Longtime pastor, early SBTC leader Miles Seaborn dies
FORT WORTH—Miles Seaborn Jr., a longtime Texas pastor, former missionary and one of the leading figures in the formation of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, died Jan. 22 at his home in Fort Worth. He was 81. Seaborn retired from Birchman Baptist Church in Fort Worth in 1997 after 29 years as pastor there...
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Lewisville church carving gospel paths in hard-to-reach parts of East Asia
LEWISVILLE—The Great Commission commands believers to “go and make disciples of all nations.” But in many nations that command seems impossible because mission work and Christianity are outlawed. Lakeland Baptist Church in Lewisville is breaking through those barriers, using conversational English in East Asia to make inroads in places where Christianity is outlawed and mission work is illegal...
Continue Reading16th-century Radical Reformation celebrated at Southwestern Seminary
FORT WORTH—Much like evangelical believers everywhere, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary recognizes a great debt to the Reformation. Unlike some Southern Baptist churches and seminaries, SWBTS prefers to celebrate Radical Reformation Day on Jan...
Continue ReadingCourageous Anabaptist women featured during Radical Reformation Tour in May
FORT WORTH—During the Radical Reformation Tour that Southwestern Seminary will host in May, participants will visit significance places such as the site of several drownings in Zurich, a farmhouse in the Emmental Valley that still has the secret compartment built into the barn that was used to hide an Anabaptist family that was facing persecution, and many other areas associated with the lives of courageous Anabaptist women and men...
Continue ReadingChurches to saturate McAllen with gospel over spring break
MCALLEN—Teams of adults and students on spring break plan to get the gospel message to 50,000 households in the McAllen area of the Rio Grande Valley on spring break, March 12-16. In cooperation with Southern Baptist churches in the area and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention evangelism staff, volunteers will attempt to hang a bag on every door in the McAllen area...
Continue ReadingSignature Sounds to be heard at Empower Evangelism Conference
The Grammy-nominated Ernie Haase & Signature Sound has broken the traditional mold of gospel quartets. Their unconventional approach will be heard during the SBTC Empower Evangelism Conference, Feb. 27-29, at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco. The group’s founder and leader, Haase, was a long-time member of the famous Cathedral Quartet, headed by the late George Younce...
Continue ReadingPastors in the spotlight
There’s a tension between James’ warning in chapter 3, verse 1 of his epistle that not many of us should aspire to be teachers, and Peter’s encouragement (1 Peter 3:15) that we should always be ready to give an answer for the hope within us...
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