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Mar 10, 2010
NASHVILLE (FBW)—Florida Baptists in Nashville for a Feb. 22-23 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voiced a variety of opinions about a progress report issued by the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force.

EC members from Stuart and Sarasota expressed concern about suggestions in the report related to funding; while Tampa’s Tom Biles, an EC member who also serves on the GCRTF, said he is pleased with the “receptivity” of people towards the report. Pensacola pastor Ted Traylor, a member of the task force who heads the North American Mission Board’s presidential search committee, agreed with NAMB’s trustee chairman, Jacksonville pastor, Tim Patterson, who said he is “excited” about the report’s recommendations and how they could impact NAMB at a time the mission board is seeking a new president.
Mar 10, 2010
Florida trustee asks about role of EC in implementing prospective GCR report
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Regular processes of the Southern Baptist Convention will be followed if the convention’s messengers approve the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force’s recommendations, according to responses to a question during the Executive Committee’s Feb. 22-23 meeting in Nashville, Tenn.
Mar 10, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee approved a request Feb. 23 from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to include full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment at its North Georgia extension campus with its main campus FTE numbers in determining the seminary’s allocation in the Cooperative Program’s funding formula for the 2010-11 budget year.
Mar 10, 2010
Two disaster relief training sessions set for March in Lake City and Punta Gorda have been postponed as Florida Baptist Disaster Relief teams continue to respond to critical needs in Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Mar 10, 2010
A one-time announcement of special events is a free service provided by the Witness to Florida Baptist churches. Please send materials at least three weeks before the date of the event, to Florida Baptist Witness, 1230 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32207, fax 904-346-0696 or submitted using our online form. Items received after deadline may appear in our exclusive on-line version.
Mar 9, 2010
DALLAS (BP)-The annual Ministers Tax Guide for 2009 Returns has been released by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

The tax guide details recent changes to tax laws and their effect on ministers.
Mar 9, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (BP)—The federal judge in the California Proposition 8 "gay marriage" case apparently is himself a homosexual—a fact that has been known for months by attorneys involved in the case but one that only became public when it was discussed in a San Francisco Chronicle Sunday column.

