SBC Life Articles from 2012

NASHVILLE (BP) – The genocide that left more than 800,000 Rwandans dead and millions displaced during a 100-day period in 1994 demonstrated the depths of depravity found in hearts not redeemed by Jesus, former missionary Nik Ripken said.

“I want to be the pastor,” said the woman in our church. It was 1985, and I was a first-term missionary in Tanzania. The lady was a graduate of Tanzania’s Baptist seminary and the wife of a government official, while the other candidates were uneducated men. I explained to her why this was not biblical.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Reunidos en las oficinas de la Junta de Misiones Norteamericanas (NAMB) en la zona metropolitana de Atlanta los días 6 y 7 de mayo, los miembros de la Junta de Directivos de NAMB adquirieron un mayor conocimiento de la diversidad de la ciudad y de los retos que supone alcanzarla con el Evangelio.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – The Lifeway camps team has been watching to see where God is working and is ready to join Him this summer through FUGE Camps and Student Life Camp by preparing a generation for revival.

Southern Baptists are transforming lives, healing communities, responding to disasters, caring for hurting people, and funding countless ministries – all at record levels.  This may be surprising news since Southern Baptists are often decried for their shortcomings.  Because of our desire for transparency – meeting every summer for two days in an open meeting to publicly discuss our problems – there is no shortage of negative stories to support the false narrative we are corrupt and declining.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – The 2024 SBC Books of Reports will guide Southern Baptists as they consider the Convention’s business at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting. The book, published annually, is filled with the convention's primary documents and reports from each of the SBC’s entities and state convention partners.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Meeting at the offices of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) in metro Atlanta May 6-7, members of NAMB’s Board of Trustees gained a greater understanding for the diversity of the city and the challenges that come with reaching it with the Gospel.

COLUMBIA Tenn. (BP) — At least one death can be attributed to the tornado that tore through Middle Tennessee on Wednesday, part of a storm system that brought at least 13 tornadoes, softball-sized hail, flooding and wind gusts up to 72 mph from Kansas to the Carolinas.

PHILADELPHIA (BP) – Most Americans don’t see a moral or spiritual benefit to artificial intelligence (AI), the American Bible Society (ABS) said May 9 in the latest release from its 2024 State of the Bible.