Category: Culture & Oklahoma

OBU Trustees approve campus projects, degree proposals, faculty promotions during May 6 meeting

by Chris Doyle | May 10, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

SHAWNEE—Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) Board of Trustees approved campus construction projects,...

Lifeway Research: Stress tops mental challenges pastors face

by Marissa Postell | May 7, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

In the current fast-paced, high-pressure American culture, pastors are stressed, and they know...

ERLC commends high court’s 9-0 ruling in flag case

by Chris Doyle | May 3, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

WASHINGTON (BP)—The Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) religious freedom entity welcomed the U.S....

More Black pastors joining work of Oklahoma Baptists

by Chris Doyle | Apr 26, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

Pastor David Hooks remembers the talk in Idabel when he planted a church there in 2002. People...

OBU Missions Forum shares vision for Elliff Center

by Chris Doyle | Apr 9, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

Above: Tom Elliff, former IMB president and lecturer, mentor and facilitator in missions for the...

Jami Smith celebrates 20 years of ‘Your Love is Deep’

by Jami Smith | Mar 28, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

EDITOR’S NOTE: Jami Smith is a nationally-known Christian artist and worship leader. In...

Churches still recovering from pandemic losses

by Aaron Earls | Mar 1, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Compared to the beginning of 2021, more U.S. Protestant churches are gathering in...

3rd Annual Governor’s Prayer Breakfast focuses on power of prayer

by Staff | Feb 22, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

Above: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma First Lady Sarah Stitt speak during the third annual...

Choosing Life: Rose Day testimony inspires

by Staff | Feb 22, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

Hundreds of pro-life citizens from across the state came to the Oklahoma State Capitol on Feb. 16...

Most pastors see racial diversity in the church as a goal but not reality

by Marissa Postell | Feb 18, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

NASHVILLE (BP)—Most Protestant pastors say every church should strive to achieve racial diversity,...

OBU launches Tom Elliff Center for Missions

by Chris Doyle | Jan 27, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

SHAWNEE—Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) announced the launch of the Tom Elliff Center for...

Pew: Third of U.S. adults ID as ‘nones’ as Protestants decrease

by Chris Doyle | Jan 4, 2022 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

WASHINGTON (BP)—Nearly 30 percent of U.S. adults are religiously unaffiliated, 10 percentage...

2022 Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, Rose Day near

by Brian Hobbs | Dec 21, 2021 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

Two major annual pro-life emphases in Oklahoma Baptists life are drawing near. The 2022 Sanctity...

OBU celebrates 113 graduates during Winter Commencement Dec. 18

by Chris Doyle | Dec 20, 2021 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

Above: Graduates took their ceremonial final walk as OBU students before filing into Raley Chapel,...

Messenger Insight 456 – Shared Vision Opens Door for Churches to Combine

by Staff | Dec 2, 2021 | Culture & Oklahoma, Messenger Insight | 0

Pastors Kevin Hisey and Steve Williams discuss how the Lord led them to merge two Enid churches...