Randy Covington has resigned as executive director and treasurer of the Alaska Baptist Resource Network after apologizing for comments made regarding the SBC’s decision to deem his home church not in friendly cooperation with Convention.
“In essence, the executive pastor works alongside the senior pastor to free him of many of the daily tasks and decisions so he is free to pray, study, preach and lead.”
“You can go pretty much an hour in any direction from where I live and you’ll see absolutely nothing — no gas stations, no subdivisions, no shopping centers—nothing,” Tyler Martin says.
While many people today are hesitant to explore AI, its adoption has skyrocketed. According to Pew Research, TechCrunch and firms like Gartner, IDC and Statista, the statistics are startling.
Bhatti, an ardent advocate for a diverse, multicultural and multireligious society, was assassinated on March 2, 2011, by Taliban militants outside his mother’s home in the federal capital, Islamabad.
Ray Gentry, president and CEO of SBCAL, said the three-day retreat was geared toward training and continuing education but also designed to help associational leaders “make friends and deepen friendships.”
David Johnson, executive director of the Arizona Mission Network of Southern Baptists since 2013, announced his retirement plans during a convention council meeting Tuesday (March 4).
Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, released a statement on Wednesday (Feb. 5) in response to the sentencing.
Beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending during Holy Week, Lent serves as a time of preparation for the Easter celebration in many Christian traditions. The practice often involves the spiritual discipline of fasting.
“Though the concept is somewhat foreign to us, it was commonplace in ancient Israel,” writes pastor Adam Dooley. “Fasting appears 75 times in the Bible.”
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