SBC Life Articles by Lauren Crane

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Passion for people who don’t know Christ reverberated throughout Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s fourth annual 20/20 Collegiate Conference: Missio Dei. The conference, held Feb. 2-3 on the seminary’s Wake Forest, N.C., campus, focused on God’s mission of spreading the message of salvation to people who have not yet heard. “Missio Dei” is […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Christian rock star syndrome is a serious sickness infiltrating the church and gutting the body of Christ, Daniel Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, said at the Jan. 29 spring convocation on the Wake Forest, N.C., campus. Akin noted the Apostle Paul’s example from 2 Corinthians 12 of not boasting in […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--L. Russ Bush III, noted philosopher, apologist, author, professor, pastor and friend of Southern Baptists, died Jan. 22 following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 63.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Many people know her name. Few know her story. The remarkable life of Charlotte “Lottie” Moon was recounted by Daniel Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, during the Dec. 4 final chapel service of the fall semester. Every December, the memory of Lottie Moon is honored by Southern Baptists when a […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–College and university students — one of the largest unreached people groups in the United States -– face increasing estrangement from the Christian faith, said Lee Sullens, campus minister at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Baptist Campus Ministries. “The predominant religion of college students is secular humanism,” Sullens […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–William Wallace had a lot in common with the Apostle Paul, President Daniel Akin said during a chapel service at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Oct. 30. Wallace dedicated his life to freeing people he loved and gave his life for something he believed in, becoming a national hero. Just like Paul, Wallace […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–In the months before he died, British author and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis predicted his literature largely would be forgotten by the beginning of the 21st century. Forty-four years after his death, the presence of approximately 270 people at a conference honoring “C.S. Lewis: The Man and His Work, a 21st Century […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Every major period of Christianity is characterized by a probing question from Jesus, O.S. Hawkins said, and this era’s question is, “Who do you say that I am?” “Virtually every epoch of Christian church history has had a question from the lips of our Lord, for whom and to which it was […]

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--In a continuing effort to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the nations, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's trustees have approved a new track in orality studies for the master of arts in intercultural studies degree.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–In the spirit of the 1700s’ Sandy Creek Baptist Church preacher Shubal Stearns, modern-day evangelist Tony Nolan challenged the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary community to make the Gospel apparent in their lives. Nolan, founder of TNT ministries and tour pastor for the contemporary music group Casting Crowns, spoke at Southeastern in conjunction […]