Archive for May 2022
Riggins, Lively announced as TBC scholarship winners
Rylee Riggins and Lucy Lively are the Texas Baptist College Scholarship Essay Contest winners, Dean M. Todd Bates announced today. “There were several very well written papers,” Bates said, “but what set our winners apart was their insight into the essay question, ‘How does your academic study contribute to your formation in the Christian faith?’,…
Read MoreReligious faith, church attendance aligns with more pro-life views, Land Center-Lifeway Research survey finds
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Not all pro-life Americans are religious, but religious Americans are more likely to be pro-life. Americans’ views on the morality of abortion remain mixed in the days leading up to a Supreme Court decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade, but a majority favor restrictions that go beyond those currently allowed, according to a…
Read MoreMaking an investment around the world: The Southwestern story of Charles Wolcott
Editor’s note: this article appears in the Spring 2022 issue of Southwestern News. To listen to 87-year-old retired Lt. Col. Charles Wolcott (’64) speak of his life and ministry experiences is to listen to a man filled with joy and gratitude. When the Refugio, Texas, native graduated with Bachelor of Arts degrees in English, history,…
Read MoreEvangelism on purpose: How Joshua Crisp makes evangelism a priority at his midwestern church
Editor’s note: this article appears in the Spring 2022 issue of Southwestern News. Gary Wells isn’t the kind of man you’d think would thrive on a mission trip to Kenya where evangelism was front and center. Reserved and quiet, he wasn’t accustomed to regularly sharing his faith. But that changed in Kenya earlier this year,…
Read MoreMinistry among the rank and file: Brandon Denning’s service to God and country
Editor’s note: this article appears in the Spring 2022 issue of Southwestern News. On the Virginia side of the Potomac River, overlooking Washington, D.C., and the nation’s tributes to the fallen of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, Arlington National Cemetery serves as a silent reminder freedom comes with a cost. Opened…
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