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1 month ago | 
wbrz.com | Sarah Gray Barr |Charles Jones
HOUMA - For more than a year now, the USS Kidd sat in a drydock in Houma undergoing needed repairs and restorations. It left Baton Rouge April 30, 2024 for Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, where it arrived two days later. Ship Superintendent Tim NesSmith says the USS Kidd is a popular site in the capital city, drawing between 40,000 to 50,000 visitors each year. Getting funding for the needed work has always been a challenge.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Charles Jones |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
HANNIBAL, Mo. (BP) – Hannibal-LaGrange University is threatening legal action should the Department of Education not grant an accommodation over a rule that the school says limits its financial autonomy and religious liberty.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Charles Jones |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
Editor’s note: Robert Matz is the President of Hannibal-LaGrange University in Hannibal, Missouri. Hannibal-LaGrange University is unapologetically Christian. We offer students a relevant education anchored in a biblical worldview. Since 1858, we have existed to serve the churches of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). Those churches select our trustees so that our university remains accountable to our Christian faith and Baptist mission.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Charles Jones |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
Metadata:Series: First PersonTopic(s): FamilyFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: Editor’s note: The following is adapted from “In His Footsteps: A 90-Day Devotional to Enjoy Jesus Daily (Featuring Daily Words of Wisdom from Adrian Rogers),” a new devotional from Gayle Rogers Foster, released by B&H Publishing. It’s one thing to “rise to the occasion” when you are in front of the microphone and the multitude. It is quite another thing when there is no microphone and there is no multitude.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Charles Jones |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
DALLAS (BP) – A wide array of breakfasts, luncheons and late-night gatherings promises something for everyone attending the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas. SBC entities provide many of those opportunities, but there are many more sponsored by fellowships, ministries and other groups. Below are offerings available to messengers and guests.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Charles Jones |David Roach |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): LifewayFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NASHVILLE (BP) — This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with Lifeway Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, Lifeway publishes Sunday School curricula and additional resources for all age groups. This week’s Bible study is adapted from the Bible Studies For Life curriculum.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Charles Jones |Scott Barkley
JOHANNESBURG (BP) – Josh Sullivan, the pastor who was abducted by armed and masked men last week as he preached, was rescued yesterday (April 15) by police after a shootout with his captors in a nearby township. Officers in a “multi-disciplinary law enforcement operation,” said a police statement, received information that Sullivan was being held in a safe house. On approaching the house the team observed a vehicle, whose occupants attempted to flee and opened fire after seeing the officers.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Charles Jones |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): DiscipleshipFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NASHVILLE (BP) – Sam Green, then a 2-year-old healthy toddler, longed to play with his younger brother, perhaps on the playground, perhaps riding bikes. Perhaps he could read to him and maybe they could go to the zoo. Sam had watched his mama’s belly swell and waited months for his brother Timothy Jacob Green – TJ – to be born. In Utero, TJ was diagnosed with Trisomy 18. He lived 56 days, much of it in home hospice.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Grace Thornton |Charles Jones |Scott Barkley
SHOCCO SPRINGS, Ala. – When Karen Gosselin picked the music a year ago for the 2025 OneVoice honor choir, she did it thoughtfully and prayerfully. But she had no idea how the perfect the lyrics would be when it came time to sing them, or that their first audience would be a cafeteria packed full of powerline workers. “We had some incredible unexpected opportunities,” she said.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Karen Garcia |Charles Jones |Scott Barkley
NEW ORLEANS — Chuck Kelley, president emeritus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College, spoke about his journey of grief after losing his beloved wife Rhonda in his first chapel message since his retirement. Kelley’s chapel address on Thursday (March 13) marks more than a year since Rhonda’s death in February 2024.
