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Sanctity of Human Life Sunday observed as U.S. Supreme Court ponders decision on Mississippi abortion law

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday observed as U.S. Supreme Court ponders decision on Mississippi abortion law

January 19, 2022

NASHVILLE (BP and local reports) – Southern Baptists churches across the country observed the 37th Sanctity of Human Life Sunday on Jan. 16. This year’s…

Race still a touchy issue when it comes to church

ROCKWELL ON RACE — The Golden Rule was the subject addressed by famed American painter Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) in this work of art that was selected in 1961 for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post magazine. (Photo credit: Norman Rockwell Museum)

Race still a touchy issue when it comes to church

January 12, 2022

Interim president for SBC Executive Committee to be named

January 11, 2022

Biden administration eases access to risky abortion drugs

Biden administration eases access to risky abortion drugs

December 29, 2021

North Greenwood Church makes sacrificial gift to relief effort

PRAYER FOR RELIEF EFFORT — Ed Litton (right), president of the Southern Baptist Convention and lead pastor of Redemption Church in Mobile, Ala., prays with disaster relief leaders (second from right), Bryant Wright, president of SEND Relief; Jamie Ward (second from left), co-lead pastor of Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green, Ky.; and Sam Porter, SEND Relief national director of disaster relief, at the site of a devastating tornado that struck the Bowling Green area on Dec. 11. (Photo Credit: Baptist Press/Morgan Bass)

North Greenwood Church makes sacrificial gift to relief effort

December 17, 2021

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.