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God leads Christians toward missions in a variety of ways, but he has not called us to missions until our church has affirmed, commissioned, and sent us.

Captain George Sutherland pays tribute to James Peter (Jim) Nicolson who died earlier this month

Not all parts of the Baptist Faith and Message and past convention resolutions carry the same urgency, however.

Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. | Wikimedia Commons/Farragutful The District of Columbia and Mayor Muriel Bowser have agreed to pay $220,000 as part of a legal settlement with a local Baptist church that sued the city over in-person worship restrictions during the pandemic.  Last September, Capitol Hill Baptist Church sued the district over the government’s ban on outdoor worship services that had more than 100 people in attendance. In a settlement agreement and release approved on Thursday, the city agreed to pay $220,000 to the counsels representing the church, which...

Patrick Schreiner Lexham Press. 120 pp. The Ascension is essential to the gospel. The good news of Jesus includes his life, death, resurrection, and future return—but what about his ascension? Though often neglected or misunderstood, the ascension is integral to the gospel. In  The Ascension of Christ, Patrick Schreiner argues that Jesus’ work would be incomplete without his ascent to God’s right hand. Not only a key moment in the gospel story, Jesus’ ascension was necessary for his present ministry in and through the church. Schreiner argues that Jesus’ residence in heaven marks...