Task force: Keep legal SBC name, but adopt informal name, 'Great Commission Baptists
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The task force appointed to study a possible name change of the Southern Baptist Convention is recommending the convention maintain its legal name but adopt an informal, non-legal name for those who want to use it: Great Commission Baptists...
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SBTC missions training opportunities abound
Interested in learning more about putting action to your faith at home or across the globe? The SBTC has training events planned throughout the year, from the annual SENT Conference—a weekend gathering with multiple speakers and breakout sessions—to smaller events with a specific missions focus in mind. There are also vision [...]
Continue ReadingSBTC seeks churches for 'Send Montreal' effort
MONTREAL—Driving across borders usually doesn’t result in drastic changes in scenery or culture. Crossing from the United States into the Canadian province of Quebec on Interstate 87 is an exception. In the bustling city of Montreal, just 42 miles north of Champlain, N.Y., half of 1 percent of the city’s citizens [...]
Continue ReadingSouth Asia partnership seeks churches
The need is immense and the mission field vast in South Asia. Millions of people have never heard the gospel and indigenous workers are few and untrained. Local governments are hostile and the danger is real. Despite the challenges, the call of the gospel remains. Answering the call, the Southern Baptists [...]
Continue ReadingCross-cultural missions: NO PASSPORT? NO PROBLEM.
If a church wants to do cross-cultural missions without passports, good news: The world has come to Texas. And it keeps on coming. Two examples are Texas’ largest metropolitan areas, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston (respectively, the nation’s third- and sixth-largest metros). Together, they comprise nearly 13 million people. As of August 2010, [...]
Continue ReadingChild abuse and the church: Be diligent
Few stories in the media gain as much attention as those of abuse of a child, whether the abuse is physical or sexual. The recent flurry of stories of sexual abuse in major universities underscores this fact. Interestingly, the head football coach and the president of a major university lost [...]
Continue ReadingPolitics and our Romans 13 responsibility
Polite conversation among many is to avoid religion and politics. Unfortunately, those two topics are at the top of the list for discussion during this election year. Politics has always had a seamy side. There have always been those who will use any means possible to gain power. Occasionally there are [...]
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