SBC Life Articles from 1995

I’m not what you would consider a man of the outdoors, but I did my fair share of fishing during my teen years.

NASHVILLE (BP) – A little over a week after the women’s NCAA basketball championship viewer ratings crushed that of the men’s, critics are saying that the Biden Administration’s new set of Title IX regulations will eventually cripple women’s sports.

DALLAS (BP) – Nine-year-old Destiny, wide-eyed and smiling broadly, surveyed the freshly repainted sanctuary of Lake June Baptist Church as she and her mother, Yvonne, arrived at the church to see what the Lord had done.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – More than 200 church planters represented 189 Sending Churches at Send Network’s most recent orientation for newly endorsed church planters April 15-17. Five different languages were spoken among the planters, who hailed from 24 U.S. States and two Canadian provinces.

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – Attorneys for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and board chair Danny Roberts have filed for dismissal in a case brought by former president Adam Greenway.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian singer Mandisa Lynn Hundley, a former Lifeway Christian Resources employee and top-10 American Idol finisher, was found dead April 18 at her Nashville home, her publicist announced on social media.

ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) – Friends, alumni, faculty, students and trustees gathered Tuesday, April 16, to honor Jeff Iorg for his tenure as president of Gateway Seminary and to commission him for service at the SBC Executive Committee.

MATHIS, Texas (BP) - El pastor Félix Treviño conocía la métrica que dice que una iglesia saludable debe tener un bautismo al año por cada 15 personas en asistencia promedio al culto, pero la Primera Iglesia Bautista de Mathis simplemente no estaba viendo a Dios moverse de esa manera.

LENEXA, Kansas (BP) – Steve Dighton nominará a David Crowther para servir como primer vicepresidente de la Convención Bautista del Sur en la Reunión Anual de la SBC de 2024. Crowther es pastor de Immanuel Baptist Church en Wichita.