By Message Staff PINEVILLE – Nearly 500 flags covered a section of the Louisiana College quad as a memorial to the unborn Tuesday, March 20. Each flag represented five lives aborted daily. Chaz Morgan, president of the Louisiana College Students for Life, told the Baptist Message the Cemetery for the Innocent served as a visual picture of the battle those who value life face daily. “We’re out here to create awareness about the pro-life issue,” Morgan said. “We wanted to students to be aware of how serious this issue is in our nation today. We’re showing people there are pro-life people out there who stand for what they believe in.” This is the second year the organization has hosted the Cemetery for the Innocent. Last year, more than 600 flags were scattered throughout the quad according to 2016-17 campus Students for Life President Hannah Terrebonne in a March 9, 2017 article that appeared on baptistmessage.com. The Cemetery for the Innocent is one of several pro-life events the student organization has sponsored. Last month, they teamed up with other organizations for the third annual Louisiana Life March in CENLA, which drew more than 5,600 participants who marched for life from the campus to the … [Read more...]
Seniors in Faith observe a ‘youth movement’ in baptisms
By Brian Blackwell, Message Staff Writer Wednesday she stepped inside Faith Baptist Church in Bastrop for a youth Bible study. Years of a strained relationship with her father combined with difficulties in school had taken its toll on Musgrove – until that June 2016 evening when she learned about the love Christ has for her. That night Musgrove turned over her troubles to God, declaring Jesus as Lord, and the following Sunday she was baptized. Musgrove now enjoys spending time with her father, and even hopes one day to attend college as she pursues her dream of becoming a surgeon. “Jesus has truly changed the way I see life,” Musgrove said. “My home life has changed to the point that my dad is thrilled when I come inside the same room to hear me sometimes sing for the Lord. I am truly not the same girl that I was when I came to Faith Baptist Church two years ago.” OLDER REACHING YOUNGER Musgrove is one of 32 youth baptized since January 2016 at Faith Baptist, a church that has seen Christ move miraculously among its adult members, with an average age of 70, resulting in this effective outreach to youth. Pastor Bodie Spicer said the catalyst for the change occurred during a Morehouse Baptist Association … [Read more...]
LC Nursing regains “full approval” status with Louisiana State Board of Nursing
By Norm Miller, LC News PINEVILLE (LCNews) -- In a letter received this week by Louisiana College, the Louisiana State Board of Nursing re-instated full approval status upon LC’s Nursing Program pursuant to a decision reached at the LSBN’s February meeting. Last year the LSBN placed the College on probation because the 2016 NCLEX-RN licensure examination pass rate fell below the required 80 percent. “We are grateful for our commendable faculty and committed students for their hard work and studious efforts during the last year to regain what was lost,” said Marilyn Cooksey, Dean of the Rife and Carolyn Saunders Nursing program at LC. “We remain confident that our proposed measures initiated last year to remediate this matter will continue to improve our test scores and the competency of Nursing skills among our students.” “A year ago, we employed several strategies and solutions in response to this matter,” said LC President Rick Brewer. “It looks like we had the right approach and right people. The LSBN allotted three years to alleviate the problem, and Dr. Cooksey and her staff resolved it in one.” General solutions proposed a year ago were increased rigor and the elevation of test and grading methods. Specific … [Read more...]
Attention Pastors – immediate action is needed
Lonnie Wascom, Director Missions for the Northshore Baptist Association, sent out a letter from David Cranford of First Baptist Ponchatoula calling for immediate action to stop the expansion of gambling in Tangipahoa Parish. Cranford's provides information below, especially for all pastors who serve in Tangipahoa Parish, “but, quite frankly, we need ALL of you to help prevent the expansion of this horrible disaster called state-sponsored gambling,” wrote Cranford. Check out what is going on Tuesday and do your best to attend and speak. David Cranford and Louis Husser and others are doing all they can to mobilize us. There are other bills BUT Senator While's calls for the legislature to grant Tangipahoa the "right" to call an election for the purpose of setting up a casino near Robert/Bedico. Let's step up, OK? Read and heed the following: Tangi Pastors and other Brothers & Sisters opposed to gambling, The LA Senate Committee on Judiciary B will meet next Tuesday, March 20 beginning at 10 am in Room E of the state capital. Six of the gambling bills will come up for discussion INCLUDING Senator Bodi White's SB 417 which calls for the referendum election in Tangipahoa Parish. Here are the email addresses … [Read more...]
Ken Hemphill to speak at LC, two local churches in March
By Staff, Baptist Message Ken Hemphill, noted author, pastor and Southern Baptist leader will make three visits in Louisiana at the end of March. Hemphill is a candidate for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and will be officially nominated during the 2018 SBC Annual Meeting, June 12-13, in Dallas, Texas. On March 27 Hemphill will speak during the 11 a.m. chapel service at Louisiana College in the Martin Performing Arts Center. Later that day, 6:30 p.m., he will meet with Louisiana Baptists at McClendon Baptist Church in West Monroe. Wednesday, March 28, he will be the featured speaker at a noon event at the First Baptist Church in Bossier City. A free lunch will be served and registration is requested by e-mailing lorine@firstbossier.com. The chapel service will be livestreamed at lacollege.edu/content/livestream-chapel-spring-2018. The First Bossier luncheon will be streamed live on the church’s Facebook page, facebook.com/firstbossier. According to a prior Baptist Message report, Hemphill has an established record of commitment to Southern Baptists, having served as president of Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as in leadership roles with the North American Mission Board, … [Read more...]
