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Repentance, wisdom, revival themes of Southern Baptist prayer gathering
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – With the weight of so many important decisions facing Southern Baptists in the coming days, hundreds gathered to pray at the Anaheim Convention Center Sunday night (June 12). Arkansas pastor Bill Elliff and Robby Gallaty, pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn., led audience members on what the men hoped would be a journey where God would meet each person in a real and tangible way.
Southern Baptists come together to serve, share Gospel through Crossover Anaheim
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Following a week of Southern Baptist seminary students engaging neighborhoods around Anaheim, 34 churches engaged their communities through various outreach events Saturday, June 11, through Crossover, which partnered with Send Relief to host a Serve Tour experience that took place ahead of the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting.
SBC 2022: Jesus at the Center of it All
Editor’s note: Ed Litton is pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Ala., and president of the Southern Baptist Convention. ANAHEIM, Calif.—This week the Southern Baptist Convention will gather for our 164th annual meeting. It is always a special time when our convention comes together each June for this two-day family meeting.
FIRST-PERSON: Baptist Press makes corrections to abuse-related stories, issues apology to those affected
Metadata: Series: First PersonFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: On May 24, Baptist Press recommitted to Southern Baptists that we will be a better Baptist Press in the days ahead. Today (June 10), the editors of Baptist Press have made corrections to the story “Churches named by Greear in abuse report respond” to better reflect the nature of the alleged sexual abuse of Debbie Vasquez.
SBC DIGEST: Mission:Dignity Sunday materials available; SWBTS relaunches alumni association
Mission:Dignity Sunday (June 26) materials ready to order By Susan Ervien/GuideStone Financial Resources DALLAS (BP) – In the Old Testament, we find these words: “I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned.” Psalm 37:25a (CSB) On June 26, we have the opportunity to return a blessing to righteous, unsung heroes of the faith.
FIRST-PERSON: Jesus at the Center of it All
Editor’s note: Ed Litton is pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Ala., and president of the Southern Baptist Convention. ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Next week the Southern Baptist Convention will gather for our 164th annual meeting. It is always a special time when our convention comes together each June for this two-day family meeting.
After Buffalo shooting, pastor’s first phone call sparked response
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Two pastors’ newfound friendship gave their churches an unexpected opportunity to serve their community together when the May 14 Tops Friendly Market shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., unfolded directly across the street from one of their congregations. “When the shooting happened, I called him first,” said church planter Eric Napoli, of his friend Mark Hamilton, whom he had met not long before the tragic incident.
Believers see abundant harvest in east Taiwan
As Li Qing sat fishing off the coast of Ludao, a tiny island in east Taiwan, a question kept troubling his mind. He knew he hadn’t lived a perfect life, and the weight of his sin burdened him. He didn’t know what to do about it. When he needed extra luck or blessing, he often prayed to his ancestors, but they offered no path to forgiveness. Several days that week, the pattern was the same.
Nationals see divine intervention amidst persistent persecution
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series on global persecution, leading churches to pray for the persecuted church. During the height of a civil war, persecution was rampant and ruthless where IMB worker Edwin Hayes* serves. While visiting a local pastor/church planter to see how he could help, Hayes heard the story of a pastor and his wife. He left humbled, wondering what he could possibly do to help a couple with such tested faith.
FIRST-PERSON: The Good Samaritan
EL CAJON, Calif. (BP) – Thad didn’t have a choice. He commuted on foot to work each night, and his route took him through a dangerous section of town and down a darkened block with a broken streetlight. His whole body tensed for about three minutes as he passed that way, nerves jumpy, ears alert. But they were as quiet as cats the night they attacked him, and he never heard them coming. In the darkest spot on the street, a hand grabbed his shoulders and pulled him into the alley.
FIRST-PERSON: Unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace
Ed Litton EDITOR’S NOTE: Ed Litton is senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Ala., and president of the Southern Baptist Convention. In the hours after my election as SBC president, there certainly were a great number of things to do and new places to be. The Lord allowed me moments in the hallways to meet and greet Southern Baptists at their best. There were those who heartily congratulated me.
Virginia Church maintains relationship with Lesotho people group during Covid
A view of the Mahunyaneng Valley in the mountains of Lesotho. (Photo via First Baptist Roanoke’s Facebook) ROANOKE, Va. – Despite the travel limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, First Baptist Church of Roanoke, Va., maintained its relationship with a particular people group in Lesotho, Africa and is gearing up to return as soon as mission teams are able.
Desperation, need for hope seen as chaplains arrive at Surfside condo collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (BP) — A day after the 12-story Champlain Towers South Condo collapsed on itself, Pines Baptist Church Pastor Luis Acosta was as close to the smoldering rubble as authorities allowed. Acosta said while at the site Friday (June 25), he sensed on the faces of the victims’ family members gathered nearby “desperation, the need for hope, the need to hear their loved ones are safe,” he told Baptist Press today (June 28).
SBC President Ed Litton Refuses to Repent After Private Appeals Go Unheeded. The Evidence Against Him Demonstrates a Long Term History of Deceit & Plagiarism. - BrentDetwiler.com -
Dr. Ed Litton was elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention during a second vote on June 15, 2021 in Nashville, TN. Here are the official results. First ballot. SBC Annual Meeting @SBCMeeting Election results 15,678 messengers were registered 14,300 cast ballots Mohler: 3,764 - 26.32% Stone: 5,216 - 36.48% Litton: 4,630 - 32.38% Adams: 673 - 4.71% 17 ballots disallowed Stone and Litton will go to a runoff.
SNAP apologizes to SBC leaders, admits charges of 'silence' were 'erroneous'
EDITOR’S NOTE: On May 24, 2022, Baptist Press recommitted to Southern Baptists that we will be a better Baptist Press in the days ahead. On June 10, 2022, the editors of Baptist Press are adding this note to say we do not believe this story accurately represents the events surrounding the meeting between Executive Committee officials and the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and Clergy (SNAP) and does not meet our current journalistic standards.
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