A record 2,469 professions of faith were made by students attending the eight weeks of camp at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center this summer, along with 1,277 students who recorded decisions involving a special call to Christian service.
Daily Archives: August 23, 2012
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Pastors say the economy continues to have a negative impact on their churches despite stabilized giving, according to a survey by LifeWay Research.
GuideStone Financial Resources trustees have approved a recommendation to change the Southern Baptist entity’s ministry assignment to make its mutual funds available to Southern Baptist and other evangelical church members. GuideStone representatives will make a report to the SBC Executive Committee in mid-September with the intention of presenting the recommendation […]
Top disaster relief volunteers representing several states were honored at the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Roundtable in Des Moines, Iowa this month. They were recognized variously for lifetime service, outstanding longtime achievement and 2011 distinguished service.
Author and pastor Rick Warren has announced he won’t be hosting a forum this year with President Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, saying it would be “hypocritical” to host the event in light of the two campaigns’ negative tone.
The Democratic draft platform does not include a recognition that Democrats hold divergent views on abortion, thereby rejecting an effort by Democrats for Life of America to include language that was in the 1996 platform.
This Bible study for Sunday, Aug. 26, is adapted from the Bible Studies for Life curriculum published by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.