The Baptist Record - Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 August 9, 2022

Pastors peg idols competing with true worship

Pastors peg idols competing with true worship

August 9, 2022

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LifeWay Research and local reports) — Idols don’t always come in the form of pagan rituals and carved statues in ancient places of…

Bible Studies for Life: August 14

August 9, 2022

Explore the Bible: August 14

August 9, 2022

Miss. Baptist Disaster Relief teams headed to Kentucky

KENTUCKY DEVASTATION – Flooding from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in the eastern part of Kentucky inundates the city of Jackson, seat of Breathitt County. Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief will deploy teams to the city of Hazard in Perry County beginning August 9. (Photo credit: SEND Relief)

Miss. Baptist Disaster Relief teams headed to Kentucky

August 8, 2022

Soul City Church: ‘We’re going to raise a generation’

POOL MINISTRY – Soul City Church in midtown Jackson recently reopened an abandoned city swimming pool to the neighborhood surrounding the church. The four-year-old church plant is using unorthodox ministries like the pool to reach people with the Gospel. (Photo credit: Johnny Ervin)

Soul City Church: ‘We’re going to raise a generation’

August 5, 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.