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Justices hear legal arguments on Mississippi abortion law

FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT — Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch addresses the pro-life rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1, the day the high court heard the state’s appeal in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization regarding Mississippi’s law banning abortions after 15 weeks gestation. (Photo credit: Baptist Press)

Justices hear legal arguments on Mississippi abortion law

December 2, 2021

WASHINGTON (BP and local reports) – The hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 1 on Mississippi’s prohibition of abortions after 15 weeks left pro-life…

ERLC staff look to Dec. 1 hearing on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion law scheduled before U.S. Supreme Court

ERLC staff look to Dec. 1 hearing on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion law scheduled before U.S. Supreme Court

November 30, 2021

Florist reaches settlement with homosexual couple after wedding flap

Barronelle Stutzman

Florist reaches settlement with homosexual couple after wedding flap

November 19, 2021

Southwestern Seminary president condemns documentary film as “scandalous, scurrilous slander;” asks Mid-America Seminary head to cancel on-campus premiere

Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth

Southwestern Seminary president condemns documentary film as “scandalous, scurrilous slander;” asks Mid-America Seminary head to cancel on-campus premiere

November 18, 2021

Pacific Rim IMB missionaries to serve in Sub-Saharan areas of Africa where explosive growth is predicted

MISSIONARIES AGREE – Jeff Singerman (at podium), a missionary serving in Africa with Southern Baptist’s International Mission Board (IMB), speaks to those gathered in Kenya for the Oct. 29 signing of a memorandum of understanding that will facilitate the sharing of missions work between missionaries from Pacific Rim countries and the Sub-Sahara region of Africa. (Photo credit: IMB)

Pacific Rim IMB missionaries to serve in Sub-Saharan areas of Africa where explosive growth is predicted

November 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.