This is the second foundation established by the Chattahoochee Baptist Association. In 2007, a New Work Foundation was established. To date, $700,000 has been granted to help establish 23 new church plants in the association.
“I’m mindful as we approach this Thanksgiving weekend of so many things that most of us are privileged to do – even while some of our brothers and sisters around the world don’t get to do them,” writes Chuck Lawless.
Several hundred people in North Carolina, who continue to deal with the aftereffects of Hurricane Helene, will be warmer this Thanksgiving weekend due to the generosity of a small Baptist association in Texas.
Around 2,000 people recently gathered at 30 locations across Mississippi for “At the Cross,” a statewide prayer event led by Rick Blythe of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board.
For the fifth time in the last 10 seasons, Ouachita Baptist University Head Football Coach Todd Knight has been selected as the American Football Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year.
Carson-Newman University presented the 2024 Ken Sparks Award to Steve Gaines. The Nov. 12 presentation came during C-N’s Alumni and Friends Dinner held at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention in Murfreesboro.
Southern Baptist student ministry leader Shane Pruitt has been named student ministry instructor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in the Jack D. Terry School of Educational Ministries, the seminary announced Nov. 25.