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 | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 By Todd Deaton
Oneida—Paul Davidson, president of Oneida Baptist Institute, tendered his resignation at the request of the school’s trustees, following a special called meeting of the board June 11 in Manchester.
Paul Davidson
Davidson had served as president of the Kentucky Baptist school for a little over a year.
In a statement to the Western Recorder, OBI Trustee Chairman Marvin Cress said, “We wish to express our appreciation to Dr. More...
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 | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 By Todd Deaton
Houston—“Revive us that we may be one” was the collective cry of 5,100 registered messengers at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Houston last week. Among those 5,100 messengers were 226 Kentuckians.
“My brothers and my sisters, my heart’s desire, … the Executive Committee’s desire, is that we will cry out to God,” SBC President Fred Luter said, “Lord, revive us that our churches may be one, that our conventions More...
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 | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 By Diana Chandler
Houston—America will not see revival until Christians unconditionally love the Scripture, the Savior and one another, Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter preached June 11 at the SBC annual meeting in Houston.
Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter preached from John 13:34-35 during his presidential sermon June 11 at the SBC Annual Meeting in Houston. (Photo by Thomas Graham)
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 | Thursday, June 13, 2013 By Tim Ellsworth
HOUSTON –Southern Baptists expressed their "opposition to and disappointment in" the membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America but affirmed the freedom of local churches to determine their own relationships with the national Scouting organization. The action came in a resolution drafted by the convention's Resolutions Committee and approved by messengers June 12 during the SBC's annual meeting in Houston. Southern Baptists have tracked the BSA More...
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 | Thursday, June 13, 2013 By Barbara Denman
HOUSTON—During a year when mass shootings and suicides have stunned the nation, a resolution on "Mental Health Concerns and the Heart of God" was overwhelmingly approved by messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention's June 11-12 annual meeting in Houston. The resolution offered by the SBC Committee on Resolutions sought to "affirm, support and share God's love and redemption" while opposing "all stigmatization and prejudice" to those with mental More...
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 | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 By Greg Horton
Nearly 35 years after conservatives launched a takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, a new divide is emerging—this time over the teachings of 16th-century Reformer John Calvin—that threatens to upend the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
When Southern Baptist delegates gather for their annual meeting June 11-12 in Houston, they’ll be presented with a report, “Truth, Trust, and Testimony in a Time of Tension,” that focuses on More...
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 | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 By Whitney Jones
Winchester—Several churches in central Kentucky are using their extra land or even church members’ yards to grow food and feed the hungry in their communities.
Ray Stone (left) and Zack Gilbert (right) join other members of Main Street Baptist Church in Alexandria picking fresh vegetables. The church’s garden has become part of their food ministry to the needy in their community. (Photo provided by Robert Franklin)
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