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  • Southwestern expands women's support initiatives
    by Julie Owens & Alex Sibley, posted Thursday, June 06, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has launched multiple initiatives to further its equipping and empowering of women to answer the call to serve the Lord, President Adam W. Greenway announced today (June 6).

    The initiatives include the establishment of the Southwestern Women's Center, new faculty titles and roles and an update and revision of the women's studies and women's ministry curricula. Read More

  • BeachReach: free rides, pancakes, Gospel encounters
    by Aaron Wilson, posted Friday, March 29, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (BP) -- For many college students, spring break is synonymous with catching some rays at the beach by day and partying all night. But over the course of three weeks in March, nearly 800 beach-bound collegians used their spring break to serve and evangelize.

    Students from across the country along with student ministry leaders gathered in Panama City Beach, Fla., March 3-22, to participate in BeachReach, providing spring breakers free van rides, pancakes, Gospel conversations and prayer. Read More

  • Rangers' spring training yields 'incredible' ministry
    by David Roach, posted Monday, April 03, 2017 (7 years ago)

    Photo courtesy of Jason Griffin.
    SURPRISE, Ariz. (BP) -- For Major League Baseball players, coaches and fans, Opening Day is a time to look forward in anticipation of the season ahead. For North American Mission Board church planter Jason Griffin, it's also a time to celebrate the work God has done during spring training.

    Griffin, pastor of Phoenix-area Freedom Valley Church in Surprise, Ariz., serves as chaplain for the Texas' Rangers Arizona facility in Surprise, where some 400 team personnel descend for spring training each February and March. Over four years of ministering to the Rangers, Griffin estimates 25-30 players and coaches have ... Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: The renewal of spring
    by David Jeremiah, posted Wednesday, April 13, 2016 (8 years ago)

    "If the window of your soul is dark and wintry, don't despair," California pastor David Jeremiah writes. "God's forgiveness, refreshment and re-creation are always fully available.... Tell God in prayer that you are ready for the renewal of spring." Read More

  • As Arab Spring falters, 'open hearts' find God
    by Nicole Lee & Charles Braddix, posted Friday, January 23, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Photo by Jedediah Smith/IMB
    LONDON (BP) -- Once again the world's attention is drawn to the Middle East with the death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and the tendered resignation of Yemen's president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi. Read More

  • Astros' Ensberg: Bible is his daily bread
    by Tim Ellsworth, posted Friday, March 30, 2007 (17 years ago)

    KISSIMMEE, Fla. (BP)--Houston Astros third baseman Morgan Ensberg vividly remembers a speaker he heard at the team's Bible study a couple of years ago.

    Nanotechnologist Jim Tour gave his testimony to the team about becoming a Christian during college. Read More

  • Dad's bold decision lifechanging for Houston's outfielder Luke Scott
    by Tim Ellsworth, posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 (17 years ago)

    Photo by Tim Ellsworth
    KISSIMMEE, Fla. (BP)--When Houston Astros outfielder Luke Scott was a boy, his father made a bold decision for his family. It was a life-changing and eternity-changing decision.

          Scott's parents were raised as Jehovah's Witnesses. But Scott's dad concluded that he wasn't on the right path. Scott remembers a conversation his father had with him, his brother and his sister. Read More

  • Indians' Westbrook's consistency: 7 innings, family, prayer & the Word
    by Tim Ellsworth, posted Monday, March 26, 2007 (17 years ago)

    WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (BP)--Jake Westbrook has been a model of consistency for the Cleveland Indians.

          Over the past three seasons, Westbrook has started at least 30 games and pitched more than 210 innings each year. His win totals over the same period have been 14, 15 and 15.

    "Everything that I’ve been given, the success that I’ve had, I know it comes from Jesus Christ."

          Indians manager Eric Wedge knows he can give the ball to Westbrook, who will pitch seven solid innings and give the team a good chance to win most of the time.

          For Westbrook, that consistency doesn’t stop when he steps off the field. He strives for the same outcome when it comes to his spiritual life as well. Read More