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  GuideStone urges long-term focus during market volatility

  Market moves and minute-by-minute headlines on cable news and social media can be alarming, but David Spika, chief strategic investment officer of GuideStone, indicated volatility in the market at this point of the economic cycle would be expected.

  02/26/2020 - By Roy Hayhurst / GuideStone Financial Resources

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  ERLC officers: Task force probe ‘divisive and disrespectful’

  Officers of the board of trustees of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission strongly objected to the formation of a task force to study the ERLC’s effectiveness and instructed the entity and its leadership “not to comply” with the inquiry.

  02/24/2020 - By George Schroeder / Baptist Press

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  ERLC and its chief face scrutiny by SBC task force

  The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee will launch a task force to examine the activities of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the convention’s public policy organization headed by Russell Moore.

  02/19/2020 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  SBC Executive Committee ‘disfellowships’ West Texas church

  The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee voted to “disfellowship” a Midland church whose pastor is a registered sex offender.

  02/19/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Conservative network launched to address concerns about SBC

  A self-described group of “grassroots” Southern Baptists announced the formation of the Conservative Baptist Network Feb. 14.

  02/17/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  IMB hires abuse prevention and response administrator

  The Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board selected Somer Nowak to fill the newly created position of prevention and response administrator.

  02/12/2020 - By Ken Camp

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  Ezell presents five-year goals for NAMB

  Kevin Ezell, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board, presented a series of five-year goals for the missions agency, including more than doubling the number of Send Relief ministry centers.

  02/12/2020 - By Mike Ebert / North American Mission Board

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  NAMB defends lawsuit dismissal in appeals court

  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Feb. 6 over a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against the North American Mission Board by a former executive of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware.

  02/11/2020 - By George Schroeder / Baptist Press

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  Southern Baptists remember 50th anniversary of Asbury revival

  Southern Baptists who recall a historic revival that swept through Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 50 years ago say remembering what God did in the midst of one divisive period of American history should motivate believers to pray for it again.

  02/05/2020 - By Tobin Perry / Baptist Press

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  GuideStone announces release of Ministers’ Tax Guide

  GuideStone has released the 2020 Ministers’ Tax Guide for 2019 Returns. It includes changes based on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the current status of minister’s housing allowance after the recent 2019 litigation.

  02/03/2020 - By Holly Taylor / Baptist Press

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  WMU ministries touch countries ‘from A to Z’

  National Woman’s Missionary Union leaders emphasized the organization’s global reach during reports to the WMU board meeting in mid-January.

  02/03/2020 - By Julie Walters / Woman's Missionary Union

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  Chitwood announces IMB five-year plan

  Paul Chitwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, announced the mission agency’s five-year plan during meetings with trustees Jan. 29-30 in Riverside, Calif.

  02/03/2020 - By Ken Camp