Posts published in “SBC”

ERLC reminds U.S. government of promises made to Afghans

HASTY EVACUATION – In a now-famous photograph, 640 Afghan civilians flee their home country in a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III designed to airlift full-size military tanks, as Taliban Islamic extremists close in on the capital city of Kabul. (Photo credit: U.S. Air Force)

ERLC reminds U.S. government of promises made to Afghans

August 18, 2021

WASHINGTON (BP and local reports) – The Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) in Nashville and other evangelical Christian organizations on Aug. 17 urged U.S. President Joe Biden to fulfill a long-standing commitment to…

Southern Baptist disaster relief ministry monitoring Haiti EQ

Photo credit: United States Geological Survey.

Southern Baptist disaster relief ministry monitoring Haiti EQ

August 18, 2021

Hyde Amendment saved by Southern Baptist senator, now moves to U.S. House of Representatives

Hyde Amendment saved by Southern Baptist senator, now moves to U.S. House of Representatives

August 13, 2021

Mississippi’s Lee Brand Jr. serving as SBC’s first vice-president

NEW SBC OFFICERS – Southern Baptist Convention officers elected earlier this summer at the 2021 Annual Meeting in Nashville include (from left) Lee Brand Jr., first vice-president; John Yeats, recording secretary; Ed Litton, president; and Don Currance, registration secretary. Not pictured is second vice president Ramon Medina. (BP photo)

Mississippi’s Lee Brand Jr. serving as SBC’s first vice-president

August 5, 2021

Pro-life battles moving to center stage in nation’s capital; Mississippi senator takes up mantle

KEEPING IT OPEN – A pair of unidentified “clinic escorts” wait at the driveway of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic located on North State Street in Jackson, to escort women seeking abortions past pro-life protestors. The clinic filed a federal lawsuit against the state’s Gestational Age Act that would protect unborn babies from abortion after 15 weeks gestation. The case will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in October. (Photo credit: Pinkhouse Defenders Facebook page)

Pro-life battles moving to center stage in nation’s capital; Mississippi senator takes up mantle

July 28, 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.