First Pineville shares hoop dreams & Christ through Upward
By John Marcase PINEVILLE (LBM) – When Stewart Holloway took over as pastor of First Baptist Church Pineville in August 2008 he saw an empty gymnasium and had a vision of it being filled with Upward Basketball teams. But, his vision remained just that – year after year. Until, finally, someone stepped up to lead the program – a person Holloway was not expecting to take on that leadership role. “I kept putting it off and putting it off,” said Kathy Holloway, Stewart Holloway’s mother. “Finally, I told Stewart that I didn’t want to get to Heaven and have God say to me, ‘Well, they still don’t have Upward Basketball at First Baptist,” she said. “As the pastor’s mother, I wanted to give someone else the opportunity,” she explained. “I’m fortunate that (God) gave me the ability to work with people,” she continued, emphasizing that with any ministry effort, “The key is finding people to help.” GIFTED & CALLED “It’s obvious there was some ‘call’ in there – that she felt she needed to do it and use her gifts,” said Stewart. And Kathy Holloway’s gifts were tailor-made for running a basketball program. Kathy Holloway was a standout basketball player for Poland High School in rural Rapides Parish, leading … [Read more...]
Georgetown Baptist Church builds community with new worship center
By Brian Blackwell, Message Staff Writer GEORGETOWN – The newly constructed worship center at Georgetown Baptist Church represents more than just a building, serving as a spiritual hub for this community of 350. Dedicated March 4, the 5,600-sq.-ft. facility seats 256 – enough to accommodate the growing number of worshippers on Sunday mornings. Since moving into the building, attendance has averaged 140, a 28 percent increase from the 117 who were worshipping each week in the early part of last year. The church also has baptized 50 new believers in the last four years, including 10 in 2017. “God is at work in our rural communities,” Pastor Carl Griffith told the Baptist Message. “We have seen an influx of young married couples with young children at Georgetown Baptist Church. These families have joined our congregation, and, they have become actively involved in our church work, which has led to further growth. “We see our new sanctuary as an opportunity for our ministry right now, but this new building also represents for us an opportunity to preserve ministry in Georgetown into the future,” Griffith said. “We are thankful for the growth and how God has blessed and moved in our small community. This building gives … [Read more...]
WMU Mission Celebration to ‘Embrace’ role of Esther
By Brian Blackwell, Message Staff Writer WOODWORTH – Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director/treasurer of the Woman’s Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, will challenge ladies attending the upcoming Louisiana Baptist WMU Mission Celebration to embrace their God-given mandate to fulfill His purpose. Scheduled for April 13-14 at Tall Timbers Baptist Conference Center in Woodworth, the event will highlight how women are participating in what God is doing in the state, North America and around the world. The meeting’s theme is “Embrace,” based on Esther 4:14b. “Young Queen Esther, with human trepidation and courageous faith in God, approached the king to make a bold request that would save her Hebrew people,” said Janie Wise, women’s missions and ministry strategist for Louisiana Baptists. “God equipped her for the moment and for the mission. That is where women are in this day – living in a world, in a state, where we are surrounded by the lost, the lonely and the hurting. “We find ourselves making bold requests of the Father,” she continued. “But He is faithful and He has equipped us. He has “’made [us] queen for such a time as this.’” The event kicks off Friday evening with dinner at 5 p.m. and a … [Read more...]
LC revival: Find your identity in Jesus Christ!
By Victor Villavieja PINEVILLE (LBM) – D.A. Horton, pastor of Reach Fellowship in North Long Beach, Calif., led Louisiana College’s revival March 6-8, urging students to find their identity in Christ. Horton, Chief Evangelist for the Urban Youth Workers Institute, warned that searching elsewhere will lead to a dissatisfying life. “This new generation of believers struggles with the issue of identity. They are trying to find themselves, and they are trying to find who they are, and sometimes they root their identity in their experience and in their preferences,” Horton explained. “I help them understand that their identity can be found in the finished work of Jesus,” he continued. “It allows them to live out[side] this cloud of uncertainty.” Horton underscored that “Jesus meets us wherever we are,” contrasting that biblical truth with the endless search people make in trying to find themselves in possessions, or status, or accomplishments. The three services, held at the Martin Performing Arts Center, were based on different focal passages, but each emphasized God’s immeasurable capacity to forgive and wash away the human sin. “You can never ‘out-sin’ the bloodshed of Jesus Christ,” said Louisiana College … [Read more...]
LC international student dreams of spiritual, political renewal for Africa
By Victor Villavieja PINEVILLE (LBM) — Louisiana College senior Lievin Manisha returned to Africa on a mission trip last Christmas break. The student from Burundi took part in an expedition that visited one of the biggest settlements of refugees in Central Africa, Nakivale Refugee Camp in Uganda, where he helped distribute backpacks to school kids, and buckets and water filters to over 100 families. Importantly, he also used the opportunity to share the Gospel with some of his 8,000 expatriated Burundian compatriots living in Nakivale. “I was very touched. I encouraged them to keep going,” Manisha recalled. “I told them that I had been in their shoes; that I am not better than them. I told them not to give up.” It was Manisha’s first visit to Africa since he moved to the United States in 2014. Manisha was 6 years old when he lost his family in the civil war between the two predominant Burundian ethnicities - the Hutu majority, and the Tutsi minority. In June 1993, after 25 years of Tutsi totalitarian regimes, Burundi’s first multi-party elections were held, and Melchior Ndadaye became the first democratically elected Hutu president. Four months later, Tutsi extremists assassinated Ndadaye and violence broke out … [Read more...]
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