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Lifeway halts closure of lifewayworship.com — for now

Lifeway halts closure of lifewayworship.com — for now

July 24, 2023

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Lifeway Christian Resources is postponing the implementation of the decision made last week to discontinue lifewayworship.com. “We are delaying the implementation of…

LifeWay to close worship website, move resources

LifeWay to close worship website, move resources

July 21, 2023

Mississippi Baptist worship leaders react to closing of lifewayworship.com

Mississippi Baptist worship leaders react to closing of lifewayworship.com

July 21, 2023

Mission:Dignity, Mississippi Baptists to the rescue

CLEARING STORM DAMAGE — Phillip Fortenberry (left) and Wayne Lowery, members of Carterville Church, Petal, mobilized as part of a Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief team tasked with debris removal after severe weather struck Jasper County in late June. (Photo credit: MBDR)

Mission:Dignity, Mississippi Baptists to the rescue

July 17, 2023

For Mississippi’s Kyzars, retirement doesn’t mark end of missionary service

STILL SERVING — Mississippians Melinda and Russell Kyzar survey the medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2012 during their missionary service there with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Kyzars, who retired in 2015, have taken on the role of mentors for young missionaries leaving soon for their respective mission fields. (Photo credit: IMB)

For Mississippi’s Kyzars, retirement doesn’t mark end of missionary service

July 13, 2023

Southwestern Seminary's
full accreditation restored
FORT WORTH — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary “is now in full compliance with all accreditation expectations” of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) following action by the SACSCOC board on June 11, President David S. Dockery announced in a letter today to the seminary community. The action comes after an April site visit to the seminary resulted in a recommendation to remove the sanctions, which were initially put in place in June 2023 with a “warning” status. “Southwestern Seminary is no longer on probation for good cause but is in full adherence with SACSCOC accreditation standards,” Dockery said. “We are genuinely grateful to God to receive this good and encouraging report that all sanctions have been removed, which is an answer to the prayers of many.” Dockery cited six “markers of institutional stability and health,” affirmed by SACSCOC to demonstrate the seminary’s progress: institutional culture embracing of its mission, identity, heritage, and core values; improvements in enrollment, credit hours taught, and increases in tuition revenue; decreased expenses and increased unrestricted revenue resulting a $10 million turnaround; improvement of $40 million in net assets; cash reserves and cash equivalents reaching 50 percent of the annual budget; and dramatic improvements in the institution’s Composite Financial Index, Composite Score Ratio, and bank covenant ratios, objective measures compiled by outside organizations.