CP gives small church global impactJanuary 7, 2014 by Karen L. Willoughby, Baptist Press | |
First Baptist Church of Clearwater, Idaho only draws about 40 worshippers Sunday mornings, but makes a global missions impact through the Cooperative Program. Last year, First Baptist gave an offering to help print 11,000 copies of the New Testament in Turkish. READ MORE |
Barefoot, graduate of SEBTS & NC senatorJanuary 3, 2014 by Ali Dixon, Southeastern Seminary | |
Chad Barefoot, the youngest senator in North Carolina, is a recent graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Barefoot is currently serving his first term in the N.C. Senate. He represents Wake and Franklin counties in the 18th Senate District, including the neighborhood where his parents grew up. READ MORE |
CP at 91.55% annual budget goalJanuary 6, 2014 by Baptist Press staff | |
Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are $43,829,795.61 or 91.55 percent of the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget goal. READ MORE |
DOJ opposes stay of nuns' mandate requestJanuary 6, 2014 by Tom Strode, Baptist Press | |
The Department of Justice has urged a U.S. Supreme Court justice to reject a request by the Little Sisters of the Poor in Denver and other Catholic organizations. The high level legal dispute results from a rule requiring employers to provide their workers with coverage for contraceptives. |
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