Nashville church loves neighbors with Thanksgiving meals
NASHVILLE (BP)—”If the Lord brings a need to our attention that can glorify Him, we might as well jump on it,” said Alba Rice, member of Nashville, Tenn., Immanuel, when explaining the attitude behind the church’s Thanksgiving ministry. Rice, along with other church members and leaders, organized an outreach in connection with Park Avenue Elementary school in west Nashville to provide a Thanksgiving meal for families...
Messenger Insight 352 – Advance Conference 2020
Hear Alan Quigley talk about the upcoming Advance Conference (also known as the Oklahoma State Evangelism Conference), which is set for January 27-28, 2020. https://media.blubrry.com/messengerinsight/p/cdn.baptistmessenger.com/2019/11/21114828/Messenger-Insight-352-Advance-Conference.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (20.2MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | Spotify |...
Foster Care: A call to action for Oklahoma Baptists
“Someone really needs to do something about that.” How many times have we seen a need and had that thought? We know something needs to be done but think someone else should do it. Maybe we think we are too busy, or there is someone else who is better equipped. We can always come up with reasons why someone else needs to do something, but when will we step up and meet the need? The truth is that God has called us to do something about...
God answers prayer for prodigal son in Southeast Asia
At a church Bible study, Bopha Soeur,* a Southeast Asian missionary who partners with an IMB missionary, explained to the group the value of sharing how the Lord is working in their lives. Soeur emphasized how this can encourage others as well as acknowledge how God is at work. Ary Chey,* one of the Bible study attendees, shared how God worked in her life through answered prayer. Chey said she’d been praying for her son, an alcoholic...
Oklahoma Baptists ‘Advance the Gospel Together’
Annual Meeting messengers approve plan to send $1M more to SBC, send 29 international missionaries More than 1,000 Oklahoma Baptist messengers and guests from across the state gathered Nov. 11-12, at Oklahoma City, Quail Springs, for the 113th Annual Meeting of Oklahoma Baptists. From approving an increased Cooperative Program (CP) spending plan for 2020 that allocates $1 million more to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), to a...
New missionaries prepare for service; Oklahoma Baptists commit to sending more
During a missionary Sending Celebration held in conjunction with their 2019 Annual Meeting, hundreds of Oklahoma Baptists from across the state witnessed how their giving enables the International Mission Board (IMB) to send missionaries around the globe. The IMB appointed 29 missionaries, voted on and approved by IMB trustees, at Oklahoma City, Quail Springs, Nov. 12. Paul Chitwood, IMB President, preached the message at the service,...