The newspaper's Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross said Judge Vaughn Walker's sexual preference was the "biggest open secret" in the landmark trial, which could result in "gay marriage" being legalized in all 50 states. Walker, 65, is not married.
Mar 9, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LCR)—Despite the onset of snow and ice, almost 900 VBS leaders came to Nashville with summer on their minds. Vacation Bible School 2010, titled "Saddle Ridge Ranch," was the focus of two VBS Preview events sponsored by the VBS area of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention Jan. 28-29 and 29-30 at LifeWay's home office in Nashville, Tenn.
Mar 9, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (LCR)—It seems to be true in all churches. Big, small, city, country, contemporary or traditional—VBS directors say one of their hardest jobs is enlisting workers.
Mar 9, 2010
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (NAMB/BP) - The North American Mission Board has informed the Great Commission Task Force that data it provided last summer regarding the geographic distribution of missionaries in North America contained a significant error. The NAMB error resulted in incorrect data being published in the Feb. 22 "progress report" issued by the GCRTF.
Florida Baptists respond to GCR Task Force ‘progress report’
NASHVILLE (FBW)—Florida Baptists in Nashville for a Feb. 22-23 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voiced a variety of opinions about a progress report issued by the Great Read More Disaster Relief postpones March training sessions
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A one-time announcement of special events is a free service provided by the Witness to Florida Baptist churches. Please send materials at least three weeks before the date of the event, to Florida Read More Lauren Dungy, children glad 'Coach' now is 'full-time dad'
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TALLAHASSEE (FBW)–Florida Governor Charlie Crist recently named Ken Scubbs of Fruitland Park as a Governor’s Point of Light for Black History Month. Scrubbs is Read More New Works Report
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—According to a report released by the Florida Baptist Convention’s Church Planting Department, Florida Baptist started seven new churches in January, 2010. The following is a Read More Florida Focus
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Executive Committee discusses GCR Task Force process
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Regular processes of the Southern Baptist Convention will be followed if the convention’s messengers approve the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force’s recommendations, Read More EC actions include 1-year seminary reallocation to aid NOBTS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee approved a request Feb. 23 from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to include full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment Read More 'Giddyup' for a ride to Saddle Ridge Ranch VBS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LCR)—Despite the onset of snow and ice, almost 900 VBS leaders came to Nashville with summer on their minds. Vacation Bible School 2010, titled "Saddle Ridge Ranch," was the focus Read More Enlistment Tips for VBS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (LCR)—It seems to be true in all churches. Big, small, city, country, contemporary or traditional—VBS directors say one of their hardest jobs is enlisting Read More GuideStone releases Ministers Tax Guide
DALLAS (BP)-The annual Ministers Tax Guide for 2009 Returns has been released by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. The tax guide details recent changes to Read More Judge in high-profile Prop 8 case is homosexual
SAN FRANCISCO (BP)—The federal judge in the California Proposition 8 "gay marriage" case apparently is himself a homosexual—a fact that has been known for months by attorneys involved in the case Read More NCAA looks to ban Tebow-type eye black
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)—In what some are already calling the “Tim Tebow rule,” the NCAA Football Rules Committee is proposing that college football players be prohibited from writing anything on their eye Read More LifeWay to be digital leader, exec says
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—LifeWay Christian Resources will maintain its biblical fidelity, but its delivery systems are changing to keep pace with the digital church, President Thom S. Rainer told Read More
What Missionaries Say About Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
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GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)—When it comes to the end of time, at least one thing is certain: Southern Baptists have a variety of opinions. And according to leading Baptist theologians, nearly all of Read More END TIMES: Is there a generational gap?
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)—As a 6-year-old growing up at a time when Hal Lindsey’s “Late Great Planet Earth” was holding sway in Southern Baptist churches, Jerry Johnson was fascinated by the talk of end Read More END TIMES: Explaining dispensationalism
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GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)—Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond, a book in Zondervan's popular Counterpoints series, provides a useful dialogue on the major millennial positions of Christian Read More FIRST-PERSON: Eschatology does matter
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NASHVILLE (ERLC)—Of all the issues that face the American family today, none of them has produced more heartache or tragedy than abortion. Many of us have failed to understand that human life is not Read More
Florida Baptists respond to GCR Task Force ‘progress report’
NASHVILLE (FBW)—Florida Baptists in Nashville for a Feb. 22-23 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voiced a variety of opinions about a progress report issued by the Great Read More Executive Committee discusses GCR Task Force process
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Regular processes of the Southern Baptist Convention will be followed if the convention’s messengers approve the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force’s recommendations, Read More EC actions include 1-year seminary reallocation to aid NOBTS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee approved a request Feb. 23 from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to include full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment Read More Disaster Relief postpones March training sessions
Two disaster relief training sessions set for March in Lake City and Punta Gorda have been postponed as Florida Baptist Disaster Relief teams continue to respond to critical needs in Haiti in the Read More Florida Focus
A one-time announcement of special events is a free service provided by the Witness to Florida Baptist churches. Please send materials at least three weeks before the date of the event, to Florida Read More 'Giddyup' for a ride to Saddle Ridge Ranch VBS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LCR)—Despite the onset of snow and ice, almost 900 VBS leaders came to Nashville with summer on their minds. Vacation Bible School 2010, titled "Saddle Ridge Ranch," was the focus Read More Enlistment Tips for VBS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (LCR)—It seems to be true in all churches. Big, small, city, country, contemporary or traditional—VBS directors say one of their hardest jobs is enlisting Read More GuideStone releases Ministers Tax Guide
DALLAS (BP)-The annual Ministers Tax Guide for 2009 Returns has been released by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. The tax guide details recent changes to Read More
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God created humans for a divine purpose. God created in His image for a relationship with Him. One of the major themes in this section of Scripture is "the knowledge of God." In the context of Read More March 7: When members won’t get along - 1 Corinthians 1:10-15, 26-29; 3:1-4
Baptists long have wrestled with the problem of members who cannot get along. In difference of opinion about moral issues, early Baptists frequently solved the problem by putting it to a vote. For Read More March 7: God remembers and calls - Exodus 2:23 to 3:10, 19-20
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I found that the quickest and best way to learn about another person is through listening to the individual pray. I learned to pray as a new believer in high school as I listened to senior adults Read More Philippians 3:2-15; 4:8: February 14- What will it take to change your mind?
You may have heard the story about the woman whose favorite pet died. She brought it to the local pastor to ask if he could give the dog a proper burial. He answered somewhat snootily, that he Read More Mark 13:9-13, 21-27, 32-37: February 14 - Preparing for the future
Priorities are a key to life. Without priorities, an individual drifts aimlessly. Not only do priorities allow us to follow and reach a God-given vision, priorities produce a balanced life. In one Read More