1920-2010 SELLERS MATERNITY MINISTRIES

"NINETY YEARS OF OFFERING A FUTURE AND A HOPE"

Sellers Maternity Ministries was founded in 1920 as the Baptist Woman’s Emergency Home in New Orleans.

The ministry became affiliated with the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1933 and the name was changed to Baptist Women’s Home.

The ministry was renamed Sellers Baptist Maternity Home and Adoption Center in 1961 in honor of Dr. Thomas B. Sellers, a New Orleans obstetrician who had volunteered his services there for 33 years. On July 31, 1964, the Sellers Home placed its 1000th baby for adoption.

By Jerry Love, Director of Planned Giving Louisiana Baptist Foundation

It’s 1939.  
A young lady steps off a bus in a small, predominantly French-speaking town in South Louisiana.  She and the two friends with her spend the day going door to door, looking for people interested in starting a Bible study.  Before the end of the day, and before the bus returns to pick up the three, they have found several adults and children interested in joining them to study the scriptures.

This was how young Kathryn Carpenter spent her life in those years.  She and her friends were students at Baptist Bible Institute, now New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.  Over the next few years, the trio would return regularly to Napoleonville to worship, study God’s Word, and grow a congregation.  Eventually the small Bible study became a new church. Carpenter was a charter member.

MONROE – The Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home Annual Offering is scheduled for Sunday, June 13.

This offering, held annually in churches across our state, allows your Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home to minister to countless children and families throughout the year.

Perry Hancock President, CEO Childrens HomeCritical needs are being met, lives are being changed, and hope is being restored to children and families who are lost and hurting.

LOUISIANA COLLEGE IN FOCUS

As we begin summer, it is evident that God has done and is doing magnificent things on our campus.

As the only Baptist college in the state of Louisiana, we continue to grow and thrive as a distinctively Christian liberal arts college, grounded in the preeminence of Jesus Christ, the authority of the Holy Scriptures, and academic excellence. Louisiana College graduates are making a difference in our communities as they change the world for Christ.

By Jerry Love, Director of Planned Giving Louisiana Baptist Foundation

Jerry Love, Director of Planned Giving Louisiana Baptist FoundationImagine for a minute that it is early on the morning of Christmas Eve.  Your spouse has a fever. Your infant son is also ill and in need of medical care. 

You’re in an unfamiliar country and you don’t speak the language.

This is where Elizabeth Keene found herself some 14 years ago. She and her husband, Randy, had traveled to Paraguay to finalize the adoption of their son John. With Randy running a fever and John’s lungs rattling, she set out to find medical care for her new 1-year-old son.

PINEVILLE – Louisiana College is experiencing a very busy spring schedule. 

During our Easter/Spring break, many of our students and faculty will be going on mission trips and sharing the Gospel with the world.

By Jami Becher, Baptist Press

Dawn Pate is director of the Osceola Pregnancy Center, a ministry of First Baptist Church of Kissimmee, Fla.KISSIMMEE, Fla. (BP) – At the age of 17, Dawn was in crisis.

She was pregnant and alone. She couldn’t tell her friends – the gossip and humiliation at school would be unbearable. She couldn’t tell her parents – they would be so hurt and disappointed.

She was a teen facing an adult decision all alone. Is it any wonder she made the wrong choice?Fortunately, Dawn wrestled with her decision a little too long and when she visited a Florida abortion clinic, it was too late to end her pregnancy.