SBC Life Articles by John Ambra

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mission:Dignity Sunday is June 26 on the Southern Baptist Convention calendar, in support of GuideStone Financial Resources’ program to assistance needy retired ministers and widows of ministers. DALLAS (BP)–The story is told of thousands of European children who were left without homes and families following extensive bombing raids during World War II. The […]

GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)–Thomas “Mutt” Seamans was known for his sense of humor. He got his nickname from the old Mutt and Jeff comic strip that was popular when he was a boy back in the 1920s. He and his dad would act out the comics and, even though young Thomas was the shorter of the […]

Norma Friend needs to cover the basic necessities of life: groceries, medicine, utilities, and other bills. Idell Austin actually went to bed hungry because money was in short supply. The Rev. Archie Chapman needs help meeting insurance and the phone and water bills. Norma, Idell, and Archie are just three of more than 2,500 ministers […]

HOUSTON (BP)–Sagemont Church in Houston is the first church in the Southern Baptist Convention to reach the $1 million mark in contributions to the Mission:Dignity ministry of GuideStone Financial Resources that assists retired pastors and their widows who have financial needs. GuideStone President O.S. Hawkins received a check for nearly almost $42,000 at a church-wide […]

FARMVILLE, Va. (BP)--The year was 1894. Grover Cleveland was two years into his second term as 24th president of the United States and was trying to settle the Pullman Strike. The first clutch-driven automobile was invented. And, on Oct. 18, Kate Soyars was born near Farmville, Va.