Archive for February 2020

With five years of pastoral ministry and plenty of personal and mass evangelism experience, David Earnest is comfortable sharing the Gospel. Inviting his listeners to respond to the Gospel message, however, is sometimes intimidating in a one-on-one encounter. But after a few sessions of Contemporary Evangelism taught by Associate Professor of Evangelism Matt Queen, Earnest,…

“Move forward with victory in mind” was the exhortation of Michael Evans, president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT), during his chapel address at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Feb. 20. Preaching from Deuteronomy 20:1-4, wherein God assures the Israelites of their future victory in the promised land, Evans encouraged his listeners to…

R. Clark Logan Jr., a veteran denominational leader with experience at multiple Southern Baptist Convention entities, has been named vice president for business administration at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The decision came during a Feb. 19 meeting of the seminary’s executive committee of the board of trustees. Logan will begin in this position immediately.…

At a Saturday morning funeral service, Feb. 1, Kelly Burton preached Psalm 139, comforting the bereaved family and friends that God is a “pursuing God.” No matter where David was, Burton explained, God was there. Burton encouraged the people to take comfort that “even in the darkest of places”—like a funeral service—“God still pursues us.”…