Survey: SBC Pastors Value Cooperative Program

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For many years, the Southern Baptist Convention has been partnering with Cooperative Program Missions as a way to unite “all Southern Baptists together into a missions team fulfilling the Great Commission.” Baptist Press now shares the results of a recent survey of SBC pastors that questioned the leaders about the Cooperative Program:

The survey of 1,066 SBC pastors found 81 percent agree the Cooperative Program fuels an aggressive global enterprise of reaching the unreached people groups around the world. Similarly, 80 percent say the Cooperative Program provides partnership opportunities for local, state and national missions.

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Rick Warren Condemns Church-Supported Ugandan Bill Criminalizing Homosexual Acts as ‘Unjust’

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Christian News Network reports:

Despite recent comments that he would never again make statements on political matters that could be construed as public declarations, Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life and pastor of Saddleback Church in California, recently posted a message on Twitter to his 800,000 followers reinforcing his opposition to a largely church-supported homosexuality bill that is set to pass this month in the East African nation of Uganda.

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Sexual Freedom Always Curtails Other Freedoms

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Gospel Project Managing Editor Trevin Wax worries that celebrating certain sexual behaviors will curtail freedom in other areas.

Once we celebrate all sorts of sexual freedom, we slowly eliminate expressions of normal physical affection between human beings. Everything gets interpreted sexually, and this causes human beings to move farther apart, not closer together. In the name of freedom, we put ourselves in chains.

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December 212012 Network Making Money Off Paranoia?

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Apprising Ministries alerts you again to a growing concern with speculations that the Mayan Calendar possibly forecasts the end of the world on 12-21-12.

Unfortunately, there are Christian ministers who seem to using this to spread their mythology about portals into new dimensions from which Nephilim may come re-emerging on that date. View article →

Rick Warren Expresses Regret Over Making Video Supporting Biblical Marriage; Family Group Concerned

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Christian News Network reports:

A pro-family group is calling into question recent statements made by Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life and pastor of Saddleback Church in California, surrounding his regret over creating a video in 2008 that expressed his support for Biblical marriage.

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Exodus International Fragments Over Focus

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Christianity Today (CT) reports that after shifting from reparative therapy to discipleship, the ex-gay coalition has lost many prominent partners. CT informs us that:

Exodus’s shift on reparative therapy has been only one of several therapeutic and theological controversies that divided the ministry this year. Top leaders and dozens of affiliate ministries have defected from the 37-year-old umbrella ministry as it has attempted to reshape its mission and public image.

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Tri-Faith Vision Becomes Reality in Omaha

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KETV News shares a story out of Nebraska that illustrates today’s prevailing ecumenical mindset:

A unique vision for religious unity in Omaha is quickly becoming reality.

The concept is to build a Jewish temple, Islamic center, and Episcopalian church all on one property and connected by walkways that meet at a tri-faith center meant to encourage education and understanding.

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