Friday recap: Hurricane Helene; IMB trustees appoint 69 missionaries; 7 church branding secrets

Check out these recent headlines from the week, reported by The Baptist Paper, the sister publication of The Alabama Baptist.
Jacob Boss, affinity group leader for Europe, bows to pray during the IMB trustee meeting, Sept. 26. Affinity group leaders join trustees each year during the fall board meeting.
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Friday recap: Hurricane Helene; IMB trustees appoint 69 missionaries; 7 church branding secrets

To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports from this week, see below.

1. Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday evening (Sept. 26) as a Category 4 storm with winds reaching 140 mph in Florida before weakening to a tropical storm. On Friday, the storm continued tearing its way through Georgia.

Helene blasts Southeast; Baptist DR set to respond

2. With a few giving days left in the 2023–24 giving year, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is already the largest in the International Mission Board’s history, with receipts currently showing more than $204 million given to date.

IMB reports another record-breaking year for missions giving

3. Church communication expert Mark MacDonald shares seven little-known secrets about church branding (shhhhhh):

Shhh! — 7 church branding secrets only a few know

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