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FIRST-PERSON: A funeral sermon is just a sermon

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By Bart Barber
| Kentucky Today Verified
If you have been preaching long enough to have become comfortable with the rhythms of producing weekly expository sermons, you do not have to acquire some different skill set to be able to preach a good funeral sermon. If you have reached the point that you can pull together a good sermon from most places in the Bible, then you can write a good expository funeral sermon from more places in the Bible than you might realize.
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FIRST-PERSON: An encouraging day for Southern Baptists

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By Bart Barber
| Biblical Recorder Verified
It’s morning again in the Southern Baptist Convention. Today, in their communities across the country, members of Southern Baptist Churches will lead at least 622 people to faith in Christ and will celebrate their conversions by baptizing them. Four million people will plan their attendance this weekend at an in-person worship gathering at a Southern Baptist church. Of those, 2.5 million will also plan to attend Sunday School or another small-group Bible study.
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Southern Baptist baptisms and attendance grow, membership decline slows

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By Aaron Earls, Bart Barber, Scott Barkley Verified, Tom Strode Verified
| Baptist Press Verified
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – Baptisms, worship service attendance and small group participation all grew in 2023 among congregations affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, while the recent decline in total membership among congregations slowed. The Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by Lifeway Christian Resources in cooperation with Baptist state conventions details the annual numerical changes for the Southern Baptist Convention.
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