North American Mission Board president Kevin Ezell announced Monday evening (Oct. 2) that in 2023 Southern Baptists gave an all-time record $70.2 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions.
A group of Asian American church leaders are expressing their “profound concern, dismay and disappointment” following staff cuts by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee
Ben Mandrell, president and CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources, presented checks totaling $587,484.97 to International Mission Board president Paul Chitwood and North American Mission Board president Kevin Ezell on Monday (Sept. 18).
“In the last three years, the shift has been staggering: 435,000 lost in 2020; 410,000 in 2021; and then 484,000 in 2022. In total, the [Southern Baptist Convention] has lost more than 1.3 million people in just three years.”
Churches and individuals are encouraged to mark their calendars to pray on Oct. 22, when Southern Baptists are scheduled to observe a Day of Prayer for Associational Missions.
For the last two decades, new church planters launching in Arizona have largely come from out of state.
“There are fewer Christians in Utah than any country in the western hemisphere,” according to Plant4thegospel.com. “The next closest would be Cuba at 6%.”
Nearly a month after his defamation case against the North American Mission Board was dismissed, Will McRaney announced Monday (Sept. 11) that he is appealing the ruling with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
