Bivocational’s batteries recharged at SBC
SAN ANTONIO (BP)--When Bob Butler walked his family off the airplane in Vermont that February morning, white snow was on the ground and gray clouds in the sky. This was nothing unusual for Vermont, but quite different than weather in his hometown of Tampa, Fla.
Universities open bivocational centers
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (BP)–The Southern Baptist Bivocational Ministers’ Association announced June 11 a partnership with three universities to provide regional centers for bivocational ministry. Citing a growing awareness of the specialized needs of bivocational pastors, the association’s leaders unveiled their partnership at an annual luncheon prior to the Southern Baptist Convention’s June 12-13 annual meeting […]
LifeWay recognizes churches for baptisms
SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Twelve years ago Marty Souter kept everything he owned in an old box in the park where he lived. One remaining button held his only shirt closed, and ground-in filth covered his only pair of shorts. He didn’t have any pants or shoes, and the loneliness of being estranged from his wife and […]
IMB thanks churches for record offering
SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Royce Sweatman couldn’t get the image out of his mind. The North Arkansas Baptist Association’s director of missions saw a set of jumper cables stretching from the heart of Africa to the 54 Southern Baptist churches scattered across north Arkansas’ Ozark mountains. It was a vision that would eventually spur his association to […]
Page receives Union’s M.E. Dodd Award
SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Union University presented Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page with its M.E. Dodd Denominational Service Award during a June 13 dessert reception at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in San Antonio. The Dodd Award is the highest denominational service award given by Union, a Christian liberal arts university in Jackson, Tenn., affiliated […]
World ministries group hears Welch, Rankin
SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Bobby Welch, strategist for global evangelical relations with the SBC Executive Committee, and International Mission Board President Jerry Rankin addressed the Fellowship of Baptist World Ministries June 11 prior to the SBC’s annual meeting in San Antonio. According to the FBWM website, the fellowship is an “organization of formally constituted world mission organizations […]
Stetzer: Get to know unbelievers
SAN ANTONIO (BP)–To be missional, Christians must be obedient to the Holy Spirit by moving out of their comfort zones and reaching out to various people groups with the unchanging Gospel, Ed Stetzer of LifeWay Christian Resources told evangelists during their annual retreat in San Antonio. “Much of evangelism in our churches has been recruiting […]
‘Missional’ leaders connect at SBC
SAN ANTONIO (BP)–“A Gathering for Missional Leaders” June 11 was sponsored by the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board to help “missional” church leaders “connect with their counterparts, discuss issues of church and culture and learn yet more innovative ways to reach people with the Gospel,” said Mike Cogland of NAMB’s Center for Missional Research […]
Baucham, at Founders, calls for repentance
SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Revival occurs when God awakens His people by reminding them of past lessons and bringing them into present repentance, Voddie Baucham said at the annual breakfast sponsored by Founders Ministries, a Reformed theology fellowship of Southern Baptists. Baucham is the preaching pastor of the Houston-area Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring and author […]
Estep honored by Ministers’ wives
SAN ANTONIO (BP)–Lynda S. Estep, a pastor’s wife, Sunday School teacher and the 1990 president of the Ministers’ Wives Luncheon, was honored with the Willie Turner Dawson Award during the June 12 luncheon in San Antonio. She is the wife of Wendell Estep, pastor of First Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C. They have two grown […]
