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FIRST-PERSON: Examining hell (with help from C.S. Lewis)
Photo via Unsplash. A well-known podcaster recently brought the topic of hell to the forefront by advocating for annihilationism or conditionalism, the belief that the soul of the nonbeliever ceases to exist at the final judgment. A stir of responses followed. The doctrine of hell has always been a controversial one. The traditional view of hell as eternal conscious torment has so often been accused of being cruel, and even dare I say, unjust?
A lo largo de su existencia, la Iglesia Esperanza ha visto cómo el Señor ‘provee en cada paso’ | Baptist Press
El primer domingo de cada mes, el culto en la Iglesia Esperanza parece una reunión familiar. La congregación, que normalmente se reúne en servicios separados en inglés y español, se une para un solo servicio llamado “Una esperanza”. El pastor David Mathis predica en inglés, mientras que alguien traduce al español. “El evangelio es para todos”, dijo Mathis. “Cuando adoramos juntos, demostramos que el idioma no es una barrera para la familia de Dios”.
Hegseth expresa su apoyo a la capellanía militar y se propone reforzar la libertad religiosa
Metadata: Share this post: WASHINGTON, D.C. – El secretario de Guerra, Pete Hegseth, publicó un vídeo el martes por la noche (16 de diciembre) en el que anunció cambios inmediatos en las directrices para los capellanes militares. Hegseth describió la intención original de los capellanes: «ser el pilar espiritual y moral de las fuerzas de nuestra nación».
Juez cancela juicio con jurado de Sills y pide nueva fecha
iStock Metadata: Share this post: NASHVILLE (BP) – El juez federal William Campbell canceló el juicio con jurado entre David y Mary Sills y la Convención Bautista del Sur, programado para el 10 de febrero de 2026, y solicitó su reprogramación. La orden de Campbell se emitió a última hora del 15 de diciembre, citando ocho mociones pendientes de juicio sumario en el caso.
FROM THE SEMINARIES: Brooks joins SEBTS; NOBTS Korean partnership
Metadata: Series: SBC DigestsFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: Southeastern Seminary welcomes Will Brooks as professor of missiology By Mary Asta Mountain/SEBTS WAKE FOREST, N.C. – Southeastern Seminary and Judson College have announced the hiring of Will Brooks as professor of missiology and associate VP for Global Theological Initiatives (GTI).
Louisiana deacon, church treasurer arrested in connection with missing funds
Metadata: Topic(s): SBC NewsFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: ASHLAND, La. (LBM) – A deacon and treasurer from Ashland Baptist Church have been arrested for alleged theft of more than $156,000 from the church. According to a news release from the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office, an investigation began in February when members of the church contacted the sheriff’s office asking for an investigation into discrepancies and alleged missing funds.
FIRST-PERSON: Examining hell (with help from C.S. Lewis)
Adobe Stock Photo. Do not publish. Metadata: Series: First PersonTopic(s): Theology & DoctrineFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: A well-known podcaster recently brought the topic of hell to the forefront by advocating for annihilationism or conditionalism, the belief that the soul of the nonbeliever ceases to exist at the final judgment. A stir of responses followed! The doctrine of hell has always been a controversial one.
BIBLE STUDY: Jesus our Savior
Metadata: Topic(s): LifewayFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: NASHVILLE (BP) — This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with Lifeway Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, Lifeway publishes Sunday School curricula and additional resources for all age groups. This week’s Bible study is adapted from the Explore the Bible curriculum.
Heavy Hitters Secure Glens Falls Arena Naming Rights
We now know the new name for the Glens Falls arena. It will be the Harding Mazzotti Arena, according to a press release that was issued by the Adirondack Thunder on Monday. The deal lasts through 2030. The former Glens Falls Civic Center, which became the Cool Insuring Arena in 2017, opened in 1980 and has hosted thousands of events since its inception in downtown Glens Falls.
