Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield exists to make Christ-centered disciples of their neighbors and the nations. In 2022, church leaders are asking the Lord to lead members to build strong, loving relationships with their eight closest neighbors as part of a neighboring initiative being called “We Are Neighbors.”
Missouri
Volunteer DR team member inspired by serving
Chris Curtis wasn’t sure what to expect on her first Missouri Disaster Relief call out. “My husband and I planned to do Disaster Relief, but he died in May 2021,” she said. Chris, an untrained volunteer, opted to go to Dawson Springs, Ky., on her first callout.
National
MBTS celebrates fall graduates, Dighton encourages students to remain faithful
Celebrating graduates amid the Christmas season, the Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College community recognized its students’ hard work, dedication, and perseverance, as the school held its 70th commencement exercises on Dec. 10.
Columns
Theology from a song
Centuries prior to the refrain by young Paul McCartney, another songwriter pleaded, “Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent” (Psalm 71:9).
Apologetics
Methodism: John Wesley’s plan to bring Christ’s holiness to the world
Methodism is a Protestant denomination that formed in England during the middle of the 1700s. Originally, it was a highly-devotional and energetic evangelical movement which sought to inspire a deep evangelical ethos within the Church of England.
Global
Southern Baptists celebrate 100 years of partnership in Romania
This year, the Baptist Theological Institute (ITB), in Bucharest, Romania, celebrated 100 years of existence and partnership with Southern Baptists. From vision-casting to sending personnel, Southern Baptists have walked alongside Romanian Baptists. The plot of land the institute sits on and the buildings that house it were purchased with Southern Baptist money, some of which […]
Culture
O.S. Hawkins book details ‘colliding lives, legacies’ of legendary preachers
I thought the book would be about two preachers in two competitive Texas cities having a fight. It was all of that for sure! But it was fascinating, and it had some redeeming qualities as Hawkins found some good traits in each of these prominent preachers who influenced a generation or two of Baptists.