“By the time I got there, it was fully engaged all the way across the foyer, the sanctuary, and the kitchen area,” said Phill Hall, interim Director of Missions for the Dyer Baptist Association and former interim pastor of Zion Hill. scene after receiving word of the fire.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 18 in favor of a Tennessee law banning medical treatments and procedures, including puberty blockers, for transgender adolescents seeking gender transition.
The search for a motive has put a spotlight on Christ for the Nations Institute, an influential Dallas-based Bible college for nondenominational charismatic Christians, where Boelter graduated in 1990.
Today, what has become known as “Ride to Clyde” has grown from a $19,000 charity ride in 2016 to an initiative that raised a record $261,367 in 2025, the ride’s 10th anniversary.
Steve Ellis, who is 70, has held five interim assignments since 2018 and has preached in more than 80 different churches.
“We firmly believe that the mission that shines the furthest out, must shine brightest at home,” said pastor Gannon Richesin.
“Southwestern Seminary is in a very different place than it was 33 months ago,” said David Dockery, president of Southwestern Seminary. “The board, faculty, staff and students are unanimous in their sense of joyful hopefulness.”
“It is our responsibility and it is our stewardship to make certain that wherever … the reach of the Southern Baptist Convention is found, there is gospel Christianity there, there is biblical preaching there, there is the faith once for all delivered to the saints there,” Al Mohler said.
Southeastern Seminary’s institutional commitment to training students for ministry remains strong, said President Danny Akin in his report to messengers at the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas.
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