NASHVILLE (FBW)—Florida Baptists in Nashville for a Feb. 22-23 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voiced a variety of opinions about a progress report issued by the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force.
EC members from Stuart and Sarasota expressed concern about suggestions in the report related to funding; while Tampa’s Tom Biles, an EC member who also serves on the GCRTF, said he is pleased with the “receptivity” of people towards the report. Pensacola pastor Ted Traylor, a member of the task force who heads the North American Mission Board’s presidential search committee, agreed with NAMB’s trustee chairman, Jacksonville pastor, Tim Patterson, who said he is “excited” about the report’s recommendations and how they could impact NAMB at a time the mission board is seeking a new president.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Regular processes of the Southern Baptist Convention will be followed if the convention’s messengers approve the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force’s recommendations, according to responses to a question during the Executive Committee’s Feb. 22-23 meeting in Nashville, Tenn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee approved a request Feb. 23 from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to include full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment at its North Georgia extension campus with its main campus FTE numbers in determining the seminary’s allocation in the Cooperative Program’s funding formula for the 2010-11 budget year.
Two disaster relief training sessions set for March in Lake City and Punta Gorda have been postponed as Florida Baptist Disaster Relief teams continue to respond to critical needs in Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. (NAMB/BP) - The North American Mission Board has informed the Great Commission Task Force that data it provided last summer regarding the geographic distribution of missionaries in North America contained a significant error. The NAMB error resulted in incorrect data being published in the Feb. 22 "progress report" issued by the GCRTF.
ORLANDO (FBW) – Standing against abortion funding has been the "single largest point of bipartisan opposition" to President Barack Obama's health care reform bill, according to pro-family leader Tony Perkins.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LCR)—Despite the onset of snow and ice, almost 900 VBS leaders came to Nashville with summer on their minds. Vacation Bible School 2010, titled "Saddle Ridge Ranch," was the focus of two VBS Preview events sponsored by the VBS area of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention Jan. 28-29 and 29-30 at LifeWay's home office in Nashville, Tenn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (LCR)—It seems to be true in all churches. Big, small, city, country, contemporary or traditional—VBS directors say one of their hardest jobs is enlisting workers.
DALLAS (BP)-The annual Ministers Tax Guide for 2009 Returns has been released by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The tax guide details recent changes to tax laws and their effect on ministers.
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