Columbia, S.C. | Alex Lyons was touring the International Mission Board’s training center in late April, lagging behind the group, when he spied the life-sized, black-and-white Lottie Moon cutout familiar to many churches. And as Lyons is prone to do, he had an idea and acted on it. Lyons took a picture of Moon and […]
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Wisdom-Martin plans retirement for 2027
Birmingham | Illinois’ very own Sandy Wisdom-Martin will step down as head of the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) in January 2027. She gave the National WMU Board a year’s notice to conduct a search for her successor as executive director-treasurer and plan the transition for the post she has held since 2016. “Faithfulness in this […]
Morris H. Chapman, former EC president, dies
Nashville | Morris H. Chapman, former pastor, former Southern Baptist Convention president, former SBC Executive Committee president, and champion of the Cooperative Program, died Monday, Oct. 20, at age 84. The last SBC Conservative Resurgence president to be opposed by a moderate candidate, Chapman led the Convention to remain focused on the Great Commission as […]
Danny Akin announces retirement
Wake Forest, N.C. | Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President Daniel L. Akin announced today (Oct. 14) he will retire from the role at the end of the 2025-2026 school year. His official retirement date is July 31, 2026. Akin, Southeastern’s longest serving president, made the announcement in a chapel service during the SEBTS Board of […]
Florida team travels to Chicago ‘to see, to serve and to sit’
CHICAGO – The simple act of offering a cup of cold water and lemonade on a hot summer day, served with a smile and a prayer, opened hundreds of hearts to the Gospel in downtown Chicago. That’s how a 19-member mission team from New Philadelphia Ministries in St. Petersburg, Fla., began its week sharing the […]
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