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Texas congregation escrows CP over concerns about direction of SBC

February 16, 2017

By Will Hall, Message Editor PLANO, Texas (LBM) – Prestonwood Baptist Church has announced its decision to escrow gifts previously forwarded to support Southern Baptist cooperative missions and ministries while the congregation discusses concerns about the direction of the Southern Baptist Convention. Mike Buster, executive pastor for the Plano, Texas, church, provided a statement to the Baptist Message explaining that the action had been taken because of “various significant positions taken by the leadership of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission that do not reflect the beliefs and values of many in the Southern Baptist Convention” and that it is a temporary move “until a decision can be made on current and future funding.” The decision impacts $1 million the 41,000-member congregation would otherwise contribute through the Cooperative Program, Southern Baptists’ primary funding channel for support of state and national causes. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, has created tensions among Southern Baptists by signing a friend of the court brief in support of the construction of a mosque, and, for making strident insults against evangelical supporters of then-presidential … [Read more...]

Trump meets Trudeau: Why Canada matters to Louisiana

February 15, 2017

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188,000 in Calif. told to flee after warnings that spillway at Oroville Dam could fail

February 15, 2017

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Offers to buy former Six Flags in New Orleans East up for consideration

February 15, 2017

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Labor force participation rate improves in Trump’s first month

February 14, 2017

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REPORT: 72 terrorists came from 7 Muslim countries targeted by visa freeze

February 14, 2017

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Merkel to pay migrants millions to leave

February 14, 2017

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Water overflows spillway of tallest U.S. dam, 200,000 Californians evacuated

February 13, 2017

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Liberal 9th U.S. Circuit slow to restore president’s travel ban

February 6, 2017

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Worldwide persecution of Christians surged in 2016

February 6, 2017

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