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James Leo Garrett Jr., distinguished professor of theology emeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died Feb. 5 in Nacogdoches. He was 94.
02/06/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Howard Payne University announced the construction of the Newbury Family Welcome Center and renovations to the Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom building. TBM volunteer Rachel Schieck received the Distinguished Service Award from the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board.
02/05/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Louis R. Cobbs of Tyler, a former campus minister who was instrumental in developing Southern Baptists’ Missionary Journeyman program, died Feb. 2 in Tyler. He was 94.
Southern Baptists who recall a historic revival that swept through Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 50 years ago say remembering what God did in the midst of one divisive period of American history should motivate believers to pray for it again.
02/05/2020 - By Tobin Perry / Baptist Press
An Arizona federal judge has reversed the convictions of four faith-based volunteers who were fined and put on probation for aiding migrants at the border, saying the activists simply were exercising their “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
02/05/2020 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service
Volunteers with the TBM water ministry make available both clean drinking water and the Living Water of Christ to villagers in Papua New Guinea.
02/05/2020 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men
The Explore the Bible lesson for Feb. 23 focuses on Deuteronomy 32:48-52; 34:4-7.
02/04/2020 - By Jaime Cortez
Lesson 12 in the BaptistWay Press Connect360 unit “Miracles: The Transforming Power of Jesus” focuses on Matthew 17:24-27.
02/04/2020 - By Stan Granberry / BaptistWay Press
When Houston Northwest Church recently welcomed children and their families to the congregation’s newly constructed HNW Kids Building, it marked a milepost in recovery and rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey.
02/04/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
William Robert “Bill” O’Brien, longtime missionary and missions innovator, died Feb. 1. He was 86.
02/04/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Karl Fickling reviews “The New Testament in its World” by N.T. Wright and Michael Bird.
02/03/2020 - By Karl Fickling
GuideStone has released the 2020 Ministers’ Tax Guide for 2019 Returns. It includes changes based on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the current status of minister’s housing allowance after the recent 2019 litigation.
02/03/2020 - By Holly Taylor / Baptist Press