Scott Barkley

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ADA, Okla. (BP) — A second tornado to strike this town in as many months has residents thankful the destruction wasn’t worse, but nevertheless on edge. The combination of tornadoes and straight-line winds, hail and rain left three dead. A woman and 12-year-old boy were found in floodwaters while another person died after a tornado struck near Spaulding, Okla. A total of 17 tornadoes were reported across Texas and Oklahoma on April 19.

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.

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.

2 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.

2 days ago | baptistpress.com | Sue Sprenkle |Sharon Mager |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Barry Sproles was in his car, about to leave the Florida State University campus Thursday (April 17) when he saw what looked like something out of a movie. But he knew it was real. Hundreds of students were running away from campus. Then he saw law enforcement vehicles heading toward campus at breakneck speeds. “I knew something serious was happening and I couldn’t leave,” he said. He learned there was an active shooting incident occurring on campus.