17th century commentary added to Southwestern collection
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s rare book collection recently was enriched by the donation of a historically significant New Testament commentary.
‘Men’s Fraternity’ offers avenue to help guys become real men
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--God created men to be leaders in their homes. Pastors and churches have a responsibility to teach them how to accomplish this mandate. LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention has teamed up with Pastor Robert Lewis to offer churches "Men's Fraternity" to show them how.
FIRST-PERSON: Remembering a great man, James L. Sullivan
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--When I became an employee of the Sunday School Board in 1970, the only thing I knew about its president, James L. Sullivan, was his name.
James L. Sullivan, former president of SBC, Baptist Sunday School Board, dies at 94
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--James Lenox Sullivan, Southern Baptist statesman and retired president of the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board (now LifeWay Christian Resources), died Dec. 27 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tenn., following a brief illness. He was 94.
A private burial service for the family will be conducted Thursday morning. Visitation is at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Nashville, followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m.
Sullivan served as president of the Sunday School Board, the denomination's ministry enrichment, education and publication entity, from 1953 until his retirement in 1975.
ERLC joins brief defending inmates’ religious rights
WASHINGTON (BP)--The Southern Baptist Convention's public policy entity has joined a wide diversity of organizations in calling for the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a federal law protecting the religious freedom of prisoners. The SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission joined in a friend-of-the-court brief contending the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) is constitutional.
‘Lay aside distractions’ during ministry, NOBTS grads told
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| One last challenge New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary President Chuck Kelley challenges graduates during commencement Dec. 18 to stay focused on Jesus as they enter ministry. Photo by Gary D. Myers |
Akin exhorts SEBTS grads to make ‘good, godly decisions’
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| Jack Blankenship praying Southeastern Seminary graduate Jack Blankenship of Billingsley, Ala., prays during the school's graduation Dec. 18. Photo by Courtney Navey. |
Seminary President Daniel L. Akin presided over his second graduation ceremony, delivering a charge to students to walk faithfully during their ministry. Akin said that in life, graduates will face choices that will dictate the direction of their ministry, their walk with the Lord and their life.
“Graduation brings you to a very significant fork in the road,” Akin said. “Now what? What is God’s next step in His plan for your life?
Iorg to grads: Ministry requires ‘simple commitment’ to Gospel
SAN FRANCISCO (BP)--Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary faculty, staff, friends and family members gathered at the historic First Baptist Church in San Francisco Dec. 17 for the school's winter graduation.
MBC attorneys file appeals court brief in legal battle
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)--Attorneys for the Missouri Baptist Convention filed their appellate brief in early December, as the two-year old case against five breakaway agencies moves forward in the Kansas City Court of Appeals.
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