SBC DIGEST: Resolutions portal closing soon; New podcast features SBCPC personalities; Registration nears 8,000
Resolutions portal to close next week; Rummage launches video series in preparation for 2024 SBC Pastors’ Conference; Indy pre-registration approaches 8,000.
Lifeway’s 12,000-square-foot SBC exhibit aims to empower church leaders
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – One of the most effective ways Lifeway Christian Resources serves the local church is by empowering church leaders with relevant resources that catalyze health, growth and impact. That’s the message the organization hopes messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention in June will take away from their visit to The Lifeway Village in the exhibit hall.
Bible Study: God’s sovereignty helps us forgive one another
Acknowledging God’s sovereignty helps us seek reconciliation with others, forgiving them and allowing God to restore and renew our relationships.
Gospel invitation given at Statuary Hall unveiling of Billy Graham statue
WASHINGTON (BP) – Salvation in Christ Jesus was offered in National Statuary Hall May 16 at the unveiling of a statue of the iconic late global evangelist Billy Graham, which has John 3:16 and John 14:6 carved in its base.
IMB trustees appoint 83 missionaries, express commitment to Gospel advance, financial transparency
International Mission Board trustees approved 83 fully funded missionaries for appointment during their May 15-16 meeting. While gathered near Richmond, Virginia, trustees also affirmed numerous reports from around the world detailing Southern Baptists’ efforts in advancing the Gospel among the lost.
Bolt to be nominated for Pastors’ Conference president
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) — It has been announced that Chris Bolt, pastor of theology and apologetics at Village Church in North Chesterfield, Va., will be nominated to be the 2025 SBC Pastors’ Conference president.
Georgia deacon charged with many counts of child sexual abuse
SYLVESTER, Ga. (BP) – Jerry Dan Heflin was arrested May 7 and charged with more than 60 felony counts, including child molestation, aggravated sodomy, sexual battery against a child and incest.
Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or restrictions
Thousands of women in states with abortion bans and restrictions are receiving abortion pills in the mail from states that have laws protecting prescribers, a new report shows.
FROM THE SEMINARIES: SEBTS holds Prison Program graduation; MBTS releases unpublished Spurgeon poems
SEBTS Spring 2024 Prison Program graduates sent on mission; Geoff Chang releases collection of Spurgeon’s unpublished poems.
FIRST-PERSON: Three benefits of my distance learning seminary experience
On May 3, I was humbled by the chance to stand in front of my peers and share how the Lord had used my seminary experience to grow me. This was a unique opportunity because it was my very first time on the Gateway Seminary campus and my first time meeting the men and women with whom I had taken classes.
