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There was a new statement released in the ongoing public discussion between the National African American Fellowship and the Council of Seminary Presidents. Also, Lifeway announced this week that they will be hosting in-person events for the first time since the pandemic started.

• NAAF, Ausberry call for unity around essentials, ask seminary presidents to help defuse racial tensions – https://bit.ly/2NV7SpD
• 2021 Lifeway Women Live events to be in person and virtual – https://bit.ly/3srLTp8
• Western Recorder ceases publication – https://bit.ly/2NV89c9
• IBSA President accepts role with North American Mission Board – https://bit.ly/2NV89c9

• Over half of SBC churches have full-time preaching
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/279,27-Mar-1950.pdf
  • https://sbhla.org/digital-resources/sbc-handbook/

• Amy: Missions Journey: Kids
• Jonathan: Women & Work with J.D. Greear

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A member of a Georgia Baptist church was charged with eight counts of murder after a deadly shooting spree in the Atlanta area. Also, a Mississippi pastor will be nominated for second vice president of the convention.

• Georgia church condemns ‘extreme and wicked’ actions of member, initiates church discipline – https://bit.ly/3vKUYvc
• Georgia church ‘heartbroken’ after member charged in Atlanta killings – https://bit.ly/2QprbrZ
• Mississippi pastor Durbin to be nominated for 2nd vice president – https://bit.ly/3eYADN1
• Tennessee Baptists preparing for high-impact Crossover – https://bit.ly/38ZSGPf
• Catt announces retirement as pastor of Sherwood Baptist in Georgia – https://bit.ly/2QiXBUV
• Tennessee pastor resigns after SBC disfellowships church – https://bit.ly/2QeOfcM
• Luis Palau, globe-trotting evangelist, is dead at 86 – https://bit.ly/3cOmlfx

• Information Storage On Electrons Likely
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/4808,19-Mar-1979.pdf

• Amy: The Triumph of Nancy Reagan
• Jonathan: Church Planting Sunday

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Beth Moore sent shockwaves through the SBC this week when news broke related to her departure from Lifeway. Also, we have a nomination announcement for registration secretary.

• Beth Moore announces departure from Lifeway, SBC – https://bit.ly/3rG0kp9
• TRUSTEES: GuideStone hears updates, Hawkins declares Year of Beginning Again – https://bit.ly/3qF1i3G
• Don Currence to be nominated for SBC registration secretary – https://bit.ly/3rItnsu
• Adams calls for transparency, ‘new chapter’ in BP interview – https://bit.ly/2NjeEVW
• Beck A. Taylor elected 19th president of Samford University – https://bit.ly/2ONGTw0
• Layoffs, upheaval at Zacharias ministry roiled by scandal – https://bit.ly/3bDB0e3

• White House Accredits Baptist Press Servicehttp://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/1546,10-Mar-1962.pdf

• Amy: Imprisoned for Christ
• Jonathan: COVID-19 Series

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The BP interview series with SBC presidential candidates continues this week with Ed Litton. Also, New Mexico pastor Matt Henslee will be nominated for president of the Pastors’ Conference.

• Litton calls for ‘unity in the Gospel’ in BP interview – https://bit.ly/30gXLhu
• Henslee to be nominated for president of 2022 Pastors’ Conference – https://bit.ly/2OnqmyQ
• February giving report reflects continued challenges of COVID-19, weather – https://bit.ly/3qjdI19
• Judson College trustees launch aggressive fundraising effort – https://bit.ly/3kP3rZt
• IMB’s Nehemiah Teams launches gap-year program – https://bit.ly/2MO4mg6
• Appeals court rules sexual abuse lawsuit against Pressler will proceed – https://bit.ly/3rm6URw
• Bob Mayfield, respected Oklahoma Baptist ministry leader and Sunday School specialist, dies – https://bit.ly/3rgik9w
• Arthur Flake’s Legacy – https://bit.ly/3qnz25w

• Night’s Rent Required by San Fransisco Hotels
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/322,05-Mar-1951.pdf

• Amy: That’s Life by Willie Nelson
• Jonathan: Providence by John Piper

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The SBC Executive Committee met in person for the first time in a year and did a lot of business, and Nathan Lorick has a new gig.

• Floyd, Greear stare down division, call for refocus on the Great Commission at EC meeting – https://bit.ly/3pRDRE0
• SBC Executive Committee disfellowships four churches – https://bit.ly/2Msl4kZ
• Floyd urges ‘return to Great Commission cooperation’ in Vision 2025 relaunch – https://bit.ly/3aYwg2q
• Greear decries division, repudiates pharisaical spirit in SBC EC address – https://bit.ly/2O1l63J
• NAMB, EC announce $5 million boost for student evangelism efforts – https://bit.ly/2ZVcLBw
• FIRST-PERSON: Vision 2025 is ready to go to the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting – https://bit.ly/3kovU8i
• GREEAR: What needs to change in the SBC is our culture – https://bit.ly/3b1mxZf
• Lorick elected to succeed Richards as SBTC executive director – https://bit.ly/3qZ7DrV
• Dwight McKissic, dozens of others receive shelter at SWBTS – https://bit.ly/3aSQ4E9

• Time, Place, Preacher Committee May Die
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/1710,24-Feb-1963.pdf

• Amy: Behold Your King
• Jonathan: Andrew Peterson Easter Monday Live Stream

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The North American Mission Board has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of the United States in an effort to uphold a lower court’s ruling involving a lawsuit filed by Will McRaney.

