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WEEK OF PRAYER: Brazilian families find Christ-centered care | Baptist Press
Their choice is unimaginable.
Southwestern’s largest fall graduating class in decades encouraged to love, lead to God’s glory | Baptist Press
FORT WORTH, Texas – During the fall commencement of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on Dec. 5, Robert Brown, alumnus and chairman of the Board of Trustees, encouraged the graduates to consider their love and leadership of others for God’s glory as markers of their future success.
2000 Christians call for religious freedom protections amid rising violence in India | Baptist Press
NEW DELHI (BP) – Two thousand Christians gathered in India in November to urge the government to protect religious freedoms as violence and legalized discrimination increase in the world’s most populous country.
Union trustees approve purchase of Mid-America campus in Memphis | Baptist Press
JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University will acquire the Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary property on Appling Road in Cordova, Tennessee, after university trustees in their Dec. 5 meeting authorized the purchase.
DR DIGEST: NC Baptists honored as grand marshals; Florida Baptists responding in Jamaica | Baptist Press
Baptists on Mission honored for WNC relief work as grand marshals of Canton Christmas parade; Florida Baptists among first responders in Jamaica’s long recovery.
First Baptist Opelika mourns unexpected death of pastor | Baptist Press
OPELIKA, Ala. (BP) – Members of First Baptist Church learned from an email today that their senior pastor since 2016, Jeff Meyers, died during the night.
New Hispanic churches find success, Lifeway Research shows | Baptist Press
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Despite potential barriers within the congregation, the community and the broader culture, new Hispanic churches in the U.S. are reaching new people and welcoming new faces.
FIRST-PERSON: The Glory-Thread: Romans, the manger and the cosmos | Baptist Press
When I was a young pastor, I thought about and preached Romans the way most of us were taught. In doctrinal categories: sin (chapters 1-2), justification (3-5), sanctification (6-8), Israel (9–11) and practical duties (12-16).
FIRST-PERSON: The Church must respond to physician-assisted suicide | Baptist Press
The Church has been discussing topics like abortion, embryo adoption, in vitro fertilization and vaccines for many years.
For Israeli families of deceased hostages, biblical Sitting Shiva mourning finally comes | Baptist Press
JERUSALEM (BP) – Tiferet Lapidot had returned to Israel to spend the holidays with her family.
SBC DIGEST: Longtime Baptist journalist retires; MBTS awards pastor $10K | Baptist Press
Ken Camp, longtime Baptist journalist, to retire; MBTS honors Pastor Zachary Evans in Pastor Appreciation Month giveaway.
FIRST-PERSON: The real Christmas angels | Baptist Press
An angel accented the top of our family’s Christmas tree each year when I was growing up. This regal figure featured a golden gown, wings and a halo.
Russian/Ukrainian multiethnic church sees Gospel reconciliation as war lingers | Baptist Press
TACOMA, Wash. (BP) – As lead pastor of Good News Church in Tacoma, Moscow-born Vasiliy Stupin appreciates the reconciling power of the Gospel among the church’s 800 or so members and attendees from Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe.
FIRST-PERSON: A thankful heart is a generous heart | Baptist Press
As Thanksgiving approaches most of us will have an opportunity to unplug, evaluate, and offer thanks to God for the numerous blessings in our lives without the typical interruptions which accompany our normal routines.
FIRST-PERSON: America’s real first Thanksgiving | Baptist Press
The feast enjoyed by the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag people in 1621 is what most people think of as the first Thanksgiving.
For Jason and Ty Simpson, trusting God became the real game plan | Baptist Press
MARTIN, Tenn. (BP) – Jason Simpson remembers the “aha” moment for his son, Ty.
Dallas-area churches use Thanksgiving as opportunity for ‘Serving Irving’ | Baptist Press
IRVING, Texas – It may not be the most populous at 255,000 people, but Irving, Texas, just may be the most diverse city in the nation.
This fuzzy fruit shows no signs of spoilage among CentriKid campers | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – He’s had a knack for getting into jams that leave others ripe with frustration for over a decade.
Native American Christians honor leaders, search for men to replace them | Baptist Press
BIXBY, Okla. – Two men from the Muscogee Creek Nation were honored as “Native American Trailblazers” during the recent regional meeting of the Fellowship of Native American Christians.
‘Devil’s playground’ in Chicago is church’s ministry base | Baptist Press
CHICAGO (BP) – Overdose deaths, homicides, gang violence, prostitution and political corruption are rampant in Chicago’s Garfield Park, but God called Jamie Thompson to plant a church “right in the middle of the devil’s playground.”