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Latest news: Matt Queen fined $2,000, no jail time; SBCAL holds first retreat

Check out these recent headlines, reported by The Baptist Paper.
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Latest news: Matt Queen fined $2,000, no jail time; SBCAL holds first retreat

To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper, see below.

1. Former seminary professor Matt Queen has been sentenced to one year of probation, six months of house arrest and a $2,000 fine after being convicted of lying to federal investigators during an investigation into sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention.

Matt Queen fined $2,000, no jail time for ‘lying to investigators’

2. Associational leaders from across the nation gathered March 3–5 in Tennessee for the first Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders retreat.

SBCAL retreat inspires, connects leaders from around the country

 

3. “Though the concept is somewhat foreign to us, it was commonplace in ancient Israel,” writes pastor Adam Dooley. “Fasting appears 75 times in the Bible.”

First person: What are the benefits of fasting?

4. “It makes us closer to serve together,” Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer Ray Gilliland said of working with his wife Evelyn. “Everything we do together brings us closer to each other and to the Lord.”

‘Onsite together’: Couple spends retirement serving with Disaster Relief


EDITOR’S NOTE — These stories were compiled by The Baptist Paper.

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