Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Heartland honored four people with awards at its first Celebration of Excellence event April 30 in the Mabee Great Hall at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis.
Members of Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union elected officers and honored emeritus missionaries when they gathered for their 91st annual meeting April 10-11 at
Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union honored three women and elected officers during its 89th annual session April 12-13. Meeting at First Baptist Church in Warrensburg, Mo., attendees celebrated the 125th anniversary of the national organization with the theme, "The Story Lives On: Celebrate, Connect, Commit."
Missouri Baptists' Deaf Youth Camp celebrated its 30th anniversary recently, with 32 campers at this year's camp. This is the only Bible-based camp for Deaf children and youth in the state. Leaders topped the celebration by honoring Linda Whiggam for her 29 years of service,
The Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission presented Wendy Davis, a state senator from Fort Worth, its Horizon Award for leadership in public service.
Baylor University's athletics program ended 2011 with unprecedented success—the football team's first bowl victory since 1992, the school's first Heisman Trophy to quarterback Robert Griffin III and undefeated records for both the men's and women's basketball teams.
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) -- A sometimes-controversial black Southern Baptist preacher recently honored an also-outspoken advocate for victims of sex abuse by Baptist clergy.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- A founder of Associated Baptist Press recounted the organization’s history Oct. 21 as an effort to maintain a free press in Baptist life. Events in North Carolina earlier in the same day served as a reminder that freedom in Baptist journalism remains