes has been named executive director of Asian American relations and mobilization at the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. The new role is a partnership, jointly funded by the EC and the North American Mission Board with the primary focus of bringing more Asian American churches into the Southern Baptist family.

  "Peter Yanes comes highly recommended from across Southern Baptist life," said Ronnie Floyd, EC president and CEO. "He has a strong knowledge of who we are as Southern Baptists, has been engaged with us for years in serving and leading, and has a great passion for God to use him to fulfill our vision of relating to and mobilizing Asian American churches to reach the world for Christ." Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Diversity and Inerrancy in the SBC

  by Ronnie Floyd, posted Friday, November 15, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  Ronnie Floyd discusses Baptists' longstanding commitment to biblical inerrancy as well their commitment to "becoming a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual convention of churches. These two are not mutually exclusive, but go hand in hand." Read More

• EC to expand ethnic relations, mobilization

  by Amy Whitfield, posted Friday, November 01, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee president and CEO Ronnie Floyd announced Friday (Nov. 1) the addition of three full-time EC staff positions focusing on increasing diverse engagement and mobilization.

  Building on the foundation laid by retiring vice president for Convention advancement Ken Weathersby, these positions will focus on relations and mobilization for African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. The EC is already actively searching for the right leaders to fill the positions. Read More

• Fla. Hispanic gatherings highlight 'Gospel Above All'

  by Keila Diaz , posted Wednesday, August 21, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (BP) -- More than 1,000 Hispanic Florida Baptists are coming together across the state for the annual Hispanic State Fellowship gathering focusing on the Great Commission.

  In the course of three Saturdays themed "In God We Will Do Great Things," Hispanic Baptists in Florida are joining the Southern Baptist Convention's emphasis to make the "Gospel Above All" through the "Who's Your One?" evangelism initiative as well as church planting through the Send Florida network. Read More

• LifeWay, amid growing impact, wins key Spanish awards

  by Aaron Wilson, posted Monday, August 19, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  MIAMI (BP) -- LifeWay Global and its B&H Publishing Español division, in its growing Hispanic impact, garnered a dozen awards -- more than any other publisher -- at the Spanish Evangelical Publishers Association's (SEPA) awards banquet Aug. 7.

  The annual event recognizes the highest quality and excellence in the publication, sale and marketing of Spanish Christian literature. Read More