A New Record for Annie Armstrong Offering
Southern Baptist giving to the 2006 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions has been so generous that the offering set a new record with three months remaining in the giving period. Carlos Ferrer, interim chief operating officer for the North American Mission Board, announced the record giving at the opening session of the […]
NAMB presidential search has ‘select list, not short list’
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Trustees of the North American Mission Board approved 60 new missionaries, endorsed 38 Southern Baptist chaplains and heard a report from their presidential search committee during their Oct. 4 meeting at the board’s Atlanta-area offices.
Discipleship is costly, Fish tells NAMB missionaries, chaplains
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| Roy Fish, interim president of the North American Mission Board, challenged 89 new missionaries and chaplains to radical discipleship during a NAMB commissioning service Oct 1. Photo by John Swain |
“I marvel at the depth of commitment, gifts and variety of ministries you are called to,” Fish told Southern Baptists’ newest missionaries and chaplains.
“Tremendous potential walked across this stage this morning -– potential to shake a county, a large city or even a state or province,” Fish said.
Annie Armstrong Offering sets record 3 months ahead of time
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Carlos Ferrer, interim chief operating officer for the North American Mission Board, announced the record giving at the opening session of the Woman’s Missionary Union national missions event Sept. 27 at the LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center near Asheville, N.C.
NAMB calls Roy Fish as interim president
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Trustees of the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board have called seminary evangelism professor Roy J. Fish to serve as the agency’s interim president. Fish has accepted the call and will begin his part-time responsibilities next week at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.
NAMB trustees urged to find ‘clear, confident choice’ for president; new missionaries, chaplains approved
| Carlos Ferrer NAMB interim COO |
The mission board’s trustees also heard encouraging reports on NAMB’s ministries across the United States and Canada, and they were affirmed and challenged by SBC President Bobby Welch concerning their search for Reccord’s successor.
NAMB trustees exhorted to find ‘clear, confident choice’ for next president; NAMB sets tone for evangelism, Welch says
| Carlos Ferrer NAMB interim COO |
The mission board’s trustees also heard encouraging reports on NAMB’s ministries across the United States and Canada, and they were affirmed and challenged by SBC President Bobby Welch concerning their search for Reccord’s successor.
NAMB president Bob Reccord resigns; cites ‘philosophical and methodological differences’ as reasons for parting ways
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| Bob Reccord |
Speaking to nearly 200 NAMB staff members at NAMB’s Atlanta-area offices, Reccord said he made the decision, which was effective immediately, with “mixed emotions.”
Missionary to NAMB staffers, ‘I got your back & you got mine’
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| Reggie Robbins (left), North American Mission Board missionary, baptizes a new believer. Photo by John Swain |
Speaking in a March 30 chapel service at the mission board, Robbins said, “I’m honored to be here at NAMB, to speak to the other half of our team. And, I just want you to know that, like we say in the ‘hood, I got your back and you got mine. We are a team.”
NAMB president, trustee officer address, encourage employees
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--During a meeting with North American Mission Board employees March 24, NAMB president Robert E. (Bob) Reccord expressed appreciation for their “support, cooperation and prayers during some very, very tough days.”
