FROM THE STATES: California church makes masks, gowns; Hawaii Baptists feed homeless
California church makes masks, gowns to fight COVID-19; Hawaii Baptists donate meals to busy homeless shelters.
FROM THE SEMINARIES: MBTS offers pastors recorded sermons; SWBTS hosts online music conferences
Midwestern Seminary offers pastors recorded sermon resources during pandemic; Myers at SWBTS: Musical beauty 'contains a summons' to glorify God.
SBC DIGEST: Arkansas prayer emphasis; Free ‘Called to Lead,’ online conference
WMU officers to remain another year; Arkansas Baptist State Convention Prayer Task Force adopts National Day of Prayer Emphasis; Free 'Called to Lead,' online conference to be hosted by Cross Church.
CAMP UPDATE: Falls Creek delays, Crossings cancels June camps; July good for now
Falls Creek delays camp season, unveils tentative start June 28 with new 8-session schedule; Crossings cancels June camps, proceeds with July for now.
SBC DIGEST: WMU selects Acteens panel; GuideStone to host COVID-19 webcast
National WMU selects national Acteens panel; GuideStone invites pastors, church leaders for a COVID-19 webcast.
Moore: religious liberty threats “inconsistent and incoherent saber rattling”
NASHVILLE (BP) -- In an interview with Baptist Press, Ethics & Religious Liberty president Russell Moore addressed religious liberty concerns stemming from Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer's order to report church attendees to local health departments on Easter weekend, calling the mayor's threats "inconsistent and incoherent saber rattling."
FROM THE SEMINARIES: Chang hired as MBTS Spurgeon Library curator; SEBTS offers modified biblical studies Ph.D.
Midwestern Seminary hires Geoff Chang as Spurgeon Library curator; Southeastern now offering modified residency option for Ph.D. in biblical studies.
SBC DIGEST: BP to interview Russell Moore; Moore, others support release of detained immigrants; Prayer hotline for NYC residents
Baptist Press to interview Russell Moore on Facebook Live; ERLC supports release of detained immigrants due to COVID-19; Southern Baptist Disaster Relief establishes prayer hotline for NYC residents.
FROM THE SEMINARIES: NOBTS provides summer scholarships; MBTS expands, adapts summer offerings
NOBTS receives $311,000 for summer scholarships; MBTS expands summer live-video classes; offers new four-week online format.
SBC leaders pray for revival, end of pandemic
NASHVILLE (BP) -- With churches preparing for another week of online services -- this Sunday, an unprecedented Easter -- Ronnie Floyd gathered Southern Baptists from across the world on Good Friday to pray together online for the end of the COVID-19 global pandemic, and that God would use this time to call the Church to revival.
