Georgia | November 1, 2021
Georgia Baptists send more than $30M to SBC in past 12 months to get the gospel to the nations
Georgia | November 1, 2021
Georgia Baptists have sent more than $30.4 million to the Southern Baptist Convention over the past year to get the gospel to the nations.
“This shows just how committed Georgia Baptists are to the cause of Christ,” said David Melber, chief operating officer for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board. “Our churches and our people have given sacrificially to make sure everyone has an opportunity to hear the gospel.”
The total given between October 1 and September 30 for use outside the state of Georgia was $30,462,390. That includes $15,430,284 through the Cooperative Program, $9,698,461 to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, and $5,333,645 to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering.
“You have to keep in mind that the world was in the throes of a pandemic throughout this reporting period,” Melber said. “In such a time, with people around the world dying from COVID-19, our churches could see just how urgently the world needs Jesus, and they responded with this incredible show of generosity.”.. (Excerpts from the Christian Index)
Georgia | April 20, 2021
PGA Champ Stewart Cink Says He Finds ‘Peace and Joy in Jesus’
Georgia | April 20, 2021
Professional golfer Stewart Cink is making Jesus the headline even though he just won his second PGA Tour event of the year on Sunday. Cink made it clear that having faith in Jesus Christ brings him peace, which impacts how he plays on the course.
During a post-tournament press conference, the 47-year-old said he relies on his faith even when the golf game doesn’t go as expected…
(Excerpt from Faithwire)
Georgia | April 20, 2021
Faith Leaders to Call for Boycott of Home Depot
Georgia | April 20, 2021
A group of black faith leaders representing more than 1,000 churches in Georgia will call for a boycott of Home Depot over the hardware store’s silence on the state’s new voting law.
“We don’t believe this is simply a political matter,” Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, who is leading the effort, told the New York Times. “This is a matter that deals with securing the future of this democracy, and the greatest right in this democracy is the right to vote.”
Jackson, who oversees all 534 African Methodist Episcopal churches in Georgia, said Home Depot “demonstrated an indifference, a lack of response to the call, not only from clergy, but a call from other groups to speak out in opposition to this legislation.”
While Democrats have been critical of the new law, claiming that it makes it more difficult for individuals, particularly black voters, to exercise their constitutional right to vote, some opponents, including Stacey Abrams, have begged people not to boycott the state in response.
“Black, Latino, AAPI and Native American voters that are the most suppressed over [the new law] are the most likely to be hurt by potential boycotts of Georgia. To our friends, please do not boycott us. To my fellow Georgians, stay and fight, stay and vote,” Abrams said earlier this month…
(Excerpts from National Review)