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Dockery joins Southwestern Seminary faculty

Theologian and educator David Dockery has joined the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary faculty as professor of theology.

08/28/2019 - By Julie Owens / Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

CommonCall: Strengthen ministry by strengthening marriage

An initiative to strengthen ministers and their families in Juarez grew out of longstanding relationships a campus minister in Levelland developed with pastors in the Mexican border city.

08/26/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

God uses Mission Friends to prepare leader’s heart

As a Mission Friends leader in Alabama, Kathryn Nunnelley delighted in sharing stories about missions and missionaries with enthusiastic preschoolers. Perhaps more significantly, God was instilling a call to missions in her own heart.

08/20/2019 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

Pastor shares lessons learned about Alzheimer’s, dementia

As a minister for more than 40 years, Mike Glenn walked through the valley of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease with many families. But he admits that until you face it personally, it is hard to understand what a family goes through.

08/12/2019 - By Lonnie Wilkey / Baptist and Reflector

Southwestern Seminary denies liability in sex abuse lawsuit

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary says it is not liable for any monetary damages to a former student who claims in a lawsuit she was raped on campus at gunpoint by a student the seminary employed.

08/09/2019 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Video leads to board resignations from Calvinist group

Several board members have resigned from a neo-Calvinist evangelical group that released a trailer of a planned film linking prominent Southern Baptists with a conspiracy to promote social justice advocacy in evangelical churches.

08/05/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

SBC leaders note ‘urgent need’ along the border

Southern Baptist Convention leaders met in Tijuana with leaders of the National Baptist Convention of Mexico, Baptist pastors and Southern Baptist workers in Mexico to learn about ministry to people caught in the crisis on the border.

07/30/2019 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Boto to retire from SBC Executive Committee

D. August “Augie” Boto announced he will retire from the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee effective Sept. 30.

07/26/2019 - By Ken Camp

Video links SBC leaders to ‘Trojan horse of social justice’

A video posted by a neo-Calvinist group paints Beth Moore, Russell Moore and others as part of a conspiracy to introduce social justice advocacy into evangelical churches.

07/26/2019 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

After hurricane, churches tap technology to stay connected

Louisiana Baptist pastors employed social media to reach out to congregations they had urged stay home out of safety concerns in the face of Hurricane Barry— with dining room tables, home offices and vacant worship centers serving as pulpits.

07/16/2019 - By Ken Camp

New Mexico Baptists continue to aid migrants

Since U.S. Customs and Border Protection began releasing asylum-seeking migrants in New Mexico, at least eight churches affiliated with the Baptist Convention of New Mexico have provided, or are currently providing, assistance to migrants.

07/05/2019 - By Ken Camp

Former missionary Aderholt pleads guilty in assault case

Former Southern Baptist missionary, minister and state convention worker Mark Aderholt pleaded guilty July 2 in a plea deal related to the sexual assault of a minor two decades ago.

07/05/2019 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press