Posts published in “Mississippi”

Miss. Baptist volunteers mobilizing, heading to Florida

HURRICANE IAN — Remnants of Hurricane Ian move across the eastern U.S., as of the morning of Oct. 4. (Satellite imagery credit: NOAA)

Miss. Baptist volunteers mobilizing, heading to Florida

October 5, 2022

By William PerkinsEditor A first team of 41 volunteers from Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief (MBDR) is on the way to Florida in the aftermath of…

Associational Mission Strategists reflect on importance of Cooperative Program

Associational Mission Strategists reflect on importance of Cooperative Program

September 29, 2022

Task Force assembled to assist churches in combatting sexual abuse

Sexual Abuse Task Force

Task Force assembled to assist churches in combatting sexual abuse

September 28, 2022

Eubank to helm Sexual Abuse Task Force for Miss. Baptists

September 28, 2022

Jackson water crisis subsides; Ian lumbers toward Florida

CASE BY CASE — Hubert Yates (center), disaster relief director for the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, processes cases of bottled water unloaded from a tractor-trailer rig by Charles Barron (left), member of Mt. Zion Church, Florence, as Dennis Lofton, member of West Carthage Church, Carthage, assists. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Jackson water crisis subsides; Ian lumbers toward Florida

September 26, 2022

Scholarship honoring Chapman
announced by Southwestern
FORT WORTH, Texas — During this week’s meeting of its Board of Trustees, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced the launch of a new scholarship initiated by the family of Morris H. Chapman to honor his denominational legacy. Chapman, 84, passed away Oct. 20. The Morris H. and Jodi Francis Chapman Denominational Scholars Award is an endowed fund that supports students preparing to serve the denomination as Chapman did as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), 1990-1992, and for 18 years as the president of the SBC Executive Committee, as well as other denominational posts. The scholarship will provide support for a student enrolled in the SBC Annual Meeting course through Southwestern, as well as providing scholarships for advanced research in areas such as denominational effectiveness, the history of Crossover, the Cooperative Program, or the life and ministry of Chapman.  Southwestern trustees affirmed the new scholarship by approving $20,000 in funds from its quasi-endowment fund to support the endowed scholarship.