Southern Baptists’ Send Relief partners were on the ground in Southern Turkey within hours of a devastating earthquake and multiple aftershocks Feb. 6 that left nearly 50,000 people dead and 250,000 homes destroyed there and in neighboring Syria. As rescue efforts passed the one-week mark, rescuers continued to pull survivors from the rubble long after […]
Louisiana pastor to nominate Barber for second term as SBC president
Trinity Baptist Church pastor Steven James announced Feb. 13 his intent to re-nominate Texas pastor Bart Barber for SBC president at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans this June. Barber was elected to the position for the first time at last summer’s gathering in Anaheim. James and Barber know one another well due […]
Major earthquake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills thousands
A pair of earthquakes and a series of aftershocks have devastated portions of Turkey and Syria. According to the BBC, more than 3,000 people were known to have been killed by the quakes as of 2:30 p.m. CST on Feb. 6. The death toll is expected to grow much higher with the World Health Organization […]
MBTS’ $2.5 million ‘missions moonshot’
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) plans to produce 100 new missionaries annually in what President Jason Allen is calling a “missions moonshot.” Allen announced the plan and a $2.5 million gift to fund it at the seminary’s spring convocation in January. Allen began the service referencing President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 moonshot address to rally […]
Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections
(Ed. Note—In our July issue, we reported that Illinois’s very own Sandy Wisdom-Martin told the story of her brother’s recent baptism during her WMU presentation at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Anaheim. We thought we you would appreciate this longer account that shows God’s fingerprints through multiple SBC connections. It’s too good to miss.) […]
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