Capt. Sanford M. Brown Jr. was a member of the 139th Infantry, 35th Division primarily composed of men from Missouri. His father, Sanford M. Brown Sr., was co-owner and editor of Missouri’s Baptist newspaper, The Word & Way, in the 1920s.
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams have mobilized across affected areas. In Kentucky, DR teams from the state — with support from Georgia Baptist teams — are helping residents in London, Somerset, Bowling Green and Benton …
“This religious liberty issue goes beyond Baptists.”
Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU), affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) since 1857, has formally requested a religious accommodation from the U.S. Department of Education from a Biden-era regulation, 34 CFR §668.14.
“I do have a satisfied feeling when I play,” Grace Street said. “When I’m not there, there is no one else to play, and that’s not what you would want to hear.”
Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have kept busy during the past week as a relentless wave of storms continues to pound the region with deadly floods and tornadoes from Texas to Ohio.
At least seven people are dead after tornados ripped through parts of the South and Midwest this week (April 2–4), and more life-threatening severe weather is expected through the weekend.
“A theology of free speech understood by Christians is grounded predominantly in a doctrine to pursue truth as rational agents made in God’s image,” he said.
Advancing its longstanding partnership with 9Marks ministries, Midwestern Seminary will launch a redesigned 9Marks at Midwestern Conference in April 2026.
The Missouri Highway Patrol said there were at least 12 fatalities caused by the 19 reported tornadoes.
