Stories tagged with: arkansas baptist state convention

• Ark. Baptists elect first black officer

  by Staff/Arkansas Baptist, posted Friday, December 04, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

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  HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (BP) -- Arkansas Baptists have elected as second vice president Steven Bell, pastor of Otter Creek Community Church in Little Rock, who is believed to be the first African American officer in the group's history.

  The vote came at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention's (ABSC) 162nd annual meeting at Hot Springs Baptist Church in Hot Springs. Bell, a Pine Bluff native, planted the Otter Creek church in 2012 and previously served as a youth pastor for eight years in Little Rock. Read More

• Ouachita pres. to head Ark. independent colleges

  by Trennis Henderson/Ouachita Baptist University, posted Tuesday, May 19, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (BP) -- Rex Horne Jr., president of Ouachita Baptist University since 2006, has announced his resignation effective this summer in order to serve as president of Arkansas' Independent Colleges & Universities. Read More

• Arkansas Baptists: 'Every One Matters'

  by Staff/Arkansas Baptist News, posted Thursday, November 13, 2014 (9 years ago)

  TEXARKANA, Ark. (BP) -- An estimated 1,000-plus Arkansas Baptist messengers and guests converged on Trinity Baptist Church in Texarkana Oct. 27-29 to conduct business, worship and hear inspiring sermons and entity reports during the 161st annual meeting of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Pastors' Conference and related meetings. Read More