April 4, 2022 Stories

International

Global Health Rotation provides real-life medical and missions experience

Anna Leigh Breedlove spent the fall engaged in what she calls “one of the best and most challenging experiences of my life.” The physician’s assistant (PA) student spent eight weeks in Nalerigu, Ghana, working at the Baptist Medical Centre through the International Mission Board’s Global Health Rotation program.
Missouri

Missouri Baptist University theatre raises more than $3,000 for Send Relief, Ukraine

“Fools” is a comedy play and “one long-running gag,” said Kasey Cox, director of theatre and dance for Missouri Baptist University. From March 24-27, though, Cox and her crew used it to raise $3,146.49 for a serious subject, sending those funds through Send Relief to aid Ukrainian refugees.
Faith

New book on Southern Baptists, race details conservative influence

The Southern Baptist Convention’s turn toward racial reconciliation gained traction from biblical teachings, not the social gospel or liberal theology, David Roach writes in a new book, “The Southern Baptist Convention & Civil Rights, 1954-1995: Conservative Theology, Segregation, and Change.”
National

Southern Baptist Disaster Relief experiences more than 2,100 salvations in 2021

More than 2,100 professions of faith came as a result of the ministry of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) in 2021, which is nearly a record number for professions of faith in a single year for the ministry.
Columnists

The best stories for children

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105). Isn’t it nice that we don’t have to pay a lot of money for the most valuable stories of all for our children?  Let’s wipe the dust off that Bible and put it to use!
Missouri

Summit Woods labors in faith, hope, love

The congregation of Summit Woods Baptist Church in Lee’s Summit is living out the words in Paul’s teaching. “I’m preaching a series in 1 Thessalonians,” Bret Capranica, pastor-teacher, and MBC Executive Board member, said. “I told the congregation that I am grateful for their work of faith, their labor of love and steadfast hope in Jesus.”
Policy

ERLC expresses concerns about Biden’s proposed budget

President Biden’s $5.8 trillion proposed budget for the next fiscal year contains elements of “deep concern,” according to the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

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