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Episode #001

A preview of the upcoming SBC Annual Meeting, highlight some recent news, and sit down with SBC President Ronnie Floyd.

NEWS & NOTES

States:

• Union University (Tenn.): Nathan Finn named dean of the school of theology and missions – http://bit.ly/1Bed0Cv
• Ouachita Baptist (Ark.): President Rex Horne steps down to serve as president of Arkansas’ Independent Colleges and Universities – http://bit.ly/1Be7Q9w
• Brewton-Parker (Ga.): Steve Echols named new president – http://bit.ly/1BecHrt
• Statewide day of prayer planned in S.C.: The June 13 event, “The Response South Carolina: A Call to Prayer for a Nation in Crisis,” is an evangelical all-day event of worship, fasting and prayer to intercede for a nation in crisis,” said Brad Atkins, pastor of Powdersville First Baptist Church in Easley, S.C. “The event is not a time for preachers to pontificate or politicians to make political speeches. It is a called time of repentance and worship.” For more information, go to theresponsesc.com – http://bit.ly/1Bed2dx

Entities:

• IMB: Established a policy to streamline guidelines for appointing new personnel within the framework of the BFM 2000 – FAQ http://bit.ly/1Bed5Gk
• IMB: Missionary Susan Sanson, 67, died of malaria in Zomba, Malawi, on May 18. Susan Sanson was born in New York and raised in Ohio. As a young adult, she spent time in Manhattan as a model and fashion magazine editor. “She had an amazing testimony of … moving to New York and living the high life as a fashion model and mover and shaker in the fashion world … and then God arresting her heart and bringing her back to Him,” said Kevin Rodgers, an IMB strategy leader in Africa and a friend of the Sansons. “She quit her job, sold her things, moved to New Orleans and enrolled in New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.” She met Billy Sanson at the seminary, where he was a Ph.D. student. The couple married in 1992. — http://bit.ly/1Q8ED6U
• ERLC: ERLC Academy lectures covered such general topics as the kingdom of God and Christian ethics, and establishing a framework for Christian ethics. Moore also addressed such issues as religious liberty, marriage, gender identity, the sanctity of human life, contraception, artificial reproductive technology, capital punishment, environmental stewardship and poverty. – http://bit.ly/1Q8Ei45 – Watch the videos: http://www.ministrygrid.com/web/erlc
• SBTS: R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, received the 2015 Edwin Meese III Originalism and Religious Liberty Award from the Alliance Defending Freedom, May 15. – http://bit.ly/1BecBA1
• LifeWay: Lecrae signs