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Christians under growing threat in Mozambique

IN DANGER — Christians in northernmost Mozambique are being increasingly targeted for elimination by the militant Muslim group Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamaah. The extremists have also destroyed government facilities in their quest to establish Sharia (Islamic) law in the region. (Photo credit: Voice of the Martyrs)

Christians under growing threat in Mozambique

April 25, 2022

CABO DELGADO, Mozambique (BP and local reports) — Islamic extremists have stepped up attacks on Christians in northernmost Mozambique as the faith increases there, the…

Location change for 2023 SBC annual meeting to be considered

Location change for 2023 SBC annual meeting to be considered

April 20, 2022

Baptists settling in for long stay at refugee camps

WAR’S COST — Ukrainian women and children gaze longingly at the country they are leaving behind as they evacuate their homes for refugee camps in Poland. Most families are separated as adult men are staying behind to battle Russian invaders sweeping across the independent nation. (Photo credit: International Mission Board)

Baptists settling in for long stay at refugee camps

April 18, 2022

Pastors detail areas they believe most need improvement

Pastors detail areas they believe most need improvement

April 18, 2022

FIRST PERSON: ‘Is this really happening?’

MUCH NEEDED PRAYER — Lana Waggoner (left), member of First Church, Carthage, prays with a Ukrainian refugee driven from her home country by the Russian invasion, at a shelter in Gdansk, Poland. The team of Mississippi Baptists in Poland March 27-April 4 was the first of five from the state in a rotation with three other state Baptist conventions. (Photo credit: Junior Davis)

FIRST PERSON: ‘Is this really happening?’

April 7, 2022

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.