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2 days ago | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Yonat Shimron |Karen Garcia |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): New Orleans Baptist Theological SeminaryFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NEW ORLEANS – The board of trustees for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College heard a of variety of positive reports and approved new faculty and curriculum updates during their spring meeting April 15-16. Jamie Dew, president of NOBTS and Leavell College, welcomed the trustees on April 15 with an update about the overall spirit of the school.
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2 days ago | 
baptistpress.com | Yonat Shimron |Karen Garcia |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): World & PoliticsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: ROME (BP) – Pope Francis died at 7:35 a.m. April 21 at his home of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, the Vatican announced. The news came a day after the pontiff’s Easter address, read with assistance, called for peace in war zones including Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan. Francis, 88, led the Catholic Church 12 years.
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3 days ago | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Yonat Shimron |Karen Garcia |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Disaster ReliefFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: BURNSVILLE, N.C. (RNS) — A kerosene heater still sits in the middle of Mack and Lucille Thomason’s living room, a testament to the trauma they and others in their rural Yancey County North Carolina community experienced when Hurricane Helene unleashed its raging waters last fall.
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3 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Tessa Sanchez |Karen Garcia |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Religious LibertyFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: ATLANTA (BP) – As Georgia’s General Assembly continues its month-long push to pass a Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), a judge has ruled Utah’s RFRA protects a religious center’s practice of using illegal psychedelic mushrooms. Members of Georgia’s Republican-majority House Judiciary Committee mustered the votes to pass the RFRA bill March 26, a week after two Republicans joined Democrats in blocking the measure.
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4 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Tessa Sanchez |Karen Garcia |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): SBC NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: CICERO, New York (BP) — Frank Williams has been voted the next executive director/treasurer of the Baptist Convention of New York (BCNY), the group announced in a press release today (March 27). Williams, 52, who will continue serving as pastor of Wake-Eden Community Baptist Church and Bronx Baptist Church for the foreseeable future, begins his role on April 2.
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4 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Tessa Sanchez |Karen Garcia |Travis Hearne |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): International Mission BoardFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: The National Parent Retreat, hosted by the International Mission Board March 20-23, brought 148 parents of IMB missionaries together for a time of encouragement and connection.
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4 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Karen Garcia |Travis Hearne |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
If you want to know whether balance is important, ask a tightrope walker or a technician who installs new tires on your vehicle. If you want to know whether balance is important, ask a nutritionist who encourages her patients to create balanced, healthy diets. But, if you want to know whether balance is important, you might not want to ask group ministry leaders. In the 2024 State of Groups research report, one objective for ongoing adult groups stood out above the rest.
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4 weeks ago | 
baptistpress.com | Karen Garcia |Travis Hearne |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Abortion, Sanctity of Life, Southwestern Baptist Theological SeminaryFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: FORT WORTH (BP) — Prestonwood Baptist Church and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary formally marked the opening of Prestonwood Pregnancy Center during a March 26 ribbon-cutting ceremony on the seminary’s Fort Worth campus.
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1 month ago | 
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.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Karen Garcia |Charles Jones |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Southwestern Baptist Theological SeminaryFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: FORT WORTH, Texas – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Program and the seminary’s role in its beginning during a Founder’s Day chapel service March 13 on the Fort Worth campus. Southwestern Seminary President David S. Dockery noted the event usually involves an address about one of the early leaders of the seminary.
