Luter receives honorary doctorate at Criswell College commencement
DALLAS—Criswell College awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree to New Orleans pastor Fred Luter Jr. during its commencement exercises on May 5, and granted [...]
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SBTC State Bible Drill, Speakers’ Tournament held
More than 30 students participated in the state finals of the SBTC Bible Drill and Speakers’ Tournament on April 28 at the convention office in Grapevine. The Bible Drill is divided by high school and youth. SPEAKERS In the Speakers’ Tournament, Alexandria Crocker of Cornerstone Baptist Church of Arlington won first place, [...]
Continue ReadingSBC classrooms provide models of diversity
The classrooms of Southern Baptist seminaries provide a model for diversity with students representing most every ethnic background, numerous children of missionaries who grew up [...]
Continue ReadingHispanic scholarship recipient close to PhD.
DALLAS—Baltazar Alvarez III is excited to see what God will do in the next seven years based on what he’s seen in the last seven. As a scholarship recipient in the Hispanic Education Superhighway developed by the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, Alvarez is about a year from finishing a [...]
Continue ReadingAfrican American Fellowship builds important bridges, consultant says
E.W. McCall said he was thrilled to find a home in the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention after retiring to Texas following 37 years as a California pastor and a trailblazer among black Southern Baptists. One of the founders of the National African American Fellowship of Southern Baptists, McCall has a [...]
Continue ReadingMultiethnic ministries helps keep world in mind
The SBTC’s multiethnic ministries office is well aware of the cultural changes in Texas, and among Southern Baptists in Texas. Jesse Contreras, multiethnic ministries associate, works with the convention’s network of Hispanic churches and helps coordinate numerous Spanish-language events. The multiethnic ministries office also links consultants such as E.W. McCall, who [...]
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