Heyland Scholarship helps those who serve at BVC
Baptist Village Communities (BVC) is fully committed to providing quality services that enhance lives. One of the best ways we are able to do that is helping Friends Team members grow in their skills. The Josephine Heyland Education Assistance Fund was created to provide financial assistance to qualified BVC team members who want to further their education or training. The scholarship is named for Josephine Heyland, the aunt of Joyce...
Court strikes down abortion provider regulations
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Monday (June 27) a state legislature’s effort to hold abortion providers responsible for the protection of women who use their services. In a 5-3 opinion, the high court ruled that portions of a Texas law regulating abortion doctors and clinics constitute an “undue burden” on a woman’s right to abort her child and are therefore unconstitutional. The high...
Crossover St. Louis: Hundreds come to faith in Christ
ST. LOUIS (BP)—Southern Baptist volunteers reported more than 350 professions of faith in Jesus Christ during Crossover events throughout metro St. Louis this year. One man who made a decision for Christ had been considering suicide just a few days earlier, said Eloy Rodriquez. Rodriquez, a longtime Crossover volunteer, serves as Hispanic pastor of Lutz, Fla., Idlewild. Julie DuVall of Bolivar, Mo., First, takes time to listen to...
Orlando massacre spurs prayer, compassion
ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) — Calls for prayer and compassion rang out from Southern Baptists nationwide hours after the mass murder of 49 and the injury of 53 early Sunday (June 11) at an Orlando, Fla., gay nightclub in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Armed with a handgun and an AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, a U.S.-born citizen of Afghani parents, walked into the Pulse nightclub around 2 a.m....
Two pro-life bills advance at Oklahoma State Capitol
Today at the Oklahoma State Capitol, lawmakers voted to approve two leading pieces of pro-life legislation. The Oklahoma State House of Representatives voted 69-15 to approve House Bill 2797, the Humanity of the Unborn Child Act, which would establish a public education effort in high schools to educate students about the humanity and development of a pre-born child. The bill now advances to the Oklahoma State Senate, which today...
For Mother’s Day
‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the Lord your God is giving you.’ Deuteronomy 5:16 I was brought up in a loving, Christian family, and I was always close to my mother. I remember when I was a little girl, my mother would sit on the edge of my bed every night while I said my prayer. At the end of the prayer, she would say, “God,...