IMB ready to fill to fill specialized positions on mission field
Logistics coordinators, doctors, occupational therapists, accountants, counselors – these skills are in high demand on the mission field. While many missionaries step away from careers when they move overseas, the International Mission Board needs missionaries who will bring and utilize their expertise on the mission field. Scott Ray, IMB’s senior director of field personnel deployment, says many people don’t realize how their skillset and current careers can be effective mission tools overseas.
At the border, a migrant evangelization ministry on pause
Metadata: Topic(s): Churches and Ministry, ImmigrationFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: BROWNSVILLE, Texas (RNS) — Back in December, a group of migrants, released just hours before from detention centers or Customs and Border Protection processing, sat ready to participate in Wednesday night worship in the sanctuary of Iglesia Bautista West Brownsville, a Southern Baptist congregation near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Tornadoes, wildfires, blinding dust sweep across U.S. as massive storm leaves at least 35 dead
Metadata: Topic(s): National NewsFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: PIEDMONT, Mo. (AP) — Residents pounded by unusually vicious weather across parts of the U.S. surveyed damage Sunday from violent tornadoes, high winds and blinding dust storms that decimated homes and other structures and left at least 35 people dead. The dynamic storm from Friday through Sunday earned an unusual “high risk” designation from weather forecasters.
El DOJ cierra la investigación sobre la SBC
Metadata: Share this post: NASHVILLE (BP) – El Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. informó hoy (12 de marzo) a los abogados de la Convención Bautista del Sur (SBC) que su investigación sobre la SBC y sus entidades está cerrada. No se presentaron cargos relacionados con abusos sexuales.
Rusia viola gravemente la libertad religiosa en Ucrania, según el último informe
OSLO, Norway (BP) – Rusia viola gravemente la libertad religiosa en el territorio que ocupa ilegalmente en Ucrania, afirma Forum 18 en un nuevo informe.
Ojos arriba, pantallas abajo: La ausencia de teléfono es cada vez más frecuente en los actos juveniles
Metadata: Share this post: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP) – La presión del grupo puede ser algo bueno. No es algo que se suela presionar en un entorno de ministerio estudiantil, pero Bill Newton ha descubierto su valor en Immanuel Baptist Church. Hable con los líderes del ministerio juvenil y pronto sabrá el impacto expansivo que tienen los teléfonos móviles en los estudiantes. Aproximadamente el 95 por ciento de los adolescentes estadounidenses tienen uno.
El proyecto de ley propuesto permitiría a los ministros volver a participar en la cobertura de la Seguridad Social
Metadata: Share this post: WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) — Un proyecto de ley bipartidista puede dar a los ministros que decidieron hace mucho tiempo no participar en las prestaciones de la Seguridad Social la oportunidad de cambiar de opinión. La Ley del Clero, presentada por las senadoras Katie Britt (R-Ala.) y Maggie Hassan (D-NH), permitiría un período en el que el clero podría revocar su exención de la cobertura de la Seguridad Social.
Send Network establece un récord con 217 nuevos plantadores de iglesias respaldados
Metadata: Share this post: ALPHARETTA, Georgia – Del 4 al 6 de marzo, 217 nuevos plantadores de iglesias respaldados provenientes de 30 estados de EE. UU., cuatro provincias canadienses y Puerto Rico se reunieron en el edificio de la Junta de Misiones Norteamericanas (NAMB) en Alpharetta para la Orientación de Send Network, un evento que inicia el viaje de los plantadores al sumergirlos en los valores de Send Network.
FIRST-PERSON: You are not the church
Metadata: Series: First PersonTopic(s): Theology & DoctrineFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: Editor’s note: Rick Harrington is senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Haverhill, Mass., and a leader of the Baptist Convention of New England’s Multiplication Center. The following is an excerpt from his recent book, “Churching: Rediscovering the Centrality of the Local Church in the Christian Life.” I had arrived in Nepal less than 24 hours before. That was an experience.
