CP 2.49% ahead of projection at mid-year point
By BP Staff NASHVILLE (BP) -- Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 2.49 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget projection, and...
EASTER: Jesus put things in order & walked out of the tomb
by Michael Kelley/HomeLife What does it look like to rise from the dead? We've all seen the TV dramas in the operating room when the heart monitor suddenly goes flat with the ominous and unceasing tone. Then the shock paddles are brought in and the formerly and...
How to use Easter eggs to share the gospel
By Susie Rain, Photos by Chloe Lewis This is going to sound like a “no brainer” — Easter is a natural time for missionaries to share about Christ. Not a big deal! Right? But think about it. Many live in places where it is illegal to “convert” someone to Christianity....
Passion Week math: It all adds up
By Todd Stiles I’m not known for my skills in math. In fact, if you know me beyond a “hi” or “bye,” you’re probably aware numbers aren’t my specialty. I love readin’ and writin’, but that whole ‘rithmetic thing? Well, let’s just say I must have been late to school on...
The “ideal” Cooperative Program division between state and national
by William Thornton Our venerable Cooperative Program now in its tenth decade and while somewhat diminished in percentages and sums from earlier times, is still a mammoth funding engine without which the SBC at the state convention and national levels would be...
A Climate Discussion
By Christopher McRae There’s a lot of hot air being spewed these days in discussions about the earth’s atmosphere. We’ve moved the conversation from Global Warming to Climate Change. We’ve made the right distinction between local weather events and our worldwide...
Gospel. Life. Ministry. (Free Online Event)
Featuring David Platt, Derwin Gray, Ed Stetzer, John Piper, Louie Giglio, Matt Chandler, Paul Tripp, Tony Evans, and more! On May 11, more than a dozen leading pastors, theologians, and thinkers are collaborating for a one-of-a-kind gospel-centered event. Gospel....
They became Cooperative Program advocates
By Karen L. Willoughby EDITOR'S NOTE: Cooperative Program Sunday is April 12 in the Southern Baptist Convention. KENOSHA, Wis. (BP) -- Ohio native Lenard Tavernelli didn't know a thing about Southern Baptists. He was reared in the General Association of Regular...
GuideStone health plans not impacted by IRS Notice on taxability of individual medical policy employer payment plans
By Roy Hayhurst DALLAS — GuideStone health plan participants should notice no impact as a result of a February 18 IRS Notice relating to certain employers maintaining employer payment plans (EPPs) that reimburse for individual health care coverage. GuideStone’s health...
Displaced Nigerians ‘not alone,’ Bapt. exec says
by Diana Chandler IBADAN, Nigeria (BP) -- Nominal Christianity fueled by a lack of discipleship is a major obstacle in standing against Boko Haram's persecution of believers in Nigeria, a leader of more than 10 million Baptists in Africa told Baptist Press. Yet,...
