The Week's Top News
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SBC leaders call off annual meeting due to coronavirus outbreak |
By Biblical Recorder Staff
March 24 2020 |
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https://vimeo.com/400357943
The Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) officers, executive committee members and leaders of its boards and institutions decided today (March 24) to cancel the 2020 annual meeting, citing concerns about the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a Baptist Press report... read more
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ERLC urges Congress to boost incentives for charitable giving |
By Biblical Recorder Staff
March 21 2020 |
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The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is asking Congress to pass tax legislation that would incentivize charitable giving in the wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak... read more
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Charlotte area church serves local nurses |
By Liz Tablazon, BR Assistant Editor
March 21 2020 |
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Friendship Southern Baptist Church in Concord, N.C., is serving those on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19 by sending care packages to emergency departments at four nearby hospitals where some of their own serve as nurses... read more
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This is not the crisis, but it is just a few weeks away |
By Ed Stetzer and Josh Laxton, The Exchange
March 24 2020 |
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On March 23 the Surgeon General said, “This week it’s going to get bad.”
On Sunday at church I said, “THIS is not the crisis.” And it is not. This is the calm before the storm, and we pastors and church leaders need a change in mentality... read more
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Small Madrid church stays vibrant during lockdown |
By Jan Johnsonius, IMB
March 24 2020 |
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The streets are eerily silent. It's as if the life has been sucked out of this vibrant capital of Spain that is home to nearly 4 million people. The coronavirus quarantine has been in effect for several days, and everyone is sheltering in place... read more
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Praying through the crisis
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Seth Brown
Executive Editor
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