SBC Archives

‘It’s on me,’ SBC leaders and pastors say of baptism decline

June 23, 2020
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In the face of a steady, 20-year decline, a new video released by the North American Mission Board (NAMB) emphasizes the need for Southern Baptists to take both responsibility and action for sharing the Gospel in North America.

Court rules against DACA revocation

June 23, 2020
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In a 5-4 opinion, the high court found the administration acted in an "arbitrary and capricious" manner in revoking Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama-era policy to protect from deportation undocumented immigrants who arrived in this country before their 16th birthday.

First Baptist Church of Crestmont Pastor Jerome Coleman seeks to make Juneteenth a national holiday

June 23, 2020
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Juneteenth, or June 19th, is the day in 1865 when enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, were informed by Union troops that they were free--901 days after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed! "I want to make people aware that our independence day was June 19th, 1865, not July 4th, 1776," Coleman said.

K. Marshal Williams shares in the ’60-minute conversation on race in America’

June 23, 2020
Shannon Baker
SBC
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Speaking of the racial unrest across the U.S., K. Marshal Williams, pastor of Nazarene Baptist Church in Philadelphia, shared via Facebook Live, “It is imperative on the church today, especially cooperatively… all ethnicities and especially our brethren of the lightest hue” to speak against laws that contribute to institutional and systemic racism.

Georgia Baptist Mission Board invites Baptist Resource Network churches to its national training event

June 22, 2020
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BRN, SBC
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Baptist Resource Network church leaders are invited to preview and take advantage of this free Georgia-hosted, one-day total church equipping online conference, premiering August 28, 2020.

Spend your first year of college training for and going to the mission field

June 18, 2020
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SBC
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Fusion is almost like a gap-year program, but much better! It is designed to equip young men and women to reach unreached and unengaged people groups around the globe in hard places.

Religious liberty questions remain after court’s ruling for gay, transgender rights

June 18, 2020
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SBC
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In the majority opinion regarding gay, transgender rights, Supreme Court justices acknowledged they were concerned about protecting free exercise of religion for employers but provided no assurances for those who act on their beliefs in hiring and firing.

In historic election, SBC Executive Committee elects first African American chair

June 17, 2020
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The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee elected its first African American chair in a special called meeting June 16.

Supreme Court rules in favor of gay, transgender rights

June 17, 2020
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SBC
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a watershed decision on gay and transgender rights June 15 by finding longstanding, non-discrimination protections in federal workplace law cover "sexual orientation" and "gender identity."

Baptist21 panel discussion covers racism, politics and evangelism

June 10, 2020
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Fighting racial injustice and shepherding Southern Baptists through the upcoming presidential election were among topics addressed during a virtual Baptist21 panel discussion on Tuesday, June 9.