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Monday, May 21, 2012

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Baptists ‘t-shirt’ & prayer walk at Thunder game

Blake deBernard and Ethan Sperle, Oklahoma City, Quail Springs, survey their work inside the OKC Thunder’s Chesapeake Arena. The two were part of an “I Believe” project in which volunteers prayer walked while placing playoff t-shirts on every seat. Churches from Capital and Union Associations are organizing future evangelical out- reach events like this related

10 Decades in 10 Weeks: Messenger leaps into 21st century with changes

Production of the Baptist Messenger moved smoothly into the 21st Century with no Y2K computer problems that were predicted as the world transitioned to the decade of the 2000s. The Messenger celebrated its 90th anniversary, became a four-color publication, outsourced printing for the first time and endured changes from shorter to longer stories, and from

Ministry conferences emphasize urgency to reach children

BROKEN ARROW—Nearly 1,000 Sunday School teachers and ministry workers gathered for the 2012 Heart of the Child Conference, April 20-21. The preschool & children’s leadership convention, held at Broken Arrow, First, featured experts, authors, pastors and denominational leaders in its programming. Leading off the lineup of conference speakers was President of LifeWay Research, Thom Rainer.

10 Decades in 10 Weeks: 1990s: A pivotal decade for Oklahoma Baptist Messenger

As traumatic events—the bombing of the Murrah Building in 1995 and the May 3, 1999 tornado—changed the face of Oklahoma in the 1990s, the Baptist Messenger, as well as the Southern Baptist Convention, also encountered challenges that altered their direction. For years, the Baptist Messenger depended on Southern Baptists’ news service, Baptist Press (BP), for

Oklahoma Baptists spring to action in wake of Woodward, Norman tornadoes

In Oklahoma, springtime signifies the time of year for many uplifting events, such as Easter Sunday and graduation ceremonies for students. This time of year also is renowned for bringing dangerous storms and tornadoes. The spring of 2012 has proven no different. On Friday, April 13, a powerful storm containing a tornado that left damage

Conventional Thinking: What is ‘Personhood’ again?

You may have heard lawmakers speak about the term on the news. You may even have been asked to sign a petition on the subject. The topic of “Personhood” has arrived in Oklahoma. Just what is it, and why should you care? To borrow a phrase, “Personhood is the cultural and legal recognition of the

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