Southern Baptist Convention Offers to Pay for Funerals of Church Shooting Victims

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Southern Baptist Convention Offers to Pay for Funerals of Church Shooting Victims


Southern Baptist Convention Offers to Pay for Funerals of Church Shooting Victims


The North American Mission Board has offered to pay for the funeral costs for the families of the 26 people killed in a church shooting in Texas.


The North American Mission Board is the domestic missions agency of the Southern Baptist Convention.


SBC President Steve Gaines said he and SBC Executive Committee President Frank S. Page visited with the Sutherland Springs pastor and his wife.


The family lost their daughter when Devin Kelley opened fire this past weekend in the Texas town during a worship service.


“I discussed it with Frank Page and Jim Richards, and we all agreed to go and help any way we possibly can. Our Southern Baptist family grieves with this beloved church and the community it serves. Our prayers are ascending steadily to God’s throne of grace. May God bring healing and hope to these that are hurting,” he said.


According to police, Kelley fired about 450 rounds of ammunition on the congregation. He also killed himself.


“I hear firecrackers popping. Ta-ta-ta,” said Roseanne Solis, a survivor of the shooting.


“Everybody started screaming, yelling. Everyone got down, crawling under wherever they could hide,” Solis said. “It was so scary. He was shooting hard.”


About half of those killed were children.


 


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Publication date: November 9, 2017

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How a Time Management Book Is Answering Tough Christian Questions

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Have you ever turned to a time management book to nourish your soul? I haven’t. But that is what I found happening with this unexpected gem that tackled difficult questions like “How can you trust in God when there is so much suffering?” and “How should a Christian interpret failure when he believes he is doing God’s will”?

Divine Time Management: The Joy of Trusting God’s Loving Plans for You by Elizabeth Grace Saunders (Faith Words, November 7) is a therapeutic experience and written in a tone and language that would be most familiar to committed Christians.

Within the first 20 pages, Saunders astounds readers expecting a normal time management book by declaring: “The ultimate goal of time management should not be achievement or getting things done. Instead, it should be about creating the freedom to do the Lord’s will and in turn receive God’s best.”

Saunders, who wrote two time management books without any faith element before this one, told ChristianWeek, “It was such a humbling book to write and the biggest lesson I learned is how much I had to grow.

“The experience of writing Divine Time Management was entirely different than the experience of writing my first two books. In my first book, The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment, and my second book, How to…

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Reinhard Bonnke’s Farewell Crusade Could Be One of the Biggest Meetings in the History of Christendom .

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The much-anticipated Reinhard Bonnke Farewell Gospel Crusade started yesterday in the city of Lagos, Nigeria. This historic crusade could easily be one of the biggest Christian meetings in the history of Christendom and also one of the greatest, if not the greatest, evangelistic harvest of all times. Thousands of local churches…

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Taking photos during Mass is an ‘awful thing’

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Taking photos during Mass is an ‘awful thing’

During his weekly Mass at St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday he said: “The priest says ‘lift up your hearts’. He does not say, ‘lift up your mobile phones to take pictures’. “

In front of tens of thousands of people he added that using smartphones during the prayer service was an “awful” and “very ugly thing”.

Pope Francis said: “It makes me very sad when I celebrate (Mass) here in the piazza or in the basilica and I see so many phones held up.

“Not only by the faithful, but also by some priests and even bishops.

“The Mass is not a show…so remember, no phones”.

His remarks were met with laughter and a round of applause from the big crowd.

According to the Catholic News Service, His call to abandon smartphones during Mass was part of a new series of audience talks on the Mass.

The initiative is aimed at helping people “understand the true value and significance of the liturgy as an essential part of growing closer to God”.

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Eight Common Characteristics of Successful Church Revitalizations – Revitalize & Replant #012

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While numbers often show revitalization progress, sometimes there are more subtle indicators that your church is revitalizing. Today, we cover eight of those markers.

Today’s Listener Question:

FROM JARED

I’m currently in the midst of a revitalization effort at the church I pastor here in Alabama. Is there any way to know if we’re making progress other than just looking at changes to the raw numbers?

