David Strope Appointed Interim GARBC National Representative
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“The Council of Eighteen has begun the search process for the next permanent national representative. Further details will be released as the process unfolds.” - GARBC
A Report on the WFBC Annual Meeting
The Wisconsin Fellowship of Baptist Churches held its 71st annual meeting this Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 20 and 21, at the Bible Baptist Church of Hudson.
I was an exhibitor for The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry at this meeting, and spent the two days interacting with many of the roughly 130 people in attendance—mostly pastors and wives from independent Baptist churches throughout Wisconsin.
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Southern Baptist Convention's ERLC trustees approve profile for next president
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“The ERLC trustees endorsed without opposition a profile presented by the presidential search committee that consists of eight criteria a candidate must meet to fulfill the role of the commission’s next head.” - BPNews
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On the SBC Executive Committee’s independent sexual abuse investigation and Task Force
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“The Executive Committee had earlier secured Guidepost Solutions for an independent review of its handling of sexual abuse issues; thus, an outside outfit will be doing an ‘independent review’ of how the EC handled aspects of some sexual abuse cases and another outside group composed of Southern Baptists will have oversight of that, the latter group to be advised by a couple more experts in the relevant areas.” -
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Fundamentalism and the SBC
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“…an essay on the aftermath of the convention and the presence of an apparent fundamentalist element within its churches. The presence of fundamentalists in religious movements is certainly not new, but defining fundamentalism is a difficult task.” - Jeff Straub
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Resolution: The Importance of Reproducing Leaders in the Local Church
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“Resolved by the messengers of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches, meeting together in regular conference June 28 to July 1, 2021, at Bethel Baptist Church in Schaumburg, Illinois.” - GARBC
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FBFI 100th Annual Meeting Report
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“The fellowship organizers chose I Chronicles 12:32 as the theme verse – ‘And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.’” - P&D
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SBC Executive Committee will undergo independent review
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“SBC Executive Committee President and CEO Ronnie Floyd announced Friday (June 11) that the Executive Committee has secured Guidepost Solutions for an independent review of its handling of sexual abuse issues.” - BPNews
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FBFI Annual Fellowship Preview: Dr. Mark Minnick: God and the Man of God
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Podcast 4: Dr. Mark Minnick overviews his session on what it means to be a man of God during these challenging times. - P&D
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The unofficial Voices irreverent guide to #SBC21
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“The SBC Annual Meeting will be off with a gavel slam in 15 days. I’ll be there along with around 15,000 other messengers, guests, media, and protesters… This is the unofficial SBC Voices guide to the Annual Meeting. Unofficial because I couldn’t get the other guys to sign on to it. Sometimes they don’t see the things I do.” - SBC Voices
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