The 8-year-old politely turned down the gift. “I’ve already read it,” he said waving off the small Gideon-style Bible presented to him by the church
The resolutions committee released the proposed resolutions May 30 because of a bylaw change in 2023, which now requires the release at least 10 days ahead of the annual meeting. Previously, messengers received them at the meeting.
“One moment is not going to change the entire trajectory of what we do, but it can remind us of some very important things. The beauty of Baptist life and cooperation is that everybody is autonomous … we work together because we want to.”
Randy Covington will continue as exec dir of Alaska Baptists until his originally planned retirement date of Sept. 30, 2025 — despite what was announced in March following a disagreement over the extent of autonomy a church should have.
Loving people well and learning to consistently become more Christ-like means personally, deeply and genuinely investing in the community around us.
The recently released World Happiness Report shows the United States dropped from 15th to 23rd in the 2024 global ranking of happiness. The report cites people aged 30 and below as experiencing the most dramatic decrease in happiness.
Imagine the difference the Church as a whole could make if all of us who claim Him as Lord released our grip and truly gave Him the reins of our daily lives.
In one of several interviews with state Baptist publication editors, Jeff Iorg of the SBC Executive Committee chats with Jennifer Davis Rash about a few of the current situations happening in the business side of SBC life.
What if we all took advantage of this current change of seasons to freshen up the areas and spaces we inhabit?
A friend said to me recently, “You can’t save everybody, Jennifer,” and while that’s true, I still prefer to hold on to another friend’s reminder about the starfish story.
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