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FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Faye McCombs didn't want seminary students to go through the same financial hardships her parents did. David and Charis Smith had been inspired by a music minister who died too young. And Don and Elizabeth O'Neal wanted to help fulfill the Great Commission and honor a former…
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--In the face of a possible $1 million decrease in funding at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the seminary's trustees approved a $1 million budget increase during their spring meeting March 6 at the Fort Worth, Texas, school.
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--"A true witness delivereth souls" graced the cover of an evangelism training tract used by many Southern Baptists in the mid-20th century.
GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--With references peppered throughout the Old and New Testaments, the concept of leisure is biblical, said Dale Connally, who teaches in Baylor University's recreation and leisure services division.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--When discipline leaves a church, Christ goes with it, remarked nineteenth century Baptist theologian John L. Dagg.
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Christians are not motivated to serve in missions because of their awareness of people's "lostness" or even because of Jesus' Great Commission command to go, said Jerry Rankin, president of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A series of free online books providing help in ministering to specific age groups is now available from LifeWay Church Resources.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Quoting Scripture after mounting the platform to a sustained standing ovation, R. Phil Roberts was introduced as the fourth president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary during a chapel service on the Kansas City, Mo., campus Feb. 13.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--With 1 billion searchable webpages on the Internet today, 59 percent of Americans say they are overwhelmed with information, and 50 percent say they don't want any more knowledge than they absolutely need.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Thirty-five English-speaking Christian leaders from 15 countries were challenged to make changing lives their top priority during a Jan. 30-Feb. 2 training conference at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
