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Southern Baptist Convention 2009

SBC: by the numbers

Clock July 22 2009 by Mark Kelly, Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Official registration figures for the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting in Louisville, Ky., have been released by SBC registration secretary Jim Wells. A total of 8,795 messengers were sent by 3,642 churches from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. While attendance was up significantly among the 35-39-year-old demographic, it was down in t...

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NAMB honors North Carolina for Annie gifts

Clock July 1 2009 by Mickey Noah, Baptist Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than 350 representatives of small to large Southern Baptist churches were honored for their 2008 gifts to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions during a June 23 luncheon at the SBC annual meeting in Louisville, Ky. BP photo by John Swain Geoff Hammond, president of the North American Missio...

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Churchill Downs chaplain sees faith blossom

Clock July 1 2009 by David R. Lema Jr., Baptist Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The “Run for the Roses” is well-known at Churchill Downs, but for assistant chaplain Yurian Cabrera, the “roses” of the Kentucky Derby come second to seeing faith blossom at the famed racetrack’s fruit of ministry. Cabrera, a 29-year-old native of Cuba, is a church planting missionary and part-time pastor of Iglesia Bautista Senda de Luz in Louisville. Serving as a chaplain...

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Korean Baptists reach missionary goal early

Clock July 1 2009 by Karen L. Willoughby, Baptist Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Members of the Council of Korean Southern Baptist Churches in America are celebrating the mobilization of 1,000 people for missions service through the International Mission Board (IMB). The council set a goal in 2007 of sending out 1,000 missionaries through the International Mission Board by the year 2010. The 600 or more people at the Korean Council’s annual meeting in L...

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‘Idol’ concert among SBC family events

Clock July 1 2009 by Michael Ray Smith, Baptist Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — “American Idol” season six finalist Phil Stacey presented a concert to students and their families as one of the many family activities during the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in Louisville, Ky., June 23-34. Stacey, a preacher’s kid, was ministering at a church in Jacksonville, Fla...

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God doesn’t need your money

Norman Jameson
Snow and ice closed lots of church buildings last Sunday and unless I miss my guess, it kept a lot of checks from being written, as well. I could hear my pastor’s dentures hit the carpet a few years ago when I brought the “stewardship moment” during our church’s annual campaign. I opened up by saying, “Good news! God doesn’t need your money! Nothing you give, nor anything you hoard will keep G...

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