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Louisiana Christian University to hold two Christ, Church and Culture events in February

By Elizabeth Clarke PINEVILLE, La. (LC News) – Shannon Kendrick, regional alliance director for Alliance Defending Freedom's Church and Ministry Alliance, will headline Louisiana Christian University’s Christ, Church and Culture event Feb. 7. In her role with ADF, Kendrick develops relationships with churches, ministries and universities to help them acquire the legal resources needed to defend against religious liberty challenges to protect their right to minister freely. Before joining ADF, Kendrick served in senior executive roles in the federal government, regional economic development, congressional affairs, think tanks and political organizations. “Louisiana Christian University is taking the lead in Louisiana addressing cultural issues from a biblical perspective,” LCU President Rick Brewer said. “The University’s C3 seminars provide a Christ-centered worldview confronting issues impacting our nation’s citizens daily.” The event is the first of two C3 lectures scheduled this month. Gregory S. Baylor, senior counsel and director of the Center for Religious Schools and Senior Counsel for Government Affairs with ADF, will headline the second C3 event, Feb. 22. Since joining ADF in 2009, Baylor has focused on … [Read more...]

NOBTS apologetics program receives $850,000 gift

By Staff NEW ORLEANS, La. (NOBTS) - A recent gift to the apologetics program at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College will expand its work in equipping believers to defend the faith. The donation of $850,000 comes from the Milburn and Nancy Calhoun Foundation and from the Calhoun children, Kathleen Calhoun Nettleton, who passed away earlier this year, and David Calhoun, a professor of philosophy at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, and a frequent speaker at the yearly NOBTS apologetics conference, Defend. David Calhoun pointed to his parents’ legacy of service and commitment to Christ as the inspiration for the gift. “My Dad was the first in his family to go to college. He knew the value of an education, specifically theological education,” David Calhoun said. “That grew out of his sense of the importance of training the next generation, and the next generation of pastors and leaders in the church.” Milburn Calhoun was a medical doctor and a publisher. New Orleans’ Pelican Publishing Company was owned and operated by the Calhoun family for many years. Taking on the role of publisher while working full-time as a family practitioner was a natural fit with his father’s love of reading and … [Read more...]

ECON 2022 speakers rally Louisiana Baptists to share the Gospel

By Brian Blackwell, Baptist Message staff writer BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) — A diverse lineup of ECON 2022 speakers, ranging from an atheist-turned-best selling author to state leaders to national personalities, exhorted Louisiana Baptists gathered in the First Baptist Church, Covington, January 24-25, to join the fight to share the Gospel. KEITH MANUEL Louisiana Baptist Evangelism and Church Growth Team Director Keith Manuel encouraged the crowd to share the Gospel with their families, co-workers and community. “Let’s go do it because people need Jesus,” Manuel said. “Do it because we can and we get to and because we really got to because we’ve got a Lord that loved us.” “Let’s pray that God will help us to see those varied people in our neighborhood,” he continued. “Let’s tell them about Jesus.” STEVE BECKHAM Steve Beckham opened ECON by proclaiming Christ followers not only need to confess their sins but also find restoration of joy. Drawing his message from Psalm 51:1-12, Beckham, pastor of First Community Antioch Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, said David was confronted by Nathan the prophet about his sin of adultery with Bathsheba and his subsequent murder of her husband. Much like David, Louisiana … [Read more...]