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Anniversary of Bailey Smith's Harmful Moment in Baptist-Jewish Relations
Bailey Smith, then president of the Southern Baptist Convention, claimed 30 years ago that God "does not hear the prayer of a Jew." Today, other Southern Baptist leaders have rhetorically followed his lead.

A 'Transformative Moment' in SBC Political Activity
Ronald Reagan, then the GOP nominee for president, joined a who's who of conservative Christians on a Dallas stage 30 years ago, convincing many Southern Baptists and other evangelicals to join the Republican cause.

Muslim Documentary Accepted at Festival
"Different Books, Common Word: Baptists and Muslims," the most recent documentary from EthicsDaily.com, has been officially selected as part of the International Black Film Festival of Nashville.

British Churches Focus on 2012 Olympics in London
The London 2012 Olympics are less than two years away, and churches in Great Britain are beginning to develop plans for outreach, hospitality and service during the event.

Ken Starr Joins Baptist Church – Without Attending
Ken Starr, the new president of Baylor University, promised to join a Baptist church once he was on the job in Waco. He kept that promise, joining a church without even being present for the service.

The BGCM’s ongoing partnership with the Guatemalan Baptist Convention continues to offer opportunities for pastors and churches to become involved in hands-on missions projects in that country. A ten-member team from First Baptist Church Lee's Summit recently returned from an 8-day trip to the western cities of San Marcos and Tejutla where they engaged in a variety of missions activities including speaking in public schools, conducting Vacation Bible schools in two different churches, offering leadership training courses for adult Sunday School teachers, as well as providing some much-needed food to hungry families. The home visits in some poverty-stricken areas also afforded the opportunity of sharing the gospel with those who received the bags of staple food items.

The First Baptist Church of Farmington is in the final stages of preparation for a missions trip at the end of April to Quetzaltenango, Guatemala to work with the First Baptist Church of that city. They will be engaged in a wide variety of outreach and leadership training ministries.

The next round of leadership training conferences for pastors and lay leaders in the western region of Guatemala has been scheduled for July 20-24 of this year. While the specific workshop themes have not yet been finalized, that information has been requested from convention leaders. Everyone who has participated as a conference leader in these workshops has returned with enthusiasm and excitement about the warm reception and obvious hunger to study and learn that the workshop participants have displayed. I was blessed on our most recent trip in February to discover that the pastor of the First Baptist Church of San Marcos was leading his congregation in a Bible study series utilizing materials that I had just shared at the previous month's leadership conference. If you have interest in serving as a conference leader, or if you would like to know how your church can enter into a partnership with a Guatemalan Baptist church, please contact me at gsnowden@baptistgcm.org or by calling 888-420-2426, ext. 709.