SBC Life Articles by Marty Croll

JERUSALEM (BP)–Dazed by the explosion, 15-year-old Mark Anthony took a step backward. He slipped and stepped on someone’s stomach, loose on the sidewalk and entangled in the bloody shreds of a baggy dress. Whether by courage, inspiration from God or simply a response to hurting people, the son of Southern Baptist representatives John and Connie […]

LONDON (BP)–The world will be watching when Jonathan Kirk, son of Southern Baptist missionaries Tom and Carolyn Kirk, takes to the choir risers next time to glorify God.The 12-year-old boy was selected as one of 24 members of the Westminster Abbey boys choir scheduled to perform before world leaders and celebrities at the funeral service […]

JERUSALEM (BP)–Spiritual oppression against faith in Jesus has reached an intensity in Israel unknown in modern days, according to a Southern Baptist International Mission Board worker. When John Anthony came to the Holy Land 24 years ago, “one or two” struggling congregations of Jews who believed in Jesus as the Messiah were meeting for worship, […]

BEIRUT, Lebanon (BP)–Workers for the Southern Baptist International Mission Board see the lifting of a 10-year travel ban in Lebanon as fuel for their efforts in one of the most open and responsive nations of the Middle East. The U.S. State Department announced July 30 its ban on Americans in Lebanon would expire. That effectively […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–A former youth pastor of an international church overseas will help capture the energy of high school youth and college students in Southern Baptist International Mission Board volunteer work. As a consultant for the Volunteers in Missions Department, J. Bron Holcomb of Clarkesville, Ga., will seek to involve more high schoolers and college […]

BANGKOK, Thailand (BP)–Thirty Southern Baptist summer workers fled an intense street war in Cambodia July 9 and were to catch a commercial flight from Bangkok, Thailand, to Los Angeles July 11. The group had planned to teach conversational English in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during the summer. The summer workers, students at universities in the United […]

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (BP)–Thirty summer workers sought safety in the home of Southern Baptist workers Steve and Patti Ellis and their four daughters as fighting broke out between troops of rival prime ministers in Cambodia’s capital city July 5. Fighting drew to within a few blocks of the Ellis home, and the sounds of gunfire […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured evangelical Christians his government will defeat a proposed bill to outlaw certain methods of evangelism. Dubbed the “anti-missionary law,” it has triggered an outpouring of opposition from inside and outside of Israel. It was introduced as a private members’ bill after the government committee that represents […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)﷓﷓Southern Baptist giving to the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering posted its fourth straight gain, and for the first time in history had surpassed the $90 million mark when the books closed May 31. At a record $93,089,179.27, the 1996 offering reflected dollar and percentage increases greater than any since 1988. From 1995, […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Southern Baptist giving to the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering posted its fourth straight gain, and for the first time in history had surpassed the $90 million mark when the books closed May 31. At a record $93,089,179.27, the 1996 offering reflected dollar and percentage increases greater than any since 1988. From 1995, […]