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Pastors celebrate unity, diversity

MOORE—The president of LifeWay Christian resources and three Oklahoma pastors shared insights on how Oklahoma Baptists can celebrate the unity and the diversity they enjoy at the annual Pastors’ Conference Nov. 14 at Moore, First. The meeting, held as a preamble to the 105th Annual Meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, featured two

Construction begins on chapel at Camp Gruber

BRAGGS—Southern Baptist volunteers joined forces with World Mission Builders volunteers and others Oct. 28 to begin construction of the new, 10,500-square-foot interdenominational Thunderbird chapel near here. The 16-day project was aimed at completing the exterior of the structure, which will seat 200 people. Coming later are landscaping and completion of the interior before April, when

Guerrero official sees positive impact of jail, prison ministry

Francisco Javier Salgado Coronel and his wife, Denis, (pronounced Denise) were taken to the Oklahoma County Detention Center in Oklahoma City on Oct. 21. Thankfully, their visit was a short one, however. Coronel, administrative sub-secretary for public security for the State of Guerrero, Mexico, joined officials from the Guerrero Regional Baptist Convention and the Seminario

BGCO staff battles hunger by volunteering at Food Bank

by Bob Nigh Managing Editor Baptist Building staff became more educated about the status of the hungry in Oklahoma, and then collectively rose to the occasion and did something about it when they gathered for staff development day at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma on Oct. 11. Moving from the confines of the Baptist

Chaplains meet disaster ‘hands-on’

More than 70 Oklahoma chaplains got hands-on experience in dealing with the aftermath of a disaster scene during a Volunteer Chaplain Requalification Training Exercise at the Baptist Building in Oklahoma City Sept. 24. The exercise was held mainly for the chaplains to meet requirements for requalification as an Oklahoma volunteer chaplain—in whatever discipline they serve,

Seniors asked: Trophy or trusted?

DAVIS—The three hundred persons who attended The Journey Conference Sept. 20 at Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center—most of them senior adults—were asked a poignant and piercing question by featured speaker Rick Rigsby during the event’s opening session. “Are you a trophy, or are you someone who can be trusted? Rigsby, an itinerant evangelist and grandfather

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