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Latest news: World Changers impact; SEBTS professor dies; