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Permanent resettlement not a reality for 99 percent of refugees

October 14, 2020
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For some refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people, resettlement is as close as a lamp in the window of a neighboring house. For others, it is a light glimmering on the horizon. For most, the light of permanent resettlement is like chasing the setting sun.

Ezell: ‘Greatest Annie Offering ever’ despite steep decline

October 7, 2020
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"This year, Annie giving was down, but I am humbled and even more grateful for what was given. To me it is the greatest Annie Offering ever. For Southern Baptists to have so sacrificially given during a time when most churches were not even meeting for worship is nothing short of a miracle,” said NAMB president Kevin Ezell.

Cooperative Program giving in 2019-20 testament to Southern Baptists’ faithfulness

October 7, 2020
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The 2020 fiscal year for the Southern Baptist Convention ended September 30, 2020, and despite challenges related to the COVID-19 global pandemic, giving by Southern Baptist churches through the Cooperative Program for national and international missions and ministries totaled more than $192.9 million.

Changed lives, gospel advance, and missionaries mobilized

October 1, 2020
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October is when we encourage all Southern Baptist churches and congregations to promote our Great Commission mission and ministries giving through the Cooperative Program. Giving through the Cooperative Program is the financial fuel that helps us take Good News to the whole world.

Personal evangelism gets creative, overcomes coronavirus barriers

September 30, 2020
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While masks, social distancing and extra time cloistered at home have made personal evangelism more challenging, some evangelism leaders have found ways around those challenges.

2021 SBC Annual Meeting hotel registration opens Oct. 1

September 30, 2020
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Online hotel registration opens Thursday, Oct. 1, for the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting June 15-16 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville.

5 recent Supreme Court rulings impact churches, ministries across America

September 23, 2020
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In the past few months, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued several decisions that impact religious organizations. Here is a breakdown.

Send Relief Day of Service: 7 ways to meet local needs

September 23, 2020
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A 'Day of Service' is the easiest onramp for churches to get connected with their communities and give people an opportunity to discover ways to be involved with ministry in their own neighborhoods.

Lighting a fire: SPARK Conference trains over 1,700 during live premiere

September 8, 2020
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The Georgia Baptist-sponsored Spark Conference, described as a 'disciple-making revolution that is biblical, exponential, and Christ-centered,' premiered live with 1,717 individual attendees tuning in throughout the day.

Kenosha churches pray for justice mercy amid downtown rioting

September 3, 2020
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A group of 17 churches met Aug. 27 at Harbor Park in Kenosha to pray for the city and cry out to God for restoration, as well as to pray for Jacob Blake’s family and those directly affected by the violence.