Texas roots grow spiritual fruit in Jeff Iorg
ABILENE, Texas (BP) —The message of a Four Spiritual Laws tract shared at the West Texas Fair & Rodeo transformed a 12-year-old boy whose life was filled with chaos.
Despite Challenges, State Conventions Take CP Lead
Twenty-three state Baptist conventions have increased the portion of Cooperative Program receipts forwarded to Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries in moving toward the goal of a 50/50 allocation between state convention causes and SBC causes, continuing an upward trend spanning several years.
Ancient Bibles on display at SBC meeting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–Most Southern Baptists have a Bible within easy reach and many more on bookshelves or scattered throughout their homes. Harold Rawlings knows how to increase the value of those Bibles that often are taken for granted. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s exhibit at the upcoming annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention will […]
Midwestern offers D.Min. in Spanish
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–Spanish-speaking students now can pursue doctoral studies in their own language at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in March. The seminary’s new missions and leadership concentration within the doctor of ministry program answers a need expressed by state convention leaders intent on reaching a growing Hispanic population. “During recruitment trips, state convention leaders […]
SBC president fields reporters’ questions
SAN ANTONIO (BP)—"I'm trying hard to present the very wonderful message of our Lord Jesus Christ and his transforming power in church families and individual lives," Frank Page declared after being re-elected by acclamation as Southern Baptist Convention president June 12 in San Antonio.
White House rep praises Baptist disaster relief
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| Jim Towey, director of the White House’s Faith-Based Initiatives, addresses Southern Baptist volunteer leaders at the Disaster Relief Roundtable at Fielder Road Baptist Church, Arlington, Texas. by Kathleen Murray |
Jim Towey spoke to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief leaders at their Disaster Relief Roundtable April 25-27 at Fielder Road Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas.
Expressing the gratitude of President George W. Bush for Southern Baptists’ response to last summer’s hurricanes, Towey said, “The president knows the efforts taken during the disaster relief phase were extraordinary in scope and compassion because government can’t love the way your people did.”
Volunteer’s query to Muslim family yields positive response
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| Charmaine Fenstermacher |
“As a car pulled up, we’d say, ‘Hi, how are you? Do you want some lunch?’” Fenstermacher, of Southlake, Texas, recounted. When asked, “How are you doing?” some of the displaced Louisianans told how Hurricane Katrina had left them destitute and hungry.
Criswell College accreditation reaffirmed by SACS commission
DALLAS (BP)--The accreditation of Criswell College of Dallas has been reaffirmed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Colleges.
Midwestern trustees select presidential search committee
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–Seven trustees of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary were selected at the close of the regular board meeting Oct. 18-19 to serve on a presidential search committee. Board chairman Carl Weiser was asked to head the committee by virtue of his office, with the following members elected out of a group of 22 […]
Newly appointed interim president addresses Midwestern Seminary chapel
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–Students, faculty and staff of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary quietly gathered for a called chapel to hear newly appointed interim president Mike Whitehead apply principles from Proverbs to the previous day’s events. Reflecting on crisis experiences from his own life, Whitehead sought to offer biblical principles to guide the seminary community in […]
