Former Southern Baptist Official Claims He Started the Obama Birther Movement; CP Sees Budget Surplus

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Episode #071

Pastor Wiley Drake is in the news and it’s amazing. There’s also some political polling data from LifeWay Research as well as a big CP bump for FY16,

News Recap:

• Politics: Former SBC officer says he and Alan Keyes started the ‘birther’ claim — http://bit.ly/2dNhls8
• SBC: CP ends fiscal year 4.95% over budget projection — http://bit.ly/2dNg709
• LifeWay Research: Pastors Prefer ‘Undecided’ to Clinton or Trump — http://bit.ly/2dNhA6s
• Bible: Publisher reverses decision on ‘unchanging’ Bible translation — http://bit.ly/2dNhxYo
• Canada: Allen Schmidt, first Canadian convention exec, dies — http://bit.ly/2dNjsfz
• Colleges: CCCU adopts new membership policy — http://bit.ly/2dNktV1
• SBC: Phoenix SBC 2017 hotel registration opens Oct. 1 — http://bit.ly/2dNks3e

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This Week in SBC History

• William Carey sent out as a missionary
  • http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/baptist-missionary-society-formed-in-england-11630321.html

Resource of the Week

• Amy: Tweetable Nietzsche
• Jonathan: Disciples Path: The Journey