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LSU BCM students spend spring break on mission

By Brian Blackwell, Baptist Message staff writer PANAMA CITY, Fla. (LBM) – Sixty-three members of the LSU Baptist Collegiate Ministry took trips to Florida, Hawaii, Utah and the country of Columbia over the spring break to offer the gift of salvation. During the March 6-15 evangelistic outreaches, they witnessed a mighty movement of the Holy Spirit in a variety of ministry opportunities in which they participated, according to LSU BCM Director Blake Grundy By the end of the mission trips, the teams collectively engaged in 731 Gospel conversations and saw 71 of those come to faith in Christ. IMPACTFUL Forty-two students traveled to Honolulu to assist students from the BCM with the University of Hawaii-Manoa with evangelism, yard work at a conference center of a local church and property maintenance at Pu`u Kahea Conference Center in Waianae (the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention’s camp). Another 15 students traveled to Panama City, Florida, to share the Gospel with individuals along the beach. Additionally, four students shared the Gospel to Mormons in Utah and two others assisted with a marriage retreat in Columbia. Grundy led the team in Panama City and was inspired by students who went from apprehensive … [Read more...]

Lenow elected to serve as ERLC president

By ERLC NASHVILLE (ERLC) - Evan Lenow has been unanimously elected to fill the role as the next president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention by the organization’s board of trustees.  The ERLC board of trustees voted to appoint Lenow during a special called meeting, April 13, in Nashville, Tenn. Lenow, 47, is coming to the ERLC after serving as the director of the Institute for Christian Leadership, director of Church and Minister Relations and chair of the Christian Studies Department for Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss.  "Dr. Lenow is a proven, trusted servant to Southern Baptists, and he has a demonstrated love for helping churches live out the Great Commission fully in their contexts,” said Scott Foshie, chairman of the ERLC board of trustees. “His biblically rooted ethics resources are trusted by our seminaries, and many local churches have benefitted from his faithful preaching and helpful consultations. We are overjoyed that he has answered God's call to use his keen intellect and shepherd's heart to lead the ERLC." The ERLC trustee presidential search committee, chaired by Mitch Kimbrell of Williston, Vt., recommended Lenow to the full board after a seven-month … [Read more...]