AMDs come together for in-person Garaywa gathering

March 9, 2021

CLINTON, Ms. (Special) — Missions directors from Baptist associations across Mississippi practiced COVID-19 precautions including social distancing during their retreat with Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB) staffers Feb. 25 at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton. Michael Lee, MBCB associate executive director for church growth and coordinator for the single-day meeting, put attendance at 73 including Zoom participants. “What a blessing it was to gather in person with associational missions directors from around the state. I am personally very thankful for this group of men who love the Lord, love the church, and love the lost.” (Photo by William H. Perkins Jr.)

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Longtime Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary
professor James Parker dies
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — James Parker III, who taught Christian philosophy and apologetics at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1999 until his retirement in 2019, died Oct. 23 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 77. Parker joined the Southern Seminary faculty in 1999 as professor of worldview and culture and associate dean of the newly created Worldview and Culture division of the School of Theology. For years, he taught introductory courses in Christian philosophy and apologetics at the master’s and doctoral levels. “Jim Parker loved ideas, and he taught a generation of students to love ideas — understood through the immeasurable riches of the Christian tradition of scholarly reflection and a serious commitment to biblical Christianity,” said Southern Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. “He was greatly loved by students.”