N.M. Baptists stress ‘Standing Strong’
DEMING, N.M. (BP) -- With "Standing Strong" as the theme of this year's annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico Oct. 21-22, messengers chose to take a stand in support of five Houston pastors entangled in a battle over a homosexual-transgender rights ordinance.
N.M. Baptists stand with Houston pastors
DEMING, N.M. (BP) -- The Baptist Convention of New Mexico has taken a stand with five pastors in Houston who have had their sermons and other communications subpoenaed following their opposition to a homosexual-transgender rights ordinance passed in May. "... whereas we believe that this attempt to subpoena their sermons and church communications is a violation of First Amendment rights and of the separation of church and state, we thus resolve to state our belief as such," reads the resolution unanimously approved during the convention's Oct. 21-22 annual meeting.
N.M. Baptists commit to ‘Pressing On’
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BP) -- With the theme "Pressing On," New Mexico Baptists approved marriage and pro-life resolutions, various recommendations and a $4.8 million budget during their annual meeting.
Glorieta 2.0 enhances leaseholder options
GLORIETA, N.M. (BP) -- The Christian ministry buying Glorieta Conference Center from LifeWay Christian Resources has increased options available to those who lease property for residential homes and small group facilities.
N.M. Baptists celebrate 100th anniversary
CLOVIS, N.M. (BP) -- One hundred years after messengers from Baptist churches across New Mexico gathered at First Baptist Church in Clovis to organize a new state convention, their spiritual descendents returned there for the Baptist Convention of New Mexico's centennial celebration.
N.M. Baptists celebrate 100th anniversary
CLOVIS, N.M. (BP) -- One hundred years after messengers from Baptist churches across New Mexico gathered at First Baptist Church in Clovis to organize a new state convention, their spiritual descendents returned there for the Baptist Convention of New Mexico's centennial celebration.
N.M. convention forms Glorieta committee
New Mexico Baptists have formed an ad hoc committee "to explore the future and possibilities of Glorieta," a conference center that is operated under reduced hours and may sold by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
N.M. Baptists focus on holiness, appeal for Glorieta’s future
New Mexico Baptists were urged repeatedly to get on God's "Highway to Holiness" during the annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Farmington Oct. 25-26.
Los Alamos wildfire mobilizes N.M. Baptists
LA CUEVA, N.M. (BP)–New Mexico’s largest forest fire ever broke out early in the afternoon of Sunday, June 26, near Los Alamos. By that evening, local New Mexico Baptist disaster relief volunteers were feeding the volunteer firefighters of La Cueva, N.M., who were battling the blaze. Before the blaze was contained a week later, Southern […]
N.M. reduces budget, emphasizes prayer
ROSWELL, N.M. (BP)–Prayer was the priority when Baptists from across the Land of Enchantment gathered Oct. 26-27 at First Baptist Church in Roswell for the annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. Messengers approved a 2011 Cooperative Program budget of $4.01 million, a reduction of $463,307, or 10.36 percent, from 2010. The budget […]
