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Crossover New Orleans: Praying for "Big Outreach" in "Big Easy"
There's no better time than June to visit New Orleans. Add to jazz, beignets, and the French Quarter the attraction of city residents who have grown to love Southern Baptists, and you have perfect chemistry for a successful Crossover 2012.

Hundreds of SBC volunteers—from Louisiana and across the nation—will join together for the key evangelistic outreach event prior to the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting, slated for June 15-16 in New Orleans. Read More

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Jesus: To the Neighborhood and the Nations
During his first year as president of the Convention, Bryant Wright encouraged Southern Baptists to return to their first love and called for a radical reprioritization of missions and evangelism, including reaching 3,800 unreached, unengaged people groups. In his second term, Wright focused on the Convention's name as a potential barrier to evangelism in some parts of the country, recommending an alternative "descriptor," Great Commission Baptists. He has now announced this year's theme, "Jesus: To the Neighborhood and the Nations." SBC LIFE recently asked Wright a few questions about his hopes for this year's annual meeting in New Orleans. Read More

Page "Cautiously Optimistic" about Cooperative Program
The Cooperative Program has a bright future if Southern Baptists learn about its astonishing impact for missions and ministry around the world, SBC Executive Committee president Frank S. Page said during a question and answer session with students and faculty at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary March 23. The Fort Worth, Texas, seminary welcomed Page to this session immediately after he spoke in a chapel service. Read More

The Executive Committee
Following Monday morning prayer time, Mike delivers the weekend mail. Ruth Ann removes checks from their envelopes, enters contributions into the general ledger, and prepares the daily deposit. Next door, Martha reviews check requisition reports, preparing the accounts payable for the week. Lynn continues negotiations for hotel rooms in next year's annual meeting host city, while Don visits on-site with the local arrangements committee and the manager of the convention center. While there, he does a walk-through of the convention center's security features. Read More

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