33名新传教士在俄亥俄州获差遣：美南浸信会国际宣教部举行差遣礼拜
美南浸信会新闻社11月11日报道，国际宣教部（IMB）11月9日在俄亥俄州 Montgomery 县 Kettering 第一浸信会教堂的 Sugarcreek 校区、Dayton 附近举行差遣礼拜（Sending Celebration），33名新传教士在家人、朋友与支持者面前确认回应呼召，将赴世界各地服侍。这场礼拜同时拉开俄亥俄州美南浸信会年会的序幕。出于安全原因，部分新任传教士的身份未公开。
同日晨报的另一项调查显示，美南浸信会大多数教会自认稳定、对未来有信心，但也面临隐忧：如何接触下一代年轻人，以及牧者群体老龄化、不少牧者需兼职谋生带来的负担。
退伍军人节专题中，加州 San Diego 的三名由北美宣教部（NAMB）认可的美南浸信会牧师在非营利机构 Veterans Village 担任社区服务牧师，服侍退伍军人。该机构每年照顾约3,000名退伍军人，提供整体性支持住所。
晨报还汇总了伊利诺伊州与爱荷华州美南浸信会年会的消息：伊利诺伊州年会启动了多项宣教伙伴关系，爱荷华州浸信会则装备教会以福音参与文化议题。
（来源：美南浸信会新闻社）
33 New Missionaries Affirmed at International Mission Board Sending Celebration in Ohio
Baptist Press reported on November 11 that 33 new International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries were affirmed at a Sending Celebration on November 9 at the Sugarcreek Campus of First Baptist Church Kettering, near Dayton, in Montgomery County, Ohio. Standing before family, friends and supporters, the missionaries affirmed their call to serve around the world. The event launched the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio annual gathering. For security reasons, some newly appointed missionaries were not publicly identified.
A survey highlighted in the same briefing found that most Southern Baptist congregations are stable and confident about their future, while warning signs remain about reaching the next generation and the weight carried by an aging and often bivocational pastorate.
In a Veterans Day item, three North American Mission Board-endorsed Southern Baptist chaplains serve as community service chaplains at Veterans Village in San Diego, California, a nonprofit holistic support shelter that cares for about 3,000 veterans a year.
The briefing also carried state meeting news from Illinois, where Baptists launched multiple missions partnerships, and Iowa, where Baptists were equipped to engage culture with the Gospel.
(Source: Baptist Press)
来源：美南浸信会新闻社
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图片来源：图：俄亥俄州 Dayton 的第一浸信会教堂资料图，非本次差遣礼拜会场。Steve Morgan 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: First Baptist Church of Dayton, Ohio (file photo, not the Sending Celebration venue). By Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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