(Editor's note: This is one of two related stories. See SBU trustees weighing former professor’s appeal.) BOLIVAR – Amid expressions of doctrinal and confessional concerns about some faculty members in its Redford College of Theology and Ministry, Southwest Baptist University has commissioned an “external peer assessment committee” to foster “dialogue regarding faith and learning,” including “deeper conversations and evaluations regarding orthodoxy” within the university. David … [Read more...]
SBU trustees weighing professor’s appeal
(Editor's note: This is one of two related stories. See Amid alleged confessional concerns, SBU to evaluate 'faith and learning'.) BOLIVAR – A Southwest Baptist University trustee committee has taken under advisement the appeal of a tenured professor, Clint Bass, who disputes a notice of immediate dismissal that was issued by the administration last year for alleged violations of the SBU Faculty Handbook and the “ethical and professional canons of the teaching profession.” Bass, a … [Read more...]
SBU prof’s firing, university’s theology discussed
BOLIVAR, Mo. (BP) – As a former Southwest Baptist University professor appeals his termination for allegedly accusing faculty colleagues of deviating from theological orthodoxy, the university has commissioned an "external peer assessment" to include "evaluations regarding orthodoxy" on the Bolivar, Mo., campus. In the month since SBU's Nov. 28 termination of Clint Bass, assistant professor of theology and philosophy, online discussion has included a petition calling for the university's … [Read more...]
SBU lends students, faculty member to DR efforts
BRISTOL, Fla. – The holidays generally are a time of family, friends, food, gifts and togetherness. But for the Southwest Baptist University Disaster Relief team, it was an opportunity to help others in their time of need. Led by Gabe Craig, a senior chemistry education and intercultural studies major from Park Hills, the SBU team of Sara McDonald, Hannah Gibbs, Jacob Showers and Haden Liska spent their Thanksgiving break in Bristol, Fla., helping residents clean up after Hurricane … [Read more...]
Soli Deo gloria: Handel’s ‘Messiah’ lifts Christ high
COLUMBIA – On a cold, clear night in November, a crowd of 1,700 people gathered at Jesse Hall on the campus of the University of Missouri. They sat in rapt silence for nearly three hours as Scripture was unfolded, telling the story of Christ. It began with the prophecies of Isaiah, moved onto His birth in Luke, wound through His ministry and death in the Gospels, celebrated His resurrection with shouts of Hallelujah, and ended with selections from Revelation in anticipation of His second … [Read more...]
MBCH blesses 700 children with Christmas gifts
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home has been inundated by Christmas gifts provided by generous churches and Christian people for the children and youth in our care. This year, more than 700 children in all MBCH ministries will receive Christmas gifts because of these generous contributions. From decades of experience, we know many of our children begin to see God’s love through the generosity of Christian people at Christmas. You will never fully know the joy you create in our children when … [Read more...]
Stewarding finances to make disciples
Last month at the annual meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention, we introduced a brand new look and logo for the Missouri Baptist Foundation. This new logo represents our past, our present and our future together. I thought it would be good to take a moment and tell you what this new logo represents. You will notice the simple logo consists of three green bars of ever increasing length along with our name. The three bars remind us of our original mission, as we were created to … [Read more...]
HLGU trustees focus on fundraising, student success
HANNIBAL — Hannibal-LaGrange University’s Board of Trustees visited campus for their annual fall meeting Thursday and Friday, October 18 and 19. While on campus, the board heard reports on the activities of the University over the last year. It was reported that 254 graduates were presented diplomas in May, 40 students are traveling to Israel over Christmas break with a scholarship from Passages Israel, HLGU received a military friendly award, the athletic department has joined the … [Read more...]
SBU president outlines strategic planning timeline during first trustees meeting
BOLIVAR — Southwest Baptist University President Eric A. Turner told the University’s Board of Trustees during its meeting Tuesday, Oct. 16, to expect a finalized strategic plan by the October 2019 board meeting. “Our timeline is ambitious,” Turner said. “But our planning team is ready to get to work. To broadly represent the University, we expanded the planning team to include representation from a cross-section of SBU constituencies. Rather than prescribing a plan and course of action, I … [Read more...]
Zamperini tells background of ‘Unbroken’ at HLGU
HANNIBAL – Luke Zamperini, son of Olympic hero and World War II prisoner of war Louis Zamperini, and now an executive producer of the recent movie about his father’s path to Christ, held the audience’s attention in the palm of his hand here Nov. 7 at the Hannibal-LaGrange University Booster Banquet. The younger Zamperini discussed in detail his father’s remarkable and miraculous life. Louis was saved from a life of juvenile delinquency by sports, and made his way on to the 1936 U.S. … [Read more...]
Attorney General preaches at HLGU
HANNIBAL – Missouri’s attorney general preached from Ephesians during the Oct. 3 chapel service at Hannibal-LaGrange University. Joshua Hawley – who is also running for one of Missouri’s United States Senate seats – laid politics aside and instead exposited Scripture before a packed house at the university’s Parker Theater. He spoke to the gathered students about calling, vocation and the unique call and purpose that God has for every person, working from Ephesians 1:10, 2:10 and … [Read more...]
Court hears Baptist Home, MBU appeals
KANSAS CITY – The Baptist Home and Missouri Baptist University (MBU) attorneys asked the Kansas City Court of Appeals on Sept. 13 to reverse a trial judge’s 86-page judgment that restored both entities to their former legal relationship to the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). The Home and MBU are the last two of the five MBC entities that changed their charters in 2000-2001 to become “self-perpetuating boards,” breaking away from MBC oversight and accountability, and the right of MBC to … [Read more...]
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