The Southern Baptist Convention is a diverse, cooperative “force for good” that is poised to move forward on mission, Jeff Iorg said at his installation as the eighth president of the SBC Executive Committee Sept. 16 in Nashville.
Missouri
Vance to be nominated as MBC president
Pastor Ken Parker of First Baptist Church, Kearney, has announced his plans to nominate Wesley Vance for the post of Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) president during the MBC annual meeting here, Oct. 28-29.
National
Wedgwood Baptist Church 25 years after mass shooting: SWBTS alumni share memories
On Sept. 15, 1999, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumnus Jay Fannin (MACE, ’98) was helping at a youth event he had organized at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, where he had been named the youth minister 20 months previously. But that time of prayer and worship that was attended by 14 area church youth groups quickly turned into a tragedy when an armed man walked into the sanctuary and began shooting.
Columns
Kids can learn through play
If we stay alert, there is much that can be learned through play. In fact, learning through play is one of the most effective ways to teach.
Apologetics
You don’t know the day or hour
In the previous column, we looked at a first-century Galilean wedding as the context for Jesus’ parable of the 10 virgins. Jesus tells the parable to prepare his followers for what’s ahead. After his imminent suffering, death, and resurrection, Jesus returns to his Father, prepares a place in heaven for believers, and then calls his bride to meet him at his return.
Global
103-plus Sudanese refugees find hope in Christ
The Muslim Sudanese refugee said he was the richest man in his village before he lost all he owned. “I’ve lost everything, but I know it was good because now I found God,” he told Zach Potts of Empower One, a Send Relief partner serving Sudanese refugees. “And three days later,” Potts added, “he went to a church service in South Sudan and made a profession of faith and gave his life to the Lord.”
Culture
Book chronicles Adrian Rogers’ zeal amid NASA’s race to the moon
A dozen or so miles from NASA’s launch pads at Cape Canaveral, a new pastor – Adrian Rogers – asserted in a sermon, “God has given us a golden opportunity” that “very few people get to see.”