Archive for April 2021
FIRST-PERSON: God brings revival to small-town church through weekly prayer meetings
Editor’s Note: Murry Kimball is a Master of Divinity student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He serves as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Colmesneil, Texas. Over the last two months, we have seen an amazing manifestation of the Spirit of God in our little community of just under 600 people. In February, my…
Read More81-year-old Muslim man turns to Christ for forgiveness of sins
Chris’ health was failing, and his Christian daughter feared he would die without knowing Jesus. An 81-year-old Muslim living in Madagascar, Chris needed to hear the Gospel, and his daughter reached out to Nirintsoa Mamitiana, a Ph.D. student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, for help. Mamitiana, who is planting a church and starting a seminary…
Read MoreFIRST-PERSON: Dear Southern Baptist
Dear Southern Baptist, You are one of millions of Southern Baptists in one of over 47,000 churches, and I’m a pastor in New Mexico. We cannot possibly know each other, but you have made a tremendous difference in my life because you give faithfully to your church. So, even though I don’t know you, and…
Read MoreDuncan recognized for decades of music ministry service
Jon Duncan, senior professor of church music and worship at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, received the Baptist Church Music Conference’s Lifetime Ministry Achievement Award during its regional annual meeting in Shawnee, Oklahoma, April 19. “I receive this with thanksgiving to the Lord, who called me into Christian service,” Duncan said. “I so appreciate the Southern…
Read More‘Be the kind of leader that will help advance the Gospel,’ Richards exhorts
Noting that God defines “winning” differently than the world does, Jim Richards, executive director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC), encouraged the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary chapel audience to consider what kind of leaders they want to be as they serve the church. “Cultures change, faces change, names change, but Jesus’ lordship over…
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