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GCR Task Force audio files (part 9): The final meeting and ‘To God be the Glory’

October 31, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members have completed their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence

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GCR Task Force audio files (part 6): Reaching the world and ‘pulling gum out of an angora sweater’

September 19, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members continue their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence Task

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GCR Task Force files (part 5): Saving NAMB

August 29, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE — The Baptist Paper staff members continue their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence Task

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GCR Task Force files (part 4): Rise of Great Commission Giving

August 15, 2025

The Baptist Paper staff members continue their review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. (See the

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‘Goodness’ only possible through God, Whitten says

June 12, 2023

Ken Whitten says the words “good” and “goodness” get thrown around a lot.  People will ask, “Are we good?” They’ll say about something, “Wasn’t that

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NAMB trustees celebrate church planters, partners in diverse South Florida

February 9, 2023

Against a backdrop of Miami’s diversity and vibrancy, trustees of the North American Mission Board met to celebrate church planters and other missionaries who are

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‘Minister of encouragement’: Ken Whitten joins NAMB to serve, connect pastors

February 8, 2023

Ken Whitten, recently retired pastor of Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida, will become national director of pastoral leadership at the North American Mission Board,

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2023 SBC Pastors Conference lineup, new endowment details announced

September 30, 2022

New details on the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference have been released — the lineup of speakers, the launch of a new website and

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