Messenger Insight 328 – Take up your cross
Hear Walker Moore interview Keith Wheeler about his powerful journeys around the world carrying a 12 foot wooden cross. https://media.blubrry.com/messengerinsight/p/cdn.baptistmessenger.com/2019/03/14163723/Messenger-Insight-328-Keith-Wheeler.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (40.7MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn |...
Messenger Insight 327 – From Isa to Christ: A Muslim Woman’s Search for the Hand of God
The Messenger sits down with Mona Sabah Earnest as she tells about her journey from Pakistan, to the United States and ultimately from Islam to Christianity. Earnest addresses her journey and stresses the importance of sharing the Good News of Christ. https://media.blubrry.com/messengerinsight/p/cdn.baptistmessenger.com/2019/03/04095808/Messenger-Insight-327-Mona-Earnest.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (22.5MB) Subscribe:...
BGCO Board sets bold 2020 CP allocation, approves new mission statement
In a meeting marked by times of prayer, business and planning, members of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) Board of Directors undertook major plans at its Feb. 5 board meeting, including the approval of Joe Ligon as BGCO senior associate executive director. In a bold move, the BGCO approved the board finance committee’s recommendation that the 2020 Cooperative Program (CP) objective be $26.1 million and be distributed...
An open letter to Oklahoma Baptists regarding abortion and protecting human life
Dear Oklahoma Baptists, The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s stance against abortion and for protecting human life is long-held and well-known. We want to make sure you hear directly from us what our position is regarding recent efforts to fight abortion and protect life. The BGCO is categorically opposed to abortion, and it is our prayer and goal to see lives saved and an end to abortion in Oklahoma and beyond. Through the...
SBC leader introduces plan of action in wake of sexual abuse crisis
NASHVILLE—Leaders with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) have responded to the numerous reports of sexual abuse in SBC churches. SBC President J.D. Greear announced Tuesday evening, Feb. 18, a call-to-action plan, based on initial recommendations from the SBC’s Sexual Abuse Presidential Advisory Group. “If we don’t get this right, our churches will not be a safe place for the lost,” Greear said during the SBC Executive...
