For the second time in two weeks, an historic Southern Baptist church building in Marion County was damaged by fire. On July 15, the sanctuary of Zion Hill Baptist Church in Centralia was destroyed in a fire caused by a lightning strike. Read…
Thanks, Dorothy
Had you seen her surrounded by friends and well-wishers at a ladies’ tea in Dallas, it would have been hard to imagine Dorothy Patterson had just lived through a very difficult few months. The former first lady of Southwestern Seminary’s presence there is telling about her legacy in Southern Baptist life. For those watching over […]
Task force report clarifies Baptist position on evangelism
Taking the gospel to the world is a critical task—one that will require Baptists to work together, reported a task force appointed by outgoing SBC President Steve Gaines. The group, named by Gaines at last year’s annual meeting, presented their report in Dallas, where it was adopted by messengers. Before the vote, the task force […]
Laying the groundwork
It was on a mission trip to Haiti that Sara Harriss saw and heard things that would change her family forever. Harriss, then a high schooler, went to Haiti with an IBSA student mission team two years after a massive earthquake devastated the country. The team stayed at an orphanage in Port-au-Prince. The plight of […]
If you build it…
“We want young families.” That was the dream of Pastor David Gray’s church, Sterling Baptist in Fairview Heights. But when Gray arrived as pastor in May 2013, there was not one child at the church. No preschoolers, no school-aged kids, no youth. Still, Gray, who had spent a few months as the church’s transitional pastor […]
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