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NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention is a diverse, cooperative “force for good” that is poised to move forward on mission, Jeff Iorg said at his installation as the eighth president of the SBC Executive Committee Sept. 16 in Nashville.

Gateway, Korean seminary sign educational agreement; Craig Williams joins business faculty at The College at Southeastern.

HOUSTON (BP) -- MedAdvance has drawn healthcare professionals across the country since 2007. Doctors, nurses, therapists, nutritionists, pharmacists, fitness instructors, community health workers, other specialists and non-medical attendees gather at the annual event to hear how the International Mission Board is using global healthcare strategies to reach the lost all over the world.

PHILADELPHIA (BP)- The task was enormous. They wanted every campus in the United States to have a Gospel ministry presence.

I don’t know how the topic came up, but I told someone at the office I had 100,000 craft sticks. When he asked why in the world one would own 100,000 craft sticks, I told him I got them because they were on clearance, and I work with children. I thought at some point attempting a world record might be fun.

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – On Sept. 15, 1999, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumnus Jay Fannin (MACE, ’98) was helping at a youth event he had organized at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, where he had been named the youth minister 20 months previously. But that time of prayer and worship that was attended by 14 area church youth groups quickly turned into a tragedy when an armed man walked into the sanctuary and began shooting.

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – A dozen or so miles from NASA’s launch pads at Cape Canaveral, a new pastor – Adrian Rogers – asserted in a sermon, “God has given us a golden opportunity” that “very few people get to see.”

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near Trump's West Palm Beach golf club in Florida while the Republican presidential candidate was golfing. No injuries were reported. Officials say the person fled in an SUV and was later apprehended by local law enforcement.

It’s my privilege to serve as the recording secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention. The recording secretary is elected each summer by messengers to the SBC Annual Meeting. Along with the registration secretary, a position currently held by my beloved colleague Don Currence, the recording secretary position is not term limited.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Scripture. The Baptist Faith and Message. Resolutions. Topics come up in conversation, whether online, over coffee or at a family reunion. Guides are helpful, and someone must put in the time to develop them within a trustworthy framework.