“Servant Leadership in Uncertain Times,” the theme of the first annual Prepare Here Conference hosted by the Jim Henry Leadership Institute of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, drew in 250 pastors, church ministry leaders, and spouses from across 10 states, October 12-13. Featured speakers were Steve Gaines, senior pastor, Bellevue Baptist...
A spirit of encouragement marked the regularly scheduled meeting of the board of trustees of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College, October 10-11. “We had a very productive board of trustees meeting this year,” said Jamie Dew, president. “We are excited about the morale and the time that...
As far as she can tell, Kathy Steele, former IMB missionary, licensed professional counselor, and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary counseling professor, started the first Moms in Prayer International group in Cuba nearly 20 years ago. Today, over 3,000 women are active in Moms in Prayer International (MIPI) groups across Cuba,...
Serve Day at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary yielded two professions of faith and numerous gospel conversations as more than 200 faculty, staff and student participants shared the gospel and served across the city, September 28. The once-a-semester event mobilized evangelism teams into the French Quarter and New Orleans’...
Hard times often are described as “going through a valley.” But Bruce Watson, pastor of First Baptist Jeanerette, Louisiana, describes life’s valleys as the place where the soil is the richest. “It’s not until you get in the valley where the dirt of life is, where the thorns and thistles are,...
The “Abre Mis Ojos” conference, Spanish for “open my eyes,” yielded salvations as more than 800 guests from the Hispanic community gathered at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary for the second annual event, September 15-16. The conference was developed as an intentional way for NOBTS to engage the Hispanic community. “I love...
Moving the gospel forward in a day of far-reaching cultural confusion might begin with a clear understanding of what it means to be created in God’s image. This is the premise of a new book “Created in the Image of God: Applications and Implications for our Cultural Confusion” that...
Convocation at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, August 15, opened the new academic year, honored faculty anniversaries, and this year, included the ribbon-cutting and dedication of the Landrum Leavell Dining Hall in the heart of the seminary campus. Leavell family members were present for the dedication that marked the reopening of...
