We Need More Biblical Literacy in America
President Trump has embraced proposals in six states to offer classes in biblical literacy. Let me state, at the outset, that this is a bad idea -- in practical terms, and for political reasons.
Small Church, Bivocational Group Offers Support, Free Education
NASHVILLE (BP) -- As Joe Wright Jr. and his wife Pennie worshiped with a Southern Baptist congregation of 12 members in the Tennessee Delta just a
Seminary Education: Does It Stick?
Returning home after a memorial service for former Midwestern Seminary President Dr. Milton Ferguson, I started thinking. What do I remember from my seminary days? Does my
Jesus Rode a Dinosaur: Conference Looks at What Churches Tell Teens About Science
EDINA, Minn. (RNS) — Growing up a conservative Southern Baptist, Mike McHargue loved science.
He would drive his youth pastor and Sunday School teachers “insane,” he
Richmond seminary to suspend operations of its continuing education component
RICHMOND, Va. -- Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will suspend operations of its School of Christian Ministry in July, a move the seminary’s president says will benefit both BTSR and its six-year-old continuing education component.
Education must begin at home
By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor A resolution that decries public schools as "godless" and "anti-Christian," and calls for Southern Baptists to yank their children out of them is receiving a good bit of attention. Publicly, most of the attention has been critical.