Illinois Baptist
Denominations: Is there any hope? Table Talk with David Dockery
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in focus
DISASTER RELIEF
Illinois teams head west Aid needed after devastating floods hit Colorado and Texas P. 4
SUMMER MISSIONS
Call them “transplants” Far from home, students team with Chicagoland church planters for the season P. 4
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JUNE 29, 2015
Prayer for America
Convention pleads for divine intervention SBC 2015 SPECIAL REPORT P. 7-12
marriage
SBC presidents take a stand
As some Christians shift positions prior to Supreme Court decision Columbus, Ohio | Sixteen past presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention and current president Ronnie Floyd issued a statement opposing same-sex marriage, and stating they would not participate in such unions. The statement came on June 17, the second day of the SBC’s annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio. It followed a week in which two noted evangelicals announced their support of same-sex marriages, and others wondered if their move signaled a shift among all evangelicals. Apparently not. A ruling on the legality of same-sex marriage that is likely to affect all 50 states is due by the close of the current session of the U.S. Supreme Court. Observers close to the court said the judgment will P. 3
Ezell & Platt The convention’s new dynamic duo
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