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  • Super Bowl: Coach ponders wins, losses for Christ
    by Shawn Hendricks , posted Friday, January 30, 2015 (9 years ago)

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    PHOENIX (BP) -- Going into Sunday's Super Bowl matchup against the New England Patriots, Sherman Smith shared how victory on the football field without Jesus Christ would be, for him, a "serious waste of time."

    "I'll never forget when I got drafted in [1976], my father told me, 'Son, remember this, playing professional football is how you make your living but it's not your life because it's gonna end. You're gonna stop playing one day and life will continue.' I never forgot that," the running backs coach for the Seattle Seahawks said. Read More

  • Mars Hill Church to dissolve, sell property
    by David Roach, posted Monday, November 03, 2014 (9 years ago)

    SEATTLE (BP) -- Mars Hill Church, the Seattle-based network of congregations founded by controversial pastor Mark Driscoll, will dissolve, sell all church assets and encourage its 13 campuses to become independent congregations. Read More

  • Driscoll resignation 'saddening' & 'sobering'
    by David Roach, posted Thursday, October 16, 2014 (9 years ago)

    SEATTLE (BP) -- Controversial author and speaker Mark Driscoll has resigned from the pastorate of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, stating in a resignation letter that he has not disqualified himself from ministry but that aspects of his personality and leadership style have proven "divisive."

    Dale Braswell, a Southern Baptist church planter in the Seattle area, told Baptist Press that Driscoll's resignation is saddening and sobering. Read More

  • Strong earthquake jolts Seattle, Pacific Northwest
    by Todd Starnes, posted Wednesday, February 28, 2001 (23 years ago)

    SEATTLE (BP)--A strong earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest on Feb. 28, sending hundreds of people fleeing into the streets of Seattle and causing widespread damage and at least 12 injuries. Read More

  • Northwest Baptists shaken in aftermath of earthquake
    by Todd Starnes, posted Wednesday, February 28, 2001 (23 years ago)

    SEATTLE (BP)--Southern Baptists throughout the Pacific-Northwest were reportedly safe, but shaken following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake that jolted Seattle and was felt as far south as Salt Lake City. Read More