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David Platt asks trustees to begin search for successor

February 12, 2018

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Puerto Rico officials say power back to most after blackout

February 12, 2018

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David Platt asks trustees to begin search for successor

February 12, 2018

By Julie McGowan, IMB Communications RICHMOND, Virginia (IMB) —International Mission Board President David Platt has asked the mission agency’s trustees to begin searching for his successor. Platt announced his decision to IMB field personnel and staff early Monday morning, Feb. 12, in person and via email to those not in Richmond. While requesting that the search for the IMB’s next president begin immediately, Platt will continue as president at IMB until a new president is elected. A presidential search committee will be comprised of IMB trustees selected by trustee chairman Rick Dunbar, a member of First Baptist Church Madison, Mississippi.  Platt told trustees, missionaries and staff that during his nearly four-year tenure at the IMB, he has been “burdened to continue preaching and leading in the local church,” which led to assuming a teaching pastor role at McLean Bible Church in Northern Virginia, alongside his leadership of the IMB. Check back as this story develops. … [Read more...]

SBC: A leader in racial reconciliation

February 10, 2018

You By Will Hall, Message Editor ALEXANDRIA (LBM)—Southern Baptist history is complicated. Slavery is most often cited as the cause for the split from Northern Baptists that led to the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention, and it was a decisive factor. However, Southern Baptists also strongly disagreed with Northern Baptists regarding how they were organized as the General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign Missions (also known as the Triennial Convention). In general, Southern members preferred a more centralized structure of operating while Northern members favored the formation of independent societies for home missions, foreign missions and the publication of tracts, according to historian Robert A. Baker. Likewise, Baptists in the South felt they were not being treated equitably in the appointment of home missionaries to the region. But, the records of the first SBC annual meeting indicate the final straw was the approval by the Board of the Triennial Convention, in a Boston meeting, of a new rule that prohibited slave owners from serving as foreign missionaries. W.B. Johnson, the first SBC president, perceived the action not in terms of … [Read more...]

Bermuda becomes first country in world to repeal same-sex marriage

February 9, 2018

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Sanctuary city San Francisco experiencing mass exodus due to crime, high cost, politics

February 9, 2018

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Winter Olympics in S. Korea could be coldest in history

February 8, 2018

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California judge rules baker cannot be forced to bake a wedding cake for lesbian wedding

February 8, 2018

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FBC Columbia, S.C. settles child sex-abuse lawsuit, apologizes

February 8, 2018

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Russia, China battle U.S. for control of Arctic

February 7, 2018

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Finding hope amid the pain

After a painful experience, hope often feels fragile. I have learned to allow joy to begin in small moments. It might be a bird singing outside a window, a kind word from a stranger or a sunset painted across the sky. I’ve had to give myself permission to smile when laughter comes, even if it feels unfamiliar. … Read More

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