New Orleans Pro Sports Teams Partner with Southern Baptists at Women’s Shelter
Being a member of one of New Orleans' professional sports teams, the Saints of the NFL and the Hornets of the NBA, is not easy these days. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 decapitated the Superdome, leaving the Saints without a home field for much of the season. In recent weeks, New Orleans Saints football […]
Who Was Annie Armstrong?
Many Southern Baptists know Annie Armstrong only as the namesake of their annual offering for North American missions. But according to church historians, she was also one of the primary shapers of the modern Southern Baptist Convention. "I tell my students that Annie Armstrong and her frequent collaborator I.T. Tichenor [longtime secretary of […]
Pastor’s suffering strengthens church
MARTIN, Tenn. (BP)--This was not the method of church growth Dwayne Maxey had in mind when he was called as pastor of tiny Eastside Baptist Church in 2000.
SBTS: New school thrives in first year
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–The new school of church ministries at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is proving its viability, according to dean Randy Stinson. Southern formed the school in the spring of 2009 by merging the school of church music and the school of leadership and church ministry. While some had criticized the seminary for combining the […]
‘Build upon the foundation,’ Mohler urges
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–The uniqueness of the call to Christian ministry is bound up in the fact that ministers will not finish what they started because they are laying the foundation upon which God is constructing His church, R. Albert Mohler Jr. told graduates at fall commencement exercises Dec. 11 at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Preaching […]
Anabaptist kinship or English dissent? Papers at ETS examine Baptist origins
NEW ORLEANS (BP)–The Evangelical Theological Society’s annual meeting — held in New Orleans, birthplace of the Conservative Resurgence of the Southern Baptist Convention — included an examination of the question: Where did Baptists come from and what are their distinctive beliefs? Paige Patterson, former SBC president and current president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in […]
Forge new identity, Mohler
urges young Southern Baptists
JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–The younger generation of Southern Baptists will shape the future of the denomination, a stewardship it must not take lightly, R. Albert Mohler Jr., said Oct. 9. Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, delivered the closing address of the “Southern Baptists, Evangelicals and the Future of Denominationalism Conference,” held Oct. 6-9 at […]
Moore: adoption & Gospel go hand in hand
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--What does the adoption of children have to do with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the local church? Everything, says Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's Russell D. Moore. Moore -- who together with his wife Maria adopted two sons from a Russian orphanage several years ago ...
Mohler: SBC must be willing to change or face decline
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–The Southern Baptist Convention faces a critical crossroads and must move into the future with denominational structures and methods open to change or face serious decline, R. Albert Mohler Jr. told attendees of a forum on the future of the SBC held Aug. 19 at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Southern Seminary’s president said […]
Akin commends, cautions Calvinist advocates
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--A healthy Christian is one who balances his theological beliefs with a humble and Christ-like life, Daniel L. Akin said at the annual Founders Ministries breakfast in Louisville, Ky.