• NAMB appeals to Supreme Court in McRaney case, claims first amendment protections https://bit.ly/3dp4FZL
• New Fort Knox chaplain is SBTS alum – https://bit.ly/3ugj7t9
• Fires claim church, camp building in Louisiana – https://bit.ly/3bn3iIs
• Stone discusses ‘wave revivals,’ ‘toning down the rhetoric’ in BP interview – https://bit.ly/2NkblxD

• Survey shows Baptists waning on missions, fearing apathy
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/7518,19-Feb-1993.PDF

• Amy: Called To Cooperate: A Biblical Survey and Application of Teamwork
• Jonathan: EC Meeting Live Stream

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Ravi Zacharias International Ministries released a report related the late apologist’s patterns of sexual abuse over the past decade, and Southwestern has settled a lawsuit with a charitable foundation and regained control over its assets.

• Investigation reveals Zacharias’ years-long history of sexual abuse of women – https://bit.ly/3da06lU
• Settlement returns Riley Foundation control to SWBTS, Baylor – https://bit.ly/3qeECbn
• TRUSTEES: IMB appoints 30 missionaries, celebrates $5 billion in cumulative Lottie gifts – https://bit.ly/2Zo5YA5
• IMB announces George Liele Scholarship – https://bit.ly/3pf0xO7
• Arkansas Baptists surpass 2020 budget, send extra $1 million to IMB – https://bit.ly/2Z8bsPd
• Americans less optimistic about race relations, study shows – https://bit.ly/2ZbY8Ju

• Gardner-Webb College Seeking New Mascot
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/563,13-Feb-1957.pdf

• Amy: Gentle and Lowly
• Jonathan: Annual Ministry Reports

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It was a busy week in the SBC and there’s some big news from NAMB and the EC. Also, there are now five state conventions looking for an executive director.

• TRUSTEES: NAMB trustees see heartache and healing first-hand in New Orleans – https://bit.ly/2NZaKBk
• NAMB trustees unanimously affirm cooperation, mission strategy of leadership – https://bit.ly/36KC8cR
• Southern Baptists prepare to send 33 missionaries in virtual celebration – https://bit.ly/3rlkTa0
• ERLC-focused task force releases report – https://bit.ly/3trvHFt
• CP giving rebounds in January, above budget for fiscal year – https://bit.ly/2MzOpKo
• Racist letter sent to Black pastor condemned as ‘vile, sick and disgusting’ – https://bit.ly/3cOeT5L
• Rick Warren apologizes for children’s Sunday school video loaded with Asian culture stereotypes – https://bit.ly/36HppYq
• Churches celebrate first Baptist missionary and Black 18th Century pastor George Liele Feb. 7 – https://bit.ly/36IG6TA
• BCM/D introduces offering honoring George Liele – https://bit.ly/3aE9cUW
• Baptist New Mexican changing publication size, frequency – https://bit.ly/3aE9cUW
• Northwest Baptist Convention building to be sold – https://bit.ly/3aEqC3S
• Dakota Baptist Convention establishes positions to address pastors’ isolation –  https://bit.ly/3cIKfdW
• Ohio exec search team receiving resumes – https://bit.ly/36JjEte
• SBTC search team recommends Lorick as executive director – https://bit.ly/2O9pwWr
• McNeil announces retirement as Indiana Baptists’ executive director – https://bit.ly/3cJugw6
• Nevada state exec Kevin White resigns – https://bit.ly/36HpTxI
• Messenger, childcare pre-registration open for 2021 SBC Annual Meeting – https://bit.ly/3tpLBQC
• NAMB-IMB Send Conference registration opens – https://bit.ly/36JjEte

• This computer wouldn’t take yes for an answer
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• Amy: Ministers’ Wives Luncheon
• Jonathan: CP Digital Kit

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Lifeway has reached a sales agreement on its building, and trustees approved proposed changes to the publisher’s ministry assignments.

• TRUSTEES: Finances, building sale, audit report focus of Lifeway meeting – https://bit.ly/3t5Ot55
• Lifeway trustees approve revisions to mission and ministry statements – https://bit.ly/2Me0Fjz
• Lifeway building under contract, transitions to new work environment – https://bit.ly/3ad2i9g
• Urging cooperation, SBC EC issues white paper to NAMB, state executives – https://bit.ly/2NNT0ZN
• Leslie Osborn named new CFO for Oklahoma Baptists – https://bit.ly/3r1GLab
• Brand to be nominated as SBC 1st VP, Chavez as 2nd VP – https://bit.ly/3adEKkD

• Elliff declines FHB president nomination; search continues
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/7503,29-Jan-1993.pdf

• Amy: SBC Life
• Jonathan: Early Work, Vol. 2 (2020 Versions)

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Ed Litton and Randy Adams announced this week that they, too, will be candidates for the SBC presidency when Southern Baptists meet this summer in Nashville.

• Litton to be nominated for SBC president – https://bit.ly/3c1bbFi
• Randy Adams announced as nominee for SBC president – https://bit.ly/2LUip3i
• Summit hires outside firm to review findings of internal investigation – https://bit.ly/39SIaJb
• Lifeway launches new branding, website enhancements – https://bit.ly/3sO5eBK
• IMB to host virtual Sending Celebration Feb. 3 – https://bit.ly/3sIASAB
• 2021 March for Life moves to virtual event – https://bit.ly/3sPnL0g
• Georgia Baptist building placed for sale – https://bit.ly/2Nk6fB2

• Graham Prays, Preaches at Bush Inauguration
  • https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/events-index/2001-george-w-bush-inauguration/

• Amy: Pray Every Day | Mary DeMuth on Etsy
• Jonathan: The Road to Nashville