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9-18-24

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Florida pastor Keny Felix, far left, and a delegation from Florida enjoyed a meal at a Haitain-owned restaurant in Springfield, Ohio, on a mission trip to meet with Southern Baptist, other evangelical, city and community leaders to discuss outreach to Haitian immigrants there. Members of the Florida delegation include, second from left, south Florida civil rights attorney Marc Brumer, Senior Pastor David Eugene of Haitian Evangelical Baptist Church in Miami, and Patrick Jules, senior pastor of Bethel Evangelical Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale. Submitted photo

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Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission CFO Bobby Reed (center) works alongside ERLC President Brent Leatherwood and General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor Palmer Williams at the ERLC trustee meeting Sept. 10 in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter

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Joni Eareckson Tada. Photo © Joni and Friends

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A Kentucky Baptist Convention mission team gathers in New York City around church planter Austin Tsumas to pray for the work there. Submitted photo

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Carolyn Fountain, chair of the Executive Committee's Committee on Events and Strategic Planning, presents her report to the EC Sept. 17, 2024 in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter.

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SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg speaks during the EC's meeting Sept. 17, 2024, in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter

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SBC Executive Committee CFO Mike Bianchi speaks during the EC meeting Sept. 17, 2024 in Nashville as EC finance chairman Adam Wyatt listens. Photo by Brandon Porter.

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SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg speaks during a finance presentation to the EC Sept. 17, 2024 in Nashville. EC finance committee chair Adam Wyatt, EC Chairman Philip Robertson and EC CFO Mike Bianchi joined Iorg for the presentation. Photo by Brandon Porter

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Lifeway President Ben Mandrell (center) presented checks to NAMB president Kevin Ezell (left) and IMB president Paul Chitwood at the Sept. 17 meeting of the SBC Executive Committee. The checks came from the offerings of Lifeway campers this summer. Photo by Brandon Porter

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SBC president and North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley gives his first address to the SBC Executive Committee Tuesday, Sept. 17. Photo by Brandon Porter

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Jeff and Ann Iorg smile during a presentation at his installation service as SBC Executive Committee president Sept. 16, 2024 in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter.

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SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg calls on Southern Baptist to press on as a force for good during his installation sermon Sept. 16, 2024 in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter.

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Texas pastor Burtis Williams prays during the installation service of Jeff Iorg as president of the SBC Executive Committee Sept. 16, 2024 in Nashville. Williams led Iorg to faith in Jesus Christ at a county fair when Iorg was a teenager.

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SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg speaks during his installation service in Nashville on Sept. 16, 2024. Photo by Brandon Porter.

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Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley leads in a pray for Jeff and Ann Iorg as Jeff is installed as SBC Executive Committee president Sept. 16, 2024 in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter.

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Sarah Murray, a Liberty University student in Lynchburg, Virginia, participates in the Affinity Marathon at the 2024 MedAdvance conference in Houston.

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Andy Le, a Baylor University medical student in Waco, Texas, submits a commitment card at the conclusion of the 2024 MedAdvance conference at First Baptist Church, Houston, Texas. IMB Photo

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(Left to right) Kurt Shiver, Kevin Jones, Garrett Harmon, Brian Musser, and Matt Middlecamp were among those who gathered in June 2021 at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with the Multiplication Committee of the Baptist Collegiate Network (BCNet) to discuss what was then called, "Roadmap to Start New Work on a Campus: A Brief Guide for Local Churches."

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The WMU has invited children across the SBC to make a platform out of craft sticks. The platforms will be used to build a houseboat as a missions object lesson.

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Arkansas pastor and former Army chaplain Phil Kramer has capped more than 20 years of research into a new book about Adrian Rogers, “Moon Port Pastor,” which debuted among Southern Baptists at the SBC Annual Meeting in June in Indianapolis. Photo submitted

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Adrian Rogers, in leading First Baptist Church in Merritt Island, Fla., from 1964-1972, regularly set forth his vision in the church newsletter, The Thrust, for evangelistic ministry amid NASA’s – and America’s – race to the moon. Photo submitted

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This photo provided by the Martin County Sheriff's Office shows Sheriff's vehicles surrounding an SUV on the northbound I-95 in Martin County on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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FILE - Protesters line the street around the front of the Nebraska Capitol during an Abortion Rights Rally, July 4, 2022, in Lincoln, Neb. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)

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Keny Felix, senior pastor of Bethel Evangelical Baptist Church in Miami, Fla., and president of the Southern Baptist Convention National Haitian Fellowship, speaks to a group of Black leaders in Nashville on Sept. 12. Photo by Brandon Porter

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Louisiana Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers repair the roof of a church that sustained damage in Hurricane Francine. Submitted photo

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El presidente de la Comisión de Ética y Libertad Religiosa, Brent Leatherwood, habla con los fideicomisarios el 10 de septiembre de 2024 en Nashville. Foto de Brandon Porter

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Dwain Carter, left, Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief coordinator, addresses volunteers Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Winder, Ga. GBDR photo

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Congolese refugees meet for Bible study that Steve and Melinda McMillan lead through Centerpoint Church in Charleston, S.C. This is an example of the Diaspora Missions Collective, which was formed by Southern Baptist entities to reach other national people groups that come to North American soil. IMB Photo

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Many of the Sudanese refugees helped through Send Relief's partnership with Empower One are women and children. Empower One photo

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Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Acting Chairman Tony Beam, President Brent Leatherwood, CFO Bobby Reed and General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor Palmer Williams listen to a report at the ERLC trustees' meeting Sept. 11, 2024, in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter.

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Daniel Jerkins, chair of the Budget and Ministry Committee and associate/executive pastor of Hickory Withe First Baptist Church in Eads, Tenn., presents the budget at the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board meeting Sept. 10.

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From left, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attend the 9/11 Memorial ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

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Sam Pulia, left, Willow Springs, Ill police chief, places flags on the bronze parapets at the 9/11 Memorial on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

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Missouri pro-lifers gathered to pray in front of Missouri Supreme Court this morning (Sept. 10) as the Court held a hearing on pro-abortion Amendment 3. Pathway photo

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Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary President Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh gives an update on the war in Ukraine to Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission staff and trustees on Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter

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Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary President Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh gives an update on the war in Ukraine to Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission staff and trustees on Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter

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Acting Chairman Tony Beam and Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Brent Leatherwood pray for Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary President Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh during the ERLC's trustees meeting on Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter

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Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Brent Leatherwood speaks to trustees on Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter

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Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Brent Leatherwood speaks to trustees on Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter

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Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary President Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh gives an update on the war in Ukraine to Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission staff and trustees on Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashville. Photo by Brandon Porter

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In this screencapture of a Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary video, a UBTS student prays in the damage left from a Sept. 4 Russian missile strike near the Lviv seminary that killed seven residents and injured dozens more. Off-campus female student housing suffered minor damage, but no students were injured, UBTS Chief of Staff Iryna Los said.

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Nigeria, the most dangerous country for Christians, is not listed as a Country of Particular Concern in the U.S. State Department's most recent list. In this file photo, a Nigerian Christian reads the Bible.

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