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Episode #002

A preview of the SBC Pastors Conference, Pastors’ Wives Conference, and music for the upcoming SBC Annual Meeting, highlight some recent news, and sit down with Julio Arriola.

NEWS & NOTES

Churches:

• Tennessee: Church in Murfreesboro selling to Arabic Baptist Church – http://wapo.st/1FnBB8X

States:

• Alaska: Michael Procter retiring from Alaska Baptist Convention – http://bit.ly/1FnBKJn
• Florida: Tommy Green elected to Florida Baptist Convention – http://bit.ly/1FnBKJn
• Texas: Historic floods draw Baptist relief efforts – http://bit.ly/1FnC5eY

Entities:

• ERLC: New magazine releasing at SBC – Light – https://instagram.com/p/3ZIuzizMcR/
• LifeWay: ACP data should be coming next week
• Seminary Graduations: around 1200 graduates, not including Golden Gate (no story available at this time)
  • MBTS – http://bit.ly/1FnCVsh – 109 graduates
    • Robin Hadaway received Midwestern’s Professor of the Year— dean of the seminary and professor of missions; served since 2003 including more than a year as interim president
  • SBTS – http://bit.ly/1FnCSNe – 404 graduates including Boyce (297 from SBTS, 107 from Boyce)
    • Gregg Allison received the Findley B. and Louvenia Edge Award for Teaching Excellence – professor of Christian Theology; served since 2003
    • Christopher Mohler graduated from Boyce College, first time a child of a Southern Seminary president has graduated
    • Ben Dockery, son of Trinity International University president David Dockery, also was director of admissions for some time at SBTS and pastor in Louisville as well
    • Justin Taylor, senior vice president and publisher of books for Crossway
  • SEBTS – http://bit.ly/1FnCKgu – 274 graduates
    • Tim Akin, son of President Daniel Akin
    • Matt Carter, pastor of Austin Stone
    • Scott Hildreth, Director of Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies at SEBTS
    • Jeff Struecker, former Army Ranger – http://bit.ly/1FnDZwf
    • Mark Talbert, planter and pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Madison, NC— got 5th degree from SEBTS (ADiv, BA, MDiv, ThM, PhD); has gone almost nonstop since 1993
  • NOBTS – http://bit.ly/1FnCD4z – Close to 240 graduates
    • Among NOBTS graduates was Sungjin Son, the first graduate of the seminary’s Korean doctor of ministry program. And Ai Kyung Ra and her husband Jin Kwon became the second Korean couple at NOBTS to both earn doctor of philosophy degrees.
    • The NOBTS cla