By Staff, Baptist Message ALEXANDRIA, La. (LBM) — Louisiana Baptists are invited to recommend candidates to serve on state convention boards and committees, and, are asked to submit resolutions for possible consideration by messengers at the 2021 Louisiana Baptist Convention. COMMITTEES The Louisiana Baptist Committee on Committees will be conducting its work early this fall to fill 17 openings on five state convention committees: Credentials; Moral and Social Concerns; Nominations; Order of Business; and Resolutions. Nominations should be sent not later than Aug. 17 to Jake Roudkowski, a member of First Baptist Church, Mandeville, who is the Committee on Committees chair. Please forward your recommendations via email, jaker@nobts,edu, or the U.S. Mail, Dr. Jake Roudkowski, 78689 Hwy. 25, Folsom, LA 70437. BOARDS The Louisiana Baptist Committee on Nominations will begin its work, also in early fall, to fill 22 vacancies on the LBC Executive Board as well as the trustee bodies of the Louisiana College, Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home and Family Ministries, Baptist Message, and Baptist Foundation. Nominations should be sent not later than Aug. 17 to Philip Robertson, the pastor of Philadelphia Baptist Church, … [Read more...]

By Elizabeth Clarke, LC News PINEVILLE, La. (LC News) - Louisiana College welcomed Congresswoman Julia Letlow to campus July 8 — her first visit since taking office in April. LC President Rick Brewer welcomed Letlow, along with some of her staff members, at a breakfast meeting where he shared campus updates and introduced school administrators. Letlow recalled fondly how she had attended a faith-based youth camp on the campus several decades ago. “This tour has been a long time coming,” Letlow said. “Higher ed is near and dear to my heart, and our hearts are here to serve.” Letlow has worked in higher education for many years. She served most recently as the director of external affairs and strategic communications for the University of Louisiana at Monroe, before running to fill her late husband Luke Letlow’s seat in Congress. Letlow had been elected in November 2020 and was slated to take office in January 2021. He died of COVID-19 in December. “One thing my husband ran on — and that I want to carry on — is that he wanted to be accessible,” she said. “Day or night, we’re here to serve.” She told LC administrators that as projects and programs arise, her office will be a resource. She introduced each of her … [Read more...]

By Staff PINEVILLE, La. (LBM) - Louisiana College will host a free luncheon 11:30 a.m. Aug. 3 for pastors interested in a new ministry the school is launching to reach college students and young adults in central Louisiana. Dave Edwards, founder of Dave Edwards Speaks in Oklahoma City, Okla., will share about this opportunity which will take place every Tuesday in the fall and spring semester in Guinness Auditorium at 6:30 nightly. The Edwards-led Bible study based from the Book of Colossians, begins Sept. 7 according to the LC Baptist Collegiate Ministry. Those attending the lunch at the Granberry Conference Center on campus should email Thomas.worsham@lacollege.edu by July 30. … [Read more...]