The Baptist Record - Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 June 15, 2022

Mississippi Baptist colleges represented at SBC annual meeting

Corporal Ratadio from the Orange County Sheriff's Department visited the Mississippi College booth at the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim, Cal., accompanied by his bomb-sniffing dog. Shown are Angie Hardin, Evan Lenow, Michael Wright, Kaitlin Turcotte, and Ratadio.

Mississippi Baptist colleges represented at SBC annual meeting

June 15, 2022

Lifeway president: ‘Let us provoke one another in love’ during SBC 2022

Lifeway president and CEO Ben Mandrell speaks during the SBC Associational Leaders Conference in Anaheim June 12. (Photo credit: Van Payne/The Baptist Paper)

Lifeway president: ‘Let us provoke one another in love’ during SBC 2022

June 13, 2022

MAGNOLIA MINDS: A moral authority beyond ourselves

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MAGNOLIA MINDS: A moral authority beyond ourselves

June 10, 2022

Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief completes Ukraine Refugee Ministry in Gdansk, Poland

A BREAK FROM CRISIS — Barri Shirley (left), chief operating officer for the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board and member of First Church, Madison, entertains a Ukrainian refugee child at a shelter in Gdansk, Poland, who was forced to flee the Russian invasion of her home country. Shirley served as the team leader for the March 27-April 4 mission trip. (Photo credit: Junior Davis)

Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief completes Ukraine Refugee Ministry in Gdansk, Poland

June 10, 2022

FIRST PERSON: Reaching the unreached

Student summer missionaries are commissioned during a service April 19 at the Mississippi State BSU. (Photo credit: Mississippi State BSU)

FIRST PERSON: Reaching the unreached

June 8, 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.