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LifeWay announces budget cuts and staff reductions

LifeWay Christian Resources is implementing budgetary freezes, cutbacks and staff reductions in an effort to cut $25 million to $30 million of recurring expenses from its operating budget.

04/29/2020 - By Carol Pipes / LifeWay Christian Resources

LifeWay explores sale of Ridgecrest Conference Center

LifeWay Christian Resources trustees authorized exploring the sale of Ridgecrest Conference Center and Summer Camps.

04/28/2020 - By Baptist Press Staff

Bivocational pastors losing income during COVID-19

Bivocational ministers face challenges in making financial ends meet during the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics gathered from Baptist state conventions indicate between 22,000 and 35,000 Southern Baptist churches are led by bivocational ministers.

04/21/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

COVID-19 hampers seminary education in prisons

The 165 students earning bachelor’s degrees in biblical studies at Darrington Prison Unit in South Texas no longer can attend classes, with the prison on lockdown since the presence of COVID-19 was confirmed in the facility.

04/17/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Wingfield named Baptist News Global executive director

Baptist News Global announced April 15 its board of directors named Mark Wingfield, associate pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church and a former managing editor of the Baptist Standard, as executive director and publisher of the news service.

04/15/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Disaster relief crews deal with tornadoes during COVID-19

Already heavy-laden with the turmoil of a global COVID-19 pandemic, residents in several Southern states suffered the added burden of a string of tornadoes Easter Sunday.

04/15/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Southwestern Seminary cuts programs and spending

The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary board of trustees approved structural changes and postponed adoption of the 2021 budget, acknowledging the seminary has instituted budget cuts of about 25 percent, including faculty and staff layoffs.

04/09/2020 - By Baptist Press Staff

Southwestern Seminary’s Dead Sea Scrolls ‘likely fraudulent’

Pieces of papyrus sold as rare fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary a decade ago are “likely fraudulent” and the seminary might seek financial restitution, the school announced in a statement April 6.

04/07/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

GuideStone offers one-time option to change health coverage

With many churches reporting strained budgets due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, GuideStone is offering a one-time opportunity for both group plans and personal plans to step down to a lower-cost health care plan for the remainder of 2020.

04/03/2020 - By Ray Hayhurst / GuideStone

CBF transitions 2020 general assembly to virtual event

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health concerns, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s annual general assembly will be a virtual event rather than in-person gathering this summer, CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley announced.

04/03/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Central Baptist Seminary president resigns due to ‘ethical lapse’

Molly T. Marshall has stepped down as president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary due to an unspecified “ethical lapse,” according to a statement from the seminary.

04/01/2020 - By Alejandra Molina and Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

IMB postpones volunteer trips, missionaries shelter in place

International Mission Board senior leaders have directed missionary personnel around the world to postpone hosting any ministry volunteer groups through June 30. The IMB also urged all long-term and mid-term personnel to follow U.S. Department of State advice to shelter in place.

03/26/2020 - By Julie McGowan / International Mission Board