Archive for February 2018

Prayer is a powerful tool to help persecuted congregations worldwide, an array of speakers agreed during the Persecuted Church Conference, sponsored by the World Missions Center, Feb. 13-15. During five sessions of discussion and an evening of prayer, the presenters, who have led churches in areas of the world where Christians are persecuted, related how…

Seven Southwestern Seminary Ph.D. students and three faculty members recently had the opportunity to teach courses at the Baptist theological seminary in Kaduna, Nigeria. Understanding how Southwestern’s resources have benefited his academic career and ministry, Ph.D. student Russell Bryan imagined what might be possible for the Nigerian students if they only had more resources, newer…

Every Christmas, Southcliff Baptist Church has a singing Christmas tree performance—believers standing on risers to sing praise to God during the holidays. This past Christmas, one of the performances fell on a Wednesday at the same time as a key Bible study attended by four Hispanic women from the church’s ESL class. Anna,* who leads…

To our most gracious, awesome, and glorious Heavenly Father, who pardons our iniquity and delights to show us compassion, We enter your gates with thanksgiving and your courts with praise. We give thanks to you and bless your name. Indeed, our souls exalt you and our spirits rejoice in you, God our Savior, for you…