KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) – Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) President Jason K. Allen released his latest book, Letters to My Students, Volume 3: On Life and Doctrine, with B&H Publishing, June 3. Focusing on 10 key doctrines and disciplines, Allen’s new book offers wisdom to current and aspiring ministry leaders for guarding the integrity of their gospel witness in their personal, spiritual, and pastoral lives. “In this book, I’m targeting our current ministry moment … [Read more...]
Pew: A fourth of Christians eye astrology, tarot cards, fortune tellers – most for fun
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Greg Mathias, who teaches global missions at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS), told Baptist Press that while in Jackson Square this past weekend, he likely walked past five fortune tellers and tarot card readers, common sights there. But according to Pew Research, many Christians in the U.S. are not just passing by such phenomena. More than a quarter of Christians engage with such psychic phenomena, most often astrology in the form of printed … [Read more...]
Memorial Day Flag Relay brings healing, encouragement and Gospel connections
By Marilyn Stewart MOBILE, Ala. (BP) – First in Fallujah, Iraq, then in Djibouti, Africa, and finally Mobile, Alabama, the Memorial Day Flag Relay (MDFR) has been bringing encouragement and healing to active-duty servicemen, veterans and their families for 20 years. It has also pointed the way to Christ. Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Endel Lee, Southern Baptist Navy chaplain, highly decorated naval officer, pastor, and former New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary faculty … [Read more...]
State of the Bible shows U.S. outlier in biblical reverence in ‘secular west’
PHILADELPHIA (BP) – From a global vantage point unique to its study of the Bible’s impact on U.S. adults, the American Bible Society (ABS) said Americans revere Scripture, faith and church more than others in a geographical cluster described as the “secular west.” Including the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand in the cluster, the ABS said only 37 percent of secular west residents say the Bible is personally relevant, save the U.S., an outlier with 51 percent of … [Read more...]
HLGU’s ‘Freedom on the Inside’ celebrates first class of graduates inside Missouri prison
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article includes additional reporting by Pathway staff. JEFFERSON CITY – When college classes began at Jefferson City Correctional Center in 2020, Rodrick Sweet had faith he was doing what God had called him to do, but at times he didn’t know if students would ever have a chance make it across the finish line. Between COVID-19, a financial crisis at Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU), and the very real challenges of pioneering a totally new program, the outcome … [Read more...]
Southern Seminary finds itself in Jeopardy!
NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist Theological Seminary received a mention on the Jeopardy! Masters April 30 episode in a manner that gave a nod to the school’s devotion to biblical fidelity. “Scripture is the sole authority for faith and practice if you study at SBTS, this theological seminary in Louisville,” host Ken Jennings read to the contestants. Victoria Groce, the reigning Jeopardy! Masters champion who is currently in third place in the tournament, buzzed in first. “What … [Read more...]
Documentary tells stories of Joplin tornado, leaves out God’s faithfulness
JOPLIN – Even as Missouri works to recover from recent tornadoes and damaging winds, for many, every severe weather warning and dark cloud brings to mind the deadly tornado that hit Joplin on May 22, 2011. A new documentary from Netflix, “The Twister: Caught in the Storm,” tells the story of that Sunday evening as people gathered for Joplin High School’s graduation, ran to Target to pick up some hair dye, or just drove around to do some amateur storm chasing. I was on a road trip that … [Read more...]
Animated ‘King of Kings’ tells Jesus’ life at Easter, inspired by Dickens tale
PROVO, Utah (BP) – A few years after Charles Dickens wrote perhaps his most popular book, “A Christmas Carol,” he compiled the long-unpublished work, “The Life of Our Lord,” as a personal gift to his children. Adapted from the Gospel of Luke, “The Life of Our Lord” chronicles Jesus’ life from birth to death to resurrection. As the story goes, Dickens would read it to his children each Christmas season, but it was not published until 1934, decades after the author’s death and a year after … [Read more...]
The First Hymn: Resurrected third-century praise song set for pre-Easter release
LA MIRADA, Calif. (BP) – What was left of the hymn, archeologists found 100 years ago in ancient Egyptian ruins on a scrap of tattered papyrus, long buried by desert sand. The discovery was sealed in a climate-controlled vault at Oxford University until John Dickson came along. Dickson, who joined Wheaton College in 2022 as the inaugural Jean Kvamme Distinguished Professor of Biblical Studies and Public Christianity, began to realize the importance of the papyrus for today’s … [Read more...]
Churches aim to welcome guests by different methods
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (Lifeway Research) – Every church aims to welcome guests in some way. Those efforts may just look different in different churches and may have changed over the last decade. According to a Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors, more than 99% of churches welcome visitors in at least one of 11 ways. Fewer than 1% say they don’t do any of the almost one dozen efforts. Still, several methods are more popular among certain congregations. “There is more to welcoming … [Read more...]
MBTS’s second set of Spurgeon sermons released through Reformation Heritage Books
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) — After decades out of print, Charles Spurgeon’s sermons from the earliest years of his preaching at the Metropolitan Tabernacle have been republished for a new generation. Released through a partnership between Reformation Heritage Books and the Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Seminary, the new set contains weekly sermons that Charles Spurgeon preached to his London congregation from 1861 to 1876. “I am very grateful for the release of this second set of … [Read more...]
Eyes up, screens down: Phone free becoming more common at youth events
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP) – Peer pressure can be a good thing. It’s not something usually pressed in a student ministry setting, but Bill Newton has discovered its value at Immanuel Baptist Church. Talk to youth ministry leaders and you will soon learn the expansive impact cell phones have on students. Approximately 95 percent of American teenagers have one. To get an idea on the speed at which that point came, consider that in 2011 nearly a quarter of teens (23 percent) had a smart phone. … [Read more...]
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