News

GBC messengers share Christ, conduct business
Attendance up from last year
By Sherri Brown, Special Assignment Reporter
Published December 2, 2010

With a Dr Pepper in his back pocket and a Bible in his hand, Tom Summers led 18 people to Christ during the Love Albany event at the 189th annual convention meeting held at Sherwood Baptist Church.

Pinnacle chapel to be dedicated March 12
By Joe Westbury, Managing Editor
Published December 2, 2010

Like a patient lying anesthetized in an operating room while undergoing major surgery, the chapel at Camp Pinnacle is experiencing a similar traumatic renewal.

Refugee Beads and WorldCrafts partner to help refugee families
WMU-affiliated ministry works in Atlanta
Published December 2, 2010

Juli was born in Chin State, Burma (Myanmar), a region where Christians are severely persecuted for their faith.

Resolutions passed at GBC annual meeting
Published December 2, 2010

Georgia Baptists meeting in annual session at Albany's Sherwood Baptist Church passed two resolutions reaffirming the Acts 1:8 mandate beginning first in Judea (Georgia) and then spreading to the uttermost parts of the earth, and against gambling.

Pastors featured in Index article respond to observations on spontaneous baptism
Published December 2, 2010

In its November 4 edition The Index published an article exploring the concept of spontaneous baptisms and how some of the state's largest churches had chosen to embrace the practice.

Alabama DOMs call for slowdown in GCR changes
By Jennifer Davis Rash
Published December 2, 2010

In an effort to protect funding for work in pioneer areas, as well as ministries traditionally organized for rural America, the Alabama Baptist Conference of Directors of Associational Missions has issued an open letter calling for a slowdown in funding changes related to the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report.

NAMB shuts two Baptist centers in New Orleans
By Mickey Noah
Published December 2, 2010

The Rachel Sims Baptist Mission and the Carver Baptist Center - now owned and operated by the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board - will close effective Dec. 31, 2010. Effective Jan. 1, 2011, ownership of both properties will transfer to the New Orleans Baptist Association.

Baptist workers experience 'God's time for Cuba'
Published December 2, 2010

When Osvier Acosta Ferrero, 72, and Ricardo Tadeo Soria Perez, 58, peddle down dirt roads on their bicycles, they're not out for exercise. They're praying for Cubans who need Christ.

Brewton-Parker undergoes SACS reaffirmation
By Kelley M. Arnold, BPC Director of News and Public Information
Published December 2, 2010

Brewton-Parker College recently hosted a reaffirmation committee from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Clairmont sings through Baptist Hymnal
By Scott Barkley, Production Editor
Published December 2, 2010

Two-and-a-half years ago Clairmont Baptist Church member Gordon Weatherby decided it was time to get reintroduced to an old friend, as he saw it.

Amid drawdown, IMB still sending full-time missionaries
Agency was overly-optimistic in sending more missionaries than it could afford
By Tammi Reed Ledbetter
Published December 2, 2010

Southern Baptists are seeking to deploy as many missionaries worldwide as possible amid reductions in personnel due to lower Cooperative Program receipts and the U.S. recession.

Index ceases reviews of self-published books
Published December 2, 2010

Georgia Baptists have never been shy about sharing their thoughts and opinions with others, and that has gotten easier in the last couple of years due to the growth of the self-publishing industry.

Obama signs order to reform faith-based office
By Adelle. M. Banks, c. 2010 Religion News Service
Published December 2, 2010

President Obama signed an executive order Nov. 17 that reforms the White House's faith-based office in a bid to improve transparency and clarify rules for religious groups that receive federal grants.

2010 GBC Annual meeting photo coverage
Published December 2, 2010

People and Places

Obituaries
Published December 2, 2010

Honors
Published December 2, 2010

Ministerial Moves
Published December 2, 2010

Cooperative Program Stories

Cooperation creates changed lives on GBC college campuses
By John Bryan, state missionary, Cooperative Program Advancement and Endowment Ministries
Published December 2, 2010

I have been incredibly blessed watching my three sons become equipped to better serve Christ through Baptist Student Union/Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BSU/BCM) during their years of learning on three different college campuses.

Bible Study

Go and Do
By Terry L. Braswell, Jr.
Published December 2, 2010

Luke 10:25-37
Bible Studies for Life, Dec 12

Focus on Jesus
By Terry L. Braswell, Jr.
Published December 2, 2010

Luke 2:8-20, 33-35
Bible Studies for Life, Dec 19

Columns

Reach the world by starting in Jerusalem and Judea
By J. Gerald Harris, Editor
Published December 2, 2010

Georgia Baptist Convention president and pastor of First Baptist Church Thomasville Dan Spencer presided over the annual session of the Convention meeting with the dignity and spiritual perception one would have anticipated.

The Open Door
By J. Robert White, Executive Director GBC
Published December 2, 2010

Imagine, if you will, the perfect beginning to the Christmas season. We experienced it at the White house. Our three daughters and their families crowded in for several days together, and we had a wonderful time!

When should a believer be baptized?
By Bill Blanchard, senior pastor, Northside Baptist Church, Valdosta
Published December 2, 2010

All of us agree on the importance of baptism following the new birth, but recently there has been some controversy regarding when that should take place.

Find balance when planning new baby's sleep schedule
By Jim Daly, Juli Slattery
Published December 2, 2010