A new television series premiering April 6 on PBS promises to introduce viewers to some of the most innovative acts of courage and kindness around the planet. “The Good Road” is a journey led by philanthropists and adventurers Earl Bridges…
CBF announces virtual 2020 General Assembly in response to pandemic | #intimeslikethese
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s 2020 General Assembly will be an online experience instead of an in-person gathering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley announced in an April 2 statement. Instead of traveling to downtown Atlanta this…
‘A little PTSD’ results from Baptist minister’s harrowing COVID-19 encounter | #intimeslikethese
A Baptist music minister is emerging from a life-threatening encounter with COVID-19 preaching the gospel of social isolation. “Do everything you can to stay home,” Tommy Shapard, minister of music and worship at Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida,…
Central Seminary announces Marshall’s sudden resignation
Molly T. Marshall has stepped down from the presidency of Central Baptist Theological Seminary months ahead of her previously announced summer retirement.
High-profile HSU critic energizes Save Logsdon Seminary campaign
Leaders of a movement to prevent Hardin-Simmons University from closing its Baptist seminary are emboldened by a major donor who publicly chastised HSU’s leadership for what he described as financial and spiritual failings. In a letter to trustees, Jeff Sandefer…
BWA postpones World Congress due to COVID-19 concerns | #intimeslikethese
“We must not give into fear.”
‘Godsend’ work order saves refugees’ jobs (for now) from novel coronavirus | #intimeslikethese
“My full-time employee was beginning his furlough this week and he was saying ‘what am I going to do for rent?’ I had no idea what we were going to do.”
Why live streaming, electronic giving may not save some churches | #intimeslikethese
“My fear is that while we’re worried about broadcasting services, the real issue is the number of churches who cannot survive an eight-week or three-month hiatus from gathering together.”
Couple shares of dicey exit from Peru as COVID-19 shuts borders | #intimeslikethese
A medical mission turned “Mission Impossible” when a Baptist couple from Houston tried to leave Peru as it closed its borders to combat COVID-19. “It was absolute, utter chaos,” Ruth Campos, 74, said of the scenes around Lima and its…