‘Thankful’: Fred Luter reflects on retirement plans
November 6, 2025
“Thankful.” That was one word Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, used as he reflected on his decades of ministry after
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Messengers celebrate 100 years of Baptist Faith & Message
June 11, 2025
SBC President Clint Pressley said it is “no small thing that we’ve been held together for so long by one confession,” noting that he wanted to “celebrate what has held us together what has held us together these 100 years.”
10 former SBC presidents urge avoiding ‘ultimatum’ with ERLC
May 22, 2025
“Every entity — including the ERLC — should be open to critique and committed to improvement. But there is a difference between refinement and eradication. A sledgehammer is not the tool for adjusting a mirror.”
Rhonda Kelley remembered as gracious first lady, champion for women
February 20, 2024
Funeral services will be held Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. (with visitation starting at 9:30 a.m.) at First Baptist Church Fairhope, Alabama, and a memorial service will take place Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. at New Orleans Seminary.
NOBTS partners with IMB for Global Missions Center renovations, opportunities
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Students at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary have greater access to opportunities to reach the nations through the newly renovated Global Missions Center. The center
Adkins to be nominated as SBC first VP
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Louisiana pastor Jay Adkins will be nominated as first vice president for the Southern Baptist Convention during its annual meeting in New Orleans, announced pastor
Luter, Litton discuss racial unity, Unify Project on webcast
February 10, 2023
In order to achieve “authentic” racial unity across the Southern Baptist Convention, pastors need to be willing to have honest — and sometimes difficult —
George Liele Sunday: IMB urging all Southern Baptists to recognize missions pioneer
January 20, 2023
The International Mission Board is inviting all Southern Baptists to recognize Sunday, Feb. 5 as George Liele Church Planting, Evangelism and Missions Sunday. George Liele
SBC 2022: June 15 AM Recap
June 15, 2022
Highlights from the third session of the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting June 15: A motion to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
NOBTS student center renamed in honor of Fred Luter
April 19, 2022
The board of trustees at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College voted during their spring meeting to rename the campus student center in
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