BGCT’s new fund for missionaries, chaplaincy board expands SBC rift
DALLAS (BP)--Offering what Executive Director Charles Wade called "open arms" of welcome, the Baptist General Convention of Texas executive board voted Feb. 26 to create a "special missionary transition fund" to assist any missionary who voluntarily leaves or is dismissed by the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board for refusing to affirm the SBC's Baptist Faith and Message statement of beliefs.
Fire guts Tom, Jeannie Elliff’s home, claims 20 Bibles with sermon notes
The home of former Southern Baptist Convention President Tom Elliff was destroyed by fire late Sunday night, Feb. 21