posted by Micah Fries filed under IMB,
Missions
*I realized the September 6th is Labor Day weekend and so I have adjusted the date by 1 week to September 13th*
Over the past couple of weeks we Southern Baptists have received troubling news. On May 21st we got news that the IMB, due to expected giving shortfalls, will have to suspend two of their significant, short-term missions programs. Both
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It almost seems impossible to me that next month will mark our 6th anniversary of returning from West Africa suddenly due to health reasons. Our one year in Burkina Faso was by far the most impactful, lifechanging year of our lives. I love anything and everything I can get my hands on that is about West Africa or from West
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posted by Micah Fries filed under IMB
According to Loren Hutchinson, Associate Director of Missions for the Blue River-Kansas City Baptist Association outside of Kansas City reports that they have just hired Dr. Rodney Hammer, formerly of the IMB, as their new Executive Director of Missions. This is a huge coup for BR-KC. The IMB has lost one of her great missiologists but we will be glad
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I have returned home after 3,000 miles of traveling. I know my minivan better now than I ever hoped to know it. :-) It was an enjoyable trip and a relaxing one, even though we drove and drove and drove and drove and drove. Thankfully my daughters are good travelers.
I'm just now beginning to formulate my thoughts about the convention
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Today continued to be a good day in Indy. The general consensus among those I spoke to was that this was the best convention they had attended in quite some time. Between the unity of the convention and the direction of our leadership I am heartened and encouraged. Today was particularly encouraging as we passed Tom Ascol, Malcom Yarnell and
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I have previously made my commitment to Avery Wills for 2008 SBC President clear. I believe he is the man who is best suited to lead our convention forward at this place in convention life.
One of the men in the IMB that I highly admire is Dr. Rodney Hammer. I first met Rodney while in training to go overseas with
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I signed a statement this past week. It was a statement that some wonderful brothers and sisters in Christ put together that speaks of our shared passion for the world to come to Christ and our commitment to helping make that happen. That statement is specifically designed to encourage the trustees of the International Mission Board to work to repeal
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posted by Micah Fries filed under Baptist,
Church Planting,
Evangelism,
Gospel,
Grace,
IMB,
Media,
Ministry,
Missions,
Video,
Weekend Worship
This week, in lieu of music, I want to post a video that was uploaded today to the IMB's new site, CommissionStories.com. The creator of this video emailed me today and alerted me to it and after watching it, I wanted to pass it on to you. It is a remarkable testimony of God's grace in a very, very dark
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