Changed Lives, NOT Cotton Candy
Too many youth ministries today are like cotton candy – youth love it, parents enjoy it, and it looks so good, but when you get to its heart – there simply is nothing there, according to Calvin Carr, high school youth educational director at First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Fla. "Cotton candy ministry tastes good, but […]
Youth program’s focus: changed lives, not ‘cotton candy’
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Too many youth ministries today are like cotton candy — youth love it, parents enjoy it, and it looks so good, but when you get to its heart — there simply is nothing there, said Calvin Carr, high school youth educational director at First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Fla. “Cotton candy ministry tastes […]
Patterson: Battle for biblical inerrancy was necessary for millions of lost
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–The battle waged in the Southern Baptist Convention over the inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture wasn’t about defending the claims of the Bible, Paige Patterson recounted, but about securing its trustworthiness for a world in desperate need of the message of God’s redeeming grace. “Friend, it is as logical as it can […]
Mark Coppenger describes facets of love at Southeastern convocation
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Painting a collage of word pictures, Mark Coppenger defined love as forgetting about one’s self in the service of others, during an address at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s fall convocation Aug. 24. Drawing on illustrations including characters such as a St. Bernard, a carnival performer, Princess Diana, partygoers, the biblical Noah, as […]
5 new professors join Southeastern faculty
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Five new professors are joining the faculty at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary this fall, bringing the total number of full- and part-time faculty positions to more than 70. Four new seminary professors and a college professor will help Southeastern keep pace with the school’s flourishing enrollment over the last decade. During the […]
Southeastern graduates challenged to stand for Christ amid controversy
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson challenged the school’s 155 graduates May 22 to lead ministries marked by “fullness.” Preaching from the sixth chapter of the Book of Acts, Patterson drew lessons from the life of the early New Testament church’s first martyr, Stephen. Like Stephen, “You are to be characterized […]
