Tom Strode

NASHVILLE (BP) — Four recommendations released today are designed to “prioritize and emphasize the authority of messengers in defining the boundaries of our cooperation while clarifying and refining our structure,” said a statement from the SBC’s Cooperation Group. The group was tasked at last summer’s annual meeting to study the issue of what makes a church “to be in friendly cooperation of faith and practice” with the Southern Baptist Convention.

CINCINNATI (BP) — Michael Clary, pastor de Christ the King Church en Cincinnati, anunció hoy (29 de abril) su intención de nominar a Wesley Russell, pastor de Immanuel Baptist Church en Pikeville, Kentucky, para segundo vicepresidente de la Convención Bautista del Sur en la reunión anual de junio. Clary hizo el anuncio en X, acompañado de un video de él en el que hablaba con Russell.

HIDALGO, México (BP) – Cerca de 150 bautistas han huido de sus hogares en México después de que los líderes de los pueblos los persiguieron debido a su fe, cortando los servicios esenciales y bloqueando la entrada, reportó CSW el 30 de abril.

Las iglesias hispanas continúan en preparación y en oración para el Crossover 2024, creando y compartiendo estrategias y ofreciendo entrenamientos sobre como compartir el evangelio y como dar seguimiento a nuevos creyentes.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Shu Huang said when he moved to Alabama in 1978, he heard the Gospel — and immediately rejected it.

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NASHVILLE (BP) — Cuatro recomendaciones dadas a conocer hoy están diseñadas para “priorizar y enfatizar la autoridad de los mensajeros en la definición de los límites de nuestra cooperación, al tiempo que se aclara y refina nuestra estructura”, dice una declaración del Grupo de Cooperación de la SBC. En la reunión anual del verano pasado se encargó al grupo que estudiara la cuestión de qué hace que una iglesia “coopere amistosamente en fe y práctica” con la Convención Bautista del Sur (SBC).

It’s tempting to imagine that legendary ministers like E. M. Bounds or Andrew Murray or someone known as “Praying Hyde” were simply born to pray. Along with the likes of David Brainerd, Leonard Ravenhill, Armin Gesswein, Bertha Smith, George Müller and so many others, there is a group of Christians who are primarily remembered for their prayer lives or their teaching on prayer. But no one was ever born praying. The men and women most known for prayer were not members of a spiritually elite corps the rest of us weren’t invited to join. They learned to pray.

PHOENIX, Ariz. (BP) – The Arizona Legislature repealed May 1 an 1864 abortion ban that would have protected life from conception, but the law could still take effect temporarily during a 90-day waiting period for the repeal to become law.

ARLINGTON, Texas (BP) – To be on a Zoom call with Jared Wellman is to observe his love for professional basketball. In addition to family pictures, his workspaces are filled with photos, jerseys, basketballs and other collectibles connected to NBA legends.