Category: Baptists

The leadership of Texas Baptist Women in Ministry is saddened to hear of the decision of Hardin-Simmons University’s President and Board of Trustees to close Logsdon Seminary. We are praying for the students, faculty, staff, administration, and friends of Logsdon impacted by this decision. Logsdon Seminary has been a bright light in Texas Baptist life. Read more . . .

I am devastated at the decision to close Logsdon Seminary. This place means so incredibly much to me. Numerous students and alumni also reached out to me over the past couple days to express their grief. It is hard to articulate the collective pain we feel today. For over 25 years, Logsdon prepared women and Read more . . .

February 5, 2020 President Bruntmyer, Provost McNair, and Chair Moore, We send this letter to you out of a deep care and love for both Hardin-Simmons University and Logsdon Seminary. We understand Hardin-Simmons experienced challenges over the last few years financially. Many beloved faculty and staff are no longer part of the university. We kept Read more . . .

Richard and Marilyn Douglass were murdered on the evening of October 15, 1979 – 40 years ago yesterday – so last night I watched my DVD of Heaven’s Rain, the movie that their son Brooks produced as a tribute to his parents. It’s a powerfully inspiring – and disturbing – movie, and I highly recommend Read more . . .

Fifty years ago this week, I entered Oklahoma Baptist University as a freshman. To this day, there is no place I feel such a peace – a closeness to God – as I do on the rare occasions I return to Bison Hill. The reason is not a mystery . . . it’s simple . Read more . . .

Fifty years ago, I was fresh out of high school in Missouri, having graduated in June from Oak Park High School in the North Kansas City school district. For my graduation, Mother and Daddy gave me a reel-to-reel tape recorder. In July, the Apollo 11 astronauts went to the Moon, and I put my brand-new Read more . . .

Fifteen years ago today – Sunday, July 4, 2004 – Joanna and I visited Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas for the first time. I had met George Mason, Wilshire’s pastor, and heard him speak two months earlier in San Antonio at the annual conference of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission – then led by my dear friend Read more . . .

I spent last week in Birmingham, Alabama, at Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) General Assembly. Whether in Birmingham, Dallas, Atlanta, Greensboro NC, Grapevine TX, Fort Worth, or any of its other venues over the years, CBF General Assembly has long been a highlight of ANY year for me. Last week was no exception. Following are a Read more . . .

COOPERATIVE BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP GENERAL ASSEMBLY meets this week in Birmingham, AL. I’ll be arriving Tuesday morning to attend our annual T. B. MASTON FOUNDATION CBF Student Scholars Retreat. Then I’m looking forward to attending Wednesday morning’s BAPTIST WOMEN IN MINISTRY Annual Gathering at the historic SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH.   Thursday evening, at a dinner Read more . . .