Archive for March 2018
An Open Letter to Southern Baptists
Dear fellow Baptists: August of 1928, a sad month for Southern Baptists, was the date when it was discovered that Clinton S. Carnes, trusted treasurer of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, had quietly pilfered $909,161 from the treasury of the Home Mission Board. Southern Baptists were humiliated; the Home Mission Board was…
Read MoreGod seeks ‘an army’ to plant churches worldwide, mentor tells students
“An army of men and women from all walks of life” are needed to plant churches throughout the nation and world, said Ray Woodard, a mentor to church planters in Vancouver, at a Southwestern Seminary luncheon, March 27. Woodard spoke at one of four events co-sponsored by Southwestern and the North American Mission Board (NAMB)…
Read MoreApologetics conference provides principles for answering any worldview
With multiple worldviews populating modern society, how do Christians engage the culture? In answer to this question, during Southwestern Seminary’s annual Stand Firm Apologetics Conference, March 23-24, author and apologetics professor Nancy Pearcey outlined some of the principles necessary for answering any worldview. Speaking during one the conference’s plenary sessions, Pearcey, who teaches at Houston…
Read MoreAnnual ‘Revive This Nation’ effort yields countrywide harvest
Each year during spring break, Southwestern Seminary deploys preachers across the country to preach revivals in local churches and impact their surrounding communities with the Gospel through a program called “Revive This Nation” (RTN). This year, March 11-14, 87 students and faculty preached from New York to Hawaii, and they collectively saw 90 professions of…
Read MoreHarvest North America partnership propels personal evangelism efforts
This year, during Southwestern Seminary’s annual “Revive This Nation” evangelism program, March 11-14, numerous churches across the country benefitted from a partnership between Southwestern and Harvest North America (HNA). HNA is an evangelistic ministry that partners with local churches, equips them to share their personal testimonies in face-to-face evangelism, and prepares them for revival. Thanks…
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