Southern Baptists’ gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions reached $146.8 million last year — the fourth-highest total in the offering’s 123-year history. In conjunction with Southern Baptists’ Cooperative Program, the offering helps support nearly 5,000 Southern Baptist missionaries serving around the globe, providing salaries, housing, medical […]
Daily Archives: June 11, 2012
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Southern Baptist churches and ministries in New Orleans are fighting numerous social ills in a city known for good times and easy living. In their efforts to fulfill God’s command to love the least of these, they are leading souls to Christ.
Al Gilbert, executive director of the North American Mission Board’s “LoveLoud” initiative, notes, “The same Gospel that moves us to see every tribe, tongue and nation also moves us to see those who live nearby — those with great need for food, shelter, medical care and education. The Gospel moves […]
An Islamic extremist ran a car full of explosives at a Pentecostal church in Jos, Nigeria, Sunday (June 10), killing at least two Christians and injuring more than 40 others, military and police officials said. Also on June 10, gunmen in Borno state reportedly killed at least two Christians during […]
Jim Wells, Cooperative Program state missionary for the Missouri Baptist Convention, will be re-nominated for another one-year term as Southern Baptist Convention registration secretary during the June 19-20 annual meeting in New Orleans, a Missouri pastor has announced.
Today’s BP Ledger includes items from: Oklahoma Baptist Messenger Compass Direct News Hardin-Simmons University Bluefield College International Mission Board
Columnist and seminary professor Jason Lee shares lessons he learned about manhood from his father, including lessons about faith.