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Baptists
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By Bob Allen
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Monday, June 21, 2010 |
Frank Page, the new president-elect of the SBC Executive Committee, talks with reporters about his election in Orlando, Fla.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) -- The last time the Southern Baptist Convention met
in Orlando was 2000. That year marked passage of a revised Baptist
Faith and Message statement -- a show of theological unity that
celebrated a hard-won battle for biblical inerrancy.
What a difference a decade makes. This year's convention brought
11,000-plus messengers back to Orlando still supportive of the
"Conservative Resurgence" they believe rescued the SBC from liberalism,
but divided over methodology. It produced some of the most heated SBC
floor debate since the moderate/conservative controversy that raged in
the 1980s and 1990s.
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Faith & Culture
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Sunday, June 20, 2010 |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- The Census Bureau reports the Hispanic
population in the United States has more than doubled in the last 20
years, from 22 million in 1990 to a projected 47 million in 2010. In 40
years, experts project that one American in four will be Hispanic.
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Faith & Culture
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Sunday, June 20, 2010 |
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SAN ANTONIO (ABP) -- Since its beginning, missions, evangelism,
benevolence and education have remained central to the Hispanic Baptist
Convention of Texas.
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Faith & Culture
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Sunday, June 20, 2010 |
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SAN ANTONIO (ABP) -- Mel Keyes forgot about his prayer. But God didn’t. That explains how an African-American pastor twice the age of the
typical college freshman ended up at Baptist University of the
Américas, attending a school that trains ministers within a
Hispanic context.
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Faith & Culture
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Sunday, June 20, 2010 |
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LUBBOCK, Texas (ABP) -- The sound of mariachi band music and the smell
of fresh-grilled fajitas floated through the air in May as 13 churches in the Lubbock, Texas, area sponsored a Cinco de Mayo outreach event designed
to celebrate Hispanic culture and share the hope of Christ.
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