ABN edition for May 31, 2012
'Descriptor', historic election set for SBC
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The recommendation of “Great Commission Baptists” as a descriptive name and the prospective election of the first-ever African-American president are on the horizon for the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) June 19–20 meeting in New Orleans.
Messengers will decide whether to adopt the informal, nonlegal “Great Commission Baptists” descriptor as recommended by the SBC Executive Committee, embracing the suggestion of a special task force appointed to study changing the SBC’s name, deemed by some a regional barrier to the gospel.
Intentional interim ministry benefits churches
WHEN THE PASTOR of North Main Baptist Church, Sheridan, resigned early last year, church members decided to approach the task of finding a new pastor a little differently.
Instead of immediately beginning to search for a permanent pastor, the church started an intentional interim ministry (IIM) process, enlisting Bill Bullington, a former Arkansas Baptist State Convention team member, as their intentional interim pastor.
Loyd named BCM missions consultant
LITTLE ROCK – Lynn Loyd, campus minister of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (UAF), has been named missions consultant for the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) collegiate ministry team effective July 1.
Cole Penick, assistant campus minister, will serve as interim for the Fayetteville BCM.
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- 47th Street reaches out to community
- ERLC trustees to be led by Arkansas pastor
- ABN Digest: Houston's Gregg Matte Pastors' Conf. nominee
- ABN Digest: Midwestern accepting president applications
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- Higher Thoughts: Who created God?
- Family Matters: Jesus-AGAIN
- A Pastor's Heart: A note to our Mormon friends
- Financial Times: In quest of fulfillment
- Ark. Baptist Foundation expands relationship with PhilanthroCorp
- SBC Preview: Southern Baptist Convention meeting highlights
- SBC Preview: Crossover planned for June 15-16
- SBC Preview: Registration open, shuttles available
- SBC Preview: Arkansans to serve on Southern Baptist Convention committees
- SBC Preview: Brown serves on SBC Credentials Committee
- SBC Preview: Jesus: to the Neighborhood and the Nations
- SBC Preview: SBC 2012 app available
- SBC Preview: Arkansans appointed to SBC Committee on Committees
- SBC Preview: Increased visibility for Cooperative Program exhibit
- SBC Preview: ‘Story lives on’ at Woman’s Missionary Union sessions
- SBC Preview: Pastors’ Conference to spotlight Father’s Day
- Ark. natives receive seminary degrees
- GAs present $3,000 to ABCHomes in Monticello
- Williams Baptist College softball makes national tournament run
- ABN honors godly fathers
- Digital Bonus Content: 101 new missionaries appointed by IMB
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