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Churches not spared from violence in disaster-ravaged Haiti

First Baptist Church, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo credit: Baptist World Alliance)

Churches not spared from violence in disaster-ravaged Haiti

September 28, 2021

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (BP) – Haiti news media are reporting a deacon at First Baptist Church in the capital city of Port-au-Prince was killed and his…

SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force moves ahead with investigation

Southern Baptist Executive Committee building, Nashville

SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force moves ahead with investigation

September 23, 2021

ERLC presidential search committee establishes candidate profile

SEARCH UNDERWAY – Todd Howard, chairman of the search committee for the next president of Southern Baptists’ Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) in Nashville, and pastor of Watson Chapel Church in Pine Bluff, Ark., addresses fellow ERLC trustees on Sept. 14. (Photo credit: Baptist Press)

ERLC presidential search committee establishes candidate profile

September 15, 2021

New Orleans Seminary spared major damage from Ida

Jamie Dew

New Orleans Seminary spared major damage from Ida

September 1, 2021

Texas church, scene of worst mass shooting in Southern Baptist history, to remove building to make way for new memorial on site

REMEMBERING – Members and friends of First Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, gather for the one-year observance of the 2017 mass shooting at the Southern Baptist church. Plans are currently underway to convert the site to a 24/7 open memorial. (Photo credit: North American Mission Board)

Texas church, scene of worst mass shooting in Southern Baptist history, to remove building to make way for new memorial on site

August 26, 2021

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.