Frank Lockwood

1 week ago | nwaonline.com | Frank Lockwood

Two decades before he was a murder suspect in Minnesota, Vance Luther Boelter was an employee at a Gerber plant in Fort Smith, an easy-to-get-along-with, upbeat boss, a former co-worker said Monday. Daniel Thueson, now senior pastor at Springdale First United Methodist Church, labored alongside Boelter in the labeling and packaging area for roughly 18 months and liked him. "I was the team leader and he was the supervisor, so we worked hand-in-hand a lot," he said.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Frank Lockwood

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Two decades before he was a murder suspect in Minnesota, Vance Luther Boelter was an employee at a Gerber plant in Fort Smith, an easy-to-get-along-with, upbeat boss, a former co-worker said Monday. Daniel Thueson, now senior pastor at Springdale First United Methodist Church, labored alongside Boelter in the labeling and packaging area for roughly 18 months and liked him.

2 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Frank Lockwood

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. DALLAS -- A Northwest Arkansas couple is heading to eastern Germany to share their faith after being commissioned at last week's annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. Bridget Davis and her husband, Jude, were among 58 new missionaries appointed by the International Mission Board, the denomination's Richmond, Va.-based foreign missions society.

2 weeks ago | nwaonline.com | Frank Lockwood

DALLAS -- A Northwest Arkansas couple is heading to eastern Germany to share their faith after being commissioned at last week's annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. Bridget Davis and her husband, Jude, were among 58 new missionaries appointed by the International Mission Board, the denomination's Richmond, Va.-based foreign missions society. They're being sent by First Baptist Church in Rogers and are part of a team of more than 3,500 missionaries serving around the globe.

2 weeks ago | nwaonline.com | Frank Lockwood

DALLAS -- Two years after unveiling a website to house a database of Southern Baptist leaders credibly accused of sexual abuse, the effort has stalled without a single predator being identified there. In an interview Monday, Jeff Dalrymple, director of abuse prevention and response for the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee, said there is "not currently" any intention to post names.