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Church Planting

NCPO loan committee meets, responds

by Wayne Guinn After our Annual Loan Committee Meeting held in Medina, Ohio, September 1, I asked the gentlemen who serve to summarize the results and shed light on what we are accomplishing at NCPO. […]

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Baptist Bible College Update

Great Commission priority for students

by Jim Edge F ulfilling the Great Commission has been the priority of Baptist Bible College from the day of its inception in 1950 to the pres­ent day. For over 60 years, alumni, students, and […]

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Boston Baptist College Update

Weeds (not weed!)

by David Melton We have a problem at Boston Baptist College, weeds. Not any­thing illegal, you understand…our problem is just undesir­able weeds. It was a long hot summer in New England — more typical of […]

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Feature Article

A Losing Proposition

California’s battle over same-sex marriage points to more than just the moral depravity of society by Keith Bassham We conservative Christians have been crowing about our success relative to the liberal mainline denomina­tions at least […]

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Global Partners

Thinking about France

by Jon Konnerup What do you think of when you think of France? The Eiffel Tower? The Louvre? Notre Dame Cathedral? The palaces at Versailles? French bread? Cheese? Rich desserts? French toast? All of these […]

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Global Partners

Let the nations rejoice

by Jon Konnerup As mission director of the BBFI, I have had the opportunity to travel to many different countries where we have missionaries. Not only do I love to visit with the missionaries, I […]

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AfterWords

Shorty Leffit

By Elsie Fishgrab Retired BBFI Missionary to the Navajo Shorty grew up in the early days of the state of Tex­as. Outlaws, cattle rustlers, and horse thieves were prominent residents. And, following the example set […]

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Urban Current

Bodies in the lagoon

by Charles Lyons “Body found in the Humboldt Park Lagoon,” read the headline from a lit­tle over a year ago. Another one from a few years back, “Man’s body found in Hum­boldt Lagoon.” These are […]

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On the Table

1960 also an important year

by Keith Bassham About this time 60 years ago, preachers and church members were planning to take a trip to Springfield to celebrate the opening day of Baptist Bible College. For those excited founders, the […]

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President Perspective

Opportunity to unite

by Mark Hodges Expect great things; attempt great things” was stated by Wil­liam Carey in a sermon to the Baptist Association meeting in Northampton, England, May 30, 1792. Carey used the statement to urge his […]