News

Speaking Wright from his heart
Published April 8, 2010

On March 12 Bryant Wright, senior pastor of Marietta's Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, announced that he will allow his name to be placed in nomination for president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

TMC trustees hear president's aggressive plans for the college's future
By J. Gerald Harris, Editor
Published April 8, 2010

"Truett McConnell College is on the precipice of something so special," President Emir Caner declared to the College's Board of Trustees, "that I think we should take a spiritual inventory of what our Lord is doing."

2010 Committee on Nominations named
Published April 8, 2010

Georgia Baptist Convention President Dan Spencer announces that the following persons will serve on the 2010 Committee on Nominations: ...

Dismantling Cooperative Agreements: PRO
By R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Published April 8, 2010

Reaching the people of North America with the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been a primary purpose of the Southern Baptist Convention since its beginning in 1845

Dismantling Cooperative Agreements: CON
By Bob Terry
Published April 8, 2010

Sammy Gilbreath didn't mince words. "It would devastate us," he declared. Gilbreath, director of the office of evangelism for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM), was referring to the proposal for the North American Mission Board to withdraw all of its funding for work with Alabama's convention and other state conventions.

Western state execs petition Task Force to modify document
By Joe Westbury, Managing Editor
Published April 8, 2010

Executive directors from nine western state conventions and Canada have made formal suggestions to the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force regarding how the committee's proposed restructuring of the North American Mission Board would impact their ministries.

Dan Spencer: a heart for missions and evangelism, here and abroad
By Joe Westbury, Managing Editor
Published April 8, 2010

Dan Spencer has lived in rural Georgia long enough to know who its spiritual giants are.

Nancy Shaefer, Georgia Baptist and conservative activist, killed
Published April 8, 2010

Nancy Schaefer, 73, a conservative activist and former officer of the Georgia Baptist Convention, and her husband Bruce, 74, died March 26 of gunshot wounds in their north Georgia home.

M.E. Dodd, CP originator, loved cooperative ministry
By David Roach
Published April 8, 2010

When the Southern Baaptist Convention needed money for missions, it could always count on M.E. Dodd to champion the cause.

Dodd would warn against 'fractured' CP, granddaughter says
By David Roach
Published April 8, 2010

If he were alive today, Cooperative Program originator M.E. Dodd would warn Southern Baptist churches not to circumvent CP by designating their gifts to specific entities rather than giving through the SBC's unified giving program.

Georgia NewsBriefs

Baird, Morris named to leadership positions in state missions
Published April 8, 2010

New leadership recently came on board in associational work within the Georgia Baptist Convention.

Concerns over church receipts report go to Convention Financial Services
Published April 8, 2010

Due to the volume of information and deadlines involved, each year some portions of the Georgia Baptist Convention Report on Receipts may be inaccurate.

People and Places

Obituaries
Published April 8, 2010

Ordinations
Published April 8, 2010

Ministerial Moves
Published April 8, 2010

New Hires
Published April 8, 2010

Cooperative Program Stories

UGA football coach Mark Richt on cooperation
By J. Gerald Harris, Editor
Published April 8, 2010

Bill Ricketts is pastor of Prince Avenue Baptist Church in Bogart and also pastor of Mark Richt, head football coach at the University of Georgia.

Bible Study

The Right Motivation
By Jeff Meyers, senior pastor, First Baptist Conyers
Published April 8, 2010

2 Cor. 5:9-21
Related Sunday School Lesson, Bible Studies for Life, Apr 18

The Right Support
By Jeff Meyers, senior pastor, First Baptist Conyers
Published April 8, 2010

2 Cor. 8:15; 9:6-11
Related Sunday School Lesson, Bible Studies for Life, Apr 25

Columns

The struggles we face
By J. Gerald Harris, Editor
Published April 8, 2010

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly."

The Open Door
By J. Robert White, Executive Director GBC
Published April 8, 2010

Once again, God has blessed our family beyond our comprehension. Our daughter, Jennifer, gave birth to our eighth grandchild on March 27. His name is Tyler Matthew Millage, and he arrived quite a bit earlier than any of us had expected.

Build a brighter tomorrow
By Mary Laughman
Published April 8, 2010

When I have the opportunity to spend time with my children and grandchildren, I am always reminded of what a precious gift God has given us - the gift of children.

Untutored Courage in Warfare: The Importance of the Cooperative Program
By Thomas E. Rush
Published April 8, 2010

One of America's great military strategists of the Second World War, General George S. Patton, once said, "Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets." His point was that the very best in military training and preparedness was essential if the troops in the field of battle were to be successful.

Parents: Pick your battles with your teenagers wisely
By James Dobson
Published April 8, 2010