Snowstorm doesn’t deter church launch in central Ohio for Send Network planter
Metadata: Topic(s): Church PlantingFormat(s): Text Articles Share this post: Editor’s note: Sunday, March 16, is Church Planting Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention. PICKERINGTON, Ohio (BP) – A year’s planning had gone into Change City Church in central Ohio before launch day on what was initially a rainy Feb. 16. That’s when the texts started arriving on Pastor Darryl Baker’s phone. “Are you still launching? We are shut down. There’s a snow emergency here,” a Cincinnati pastor texted Baker.
Tragedia convertida en triunfo
Metadata: Share this post: 24 de julio de 2024. Ese fue el día en que el mundo entero de Maribel Chávez cambió. Su esposo, José, había salido de casa un lunes del pasado mes de julio para hacer lo que ella esperaba que fuera un encargo relativamente rápido. Pero a medida que pasaban las horas y él no había regresado a casa, ella empezó a preocuparse. Pasó un día. José seguía sin aparecer. Un día se convirtió en dos. La familia denunció su desaparición a la policía.
Michigan youth director charged with 60 counts of abuse
A former Ypsilanti, Mich., youth choir director originally arrested last October on 30 counts of sexual abuse received 30 more after testimony during a preliminary examination March 4. Zachary Radcliff, 29, was the music and youth director at Oakwood Church when Michigan State Police arrested him on Oct. 2, 2024, following a report he had solicited child sexually abusive material from a minor. Radcliff was suspended from the church – where his father, Frank, is the senior pastor – with pay on Oct.
BREAKING: Structure Fire closes Bay Street in Glens Falls
GLENS FALLS - The Glens Falls Fire Department are tackling a structure fire this lunch hour that has traffic on an important north-south road in Glens Falls diverted onto side streets this lunch hour. The fire is at an apartment building near the corners of Bay and Sanford Street.
Your Voice: No secrets in prison — Observations from baptism Sunday - The Baptist Paper
From the back of the sanctuary, a line of women stood with towels in hand, gazing toward the water where sunlight gleamed off the baptismal. These women, ranging from 22 to nearly 80 years old, were waiting for baptism at the Mississippi Correctional Institute for Women. They had been attending church, hearing God’s Word and learning how to follow Jesus amidst incarceration. Although these ladies come from varied backgrounds, they currently share a common address.
Your Voice: How do we pastor through an election year?
By Rick Harrington Baptist Churches of New England This election year no doubt will be filled with a perpetual barrage of politics. From Super Tuesday to Nov. 5th, our church people will be bombarded with political ads, phone calls, news segments and presidential debates. As pastors, how do we pastor through a year like this? Remain non-partisan as pastor As private citizens, pastors should be involved in the political process as much as they choose to be.
4 steps to hiring, retaining skilled workforce
If you’re in the supply chain industry, you are most likely already experiencing the impact of the talent shortage. More and more, employees entering supply chain or manufacturing jobs are lacking basic mechanical skills, and the hiring company needs to know how to help new employees learn and succeed. Because of the shortage and shift in the kind of talent available, it’s more important than ever to find, hire, train and retain a skilled workforce.
The Arcade Tour | Indiegogo
I like video games and arcades. After visiting some sub-par arcades that were filled with games that didn't appeal to me, I thought ... wouldn't it be nice to know what to expect before you walk into an arcade? What kind of games do they have? Are they dominated by ticket redemption games or do they have any classics? Are they kid-friendly, or tailored more towards adults? The Arcade Tour will tour the inside of arcades I come across in my travels, and give you a peek at what's inside.
Arcade Adventures Series
Donate the full $750 I need and you'll be designated as a full-season sponsor. The produced intro for every episode will end with a 20 second spot produced by myself for your channel. As a reward for donating this amount, you will be investing in a special bonus video that will be recorded and produced in 2016 from a Dave and Busters where I play $100 on a half-price Wednesday. All prizes won from that trip will be shipped to you.
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