Episode Highlights:

  • Every church has key lay leaders who influence the people.
  • Church revitalization is not a human-centric effort.
  • The worship time is often a sacred cow in churches.
  • You have to continually remind church members of the vision of a church—even to redundancy.
  • If you want to lead real change in a church, you have to convey a sense of urgency.

The eight successful characteristics we cover are:

  1. The pastor formed an alliance of key influencers in the church
  2. The influencers made a commitment to pray daily for revitalization
  3. The church made a commitment to look like the community
  4. The church boldly confronted the issue of sacred cows
  5. Leadership developed a clear and compelling vision
  6. Leadership communicated a sense of urgency
  7. The pastor was willing to endure a season of intense criticism
  8. The leadership of the church was willing to let go of members

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

Revitalize & Replant is sponsored by the North American Mission Board and ChurchReplanters.com. More than 10%…

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Man Who Helped Stop Texas Church Shooter is in Need of Prayer

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Man Who Helped Stop Texas Church Shooter is in Need of Prayer


Man Who Helped Stop Texas Church Shooter is in Need of Prayer


The man who helped stop the gunman in the deadly Texas church shooting earlier this week is in need of prayer.


The town of Sutherland Springs, Texas is Stephen Willeford’s home and the community there is very dear to him. That was why, when he heard the gunshots coming from the First Baptist Church near his home, he grabbed his gun and ran out the door, looking to protect his friends who were inside the church.


Willeford engaged in a gunfight with the shooter, Devin Kelley. He wounded Kelley who then sped off in his vehicle and was later found dead by law enforcement.


Although Willeford initially believed he had killed Kelley, law enforcement later said they believe Kelley died from a self-inflicted shot to the head.


Twenty-six people lost their lives in the shooting, but the death toll would likely have been much higher if not for Willeford’s bravery.


Willeford doesn’t view himself as a hero, but simply as someone through whom the Lord was working in that moment.


“I’m no hero, I am not,” Willeford said, according to The Stream. “I think my God, my Lord, protected me and gave me the skills to do what needed to be done. I just wish I’d gotten there faster.”


Willeford’s friends describe him as a faithful Christian. After the shooting, Willeford was distraught, as were many residents of Sutherland Springs. His friend, John Wood, said he could use…

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Leaders Remain in Him .

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Prayer plea for captured North Koreans

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Prayer plea for captured North Koreans

Believers are being urged to ask God that authorities block moves to deport the group and allow members safe passage to relatives in South Korea.

Chief Executive of the advocacy group, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Mervyn Thomas told Premier: “This is an urgent call for everybody; what future have any of them [the ten detainees] got if they’re put back into North Korea?”

 

The ten individuals, who range in age from three-years-old to the 60s, were arrested in the north eastern city of Shenyang last Saturday.

China has followed a policy of repatriating North Korean defectors, despite the risks of punishments awaiting detainees, including torture and execution.

Mervyn Thomas also said: “Even if not actually executed, the conditions of torture and abuse in North Korean detention centres and prison camps are so severe that imprisonment amounts to a death sentence.

“We appeal to China to show humanity and exercise responsibility by allowing these and all other North Korean Refugees safe passage to South Korea or a third country.”

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The ten individuals hope to seek resettlement in South Korea, a country which recognises North Koreans as its own citizens.

Mr Thomas added: “As it becomes an increasingly influential world power, China must respect international humanitarian norms.

“Failure to do so renders China directly complicit with North Korea’s crimes against…

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The Power of Attitude – by Myles Munroe, OBE

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The Power of Attitude – by Myles Munroe, OBE

In this video Myles Munroe explains The Power of Attitude

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Myles Munroe, OBE (20 April 1954 – 9 November 2014) was a Bahamian Evangelical Christian evangelist and ordained Pentecostal minister who founded and led the Bahamas Faith Ministries International (BFMI) and Myles Munroe International (MMI). He was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the International Third World Leaders Association and president of the International Leadership Training Institute as well as the author of numerous books.

Carrie Underwood Stuns CMA Crowd With Powerful Heavenly Message .

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