International Mission Board (IMB) trustees meeting in Huntsville Nov. 14–15 addressed “private prayer language,” specified policy for baptism and approved a $282.5 million basic budget for 2006. Issues of the policy opposing a missionary candidate’s practice of using a “private prayer language” involve missionary candidate qualifications known as “Southern Baptist Identity.” Those qualifications state that candidates must: (1) be committed…
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