DR leaders urge prayer, donations as storm relief continues
MORGAN CITY, La. (BP) – Thousands remained without power in Louisiana Friday (Sept. 13) after Hurricane Francine’s 100mph winds came ashore near Morgan City Wednesday. In addition to power outages, some residents face structural damage, downed trees and flooding.
‘Cling tenaciously to a biblical worldview,’ Pressley urges after presidential debate
PHILADELPHIA (BP) – In their first and likely only debate before the presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump squared off for 90 minutes in what was often more a rehash of each candidate’s past actions and statements than a debate on future policy.
Iorg announces reorganization of Executive Committee staff leadership
NASHVILLE (BP) – A reorganization of executive level leadership roles at the SBC Executive Committee was announced Tuesday (Sept. 3). The move comes a little less than three months after Jeff Iorg became EC president.
NEWS DIGEST: Two abuse-related arrests in North Carolina
High Point, N.C. youth pastor arrested on sexual abuse charges; Winston-Salem, N.C. Christian school teacher arrested on sexual abuse charges
Supreme Court declines to force states’ implementation of new Title IX rule
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Supreme Court on Friday (Aug. 16) rejected an emergency request from the Biden Administration that would have required the enforcement of new Title IX regulations released in April of this year.
Virginia pastor faces 19 abuse-related felony charges
REEDVILLE, Va. (BP) – A Virginia pastor was arrested Aug. 8 and charged with sexual abuse against children. David Lawrence Schneider faces 19 felony counts, including one count of aggravated sexual battery, ten counts of forcible sodomy and eight counts of indecent liberties with a child while in a custodial role.
Remains of Debby bring flooding, tornadoes
NASHVILLE (BP) – Rivers and lakes stand above flood stage from west Florida up into northeast Georgia and predictions of flooding continue through the Carolinas as what was Hurricane Debby makes its way north. At least six deaths are being blamed on the storm.
IMB mobilizers call Southern Baptists of all ethnicities to ‘put their yes on the table’
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Anyone can leverage the gifts God has given them to reach the nations with the Gospel, said the International Mission Board’s three ethnic mobilizers during a panel discussion in Indianapolis.
Education key to reengaging churches in CP
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Many times, the reason a church disengages from the Cooperative Program is simple. And that often means getting that church reengaged can be simple too.
‘Essentials’ abuse prevention curriculum on its way to state conventions
NASHVILLE (BP) – The auditorium in the SBC Building in Nashville has been turned into a makeshift shipping center this week as former members of the SBC’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF) box up thousands of copies of a curriculum they produced and ship them to state Baptist conventions around the country.
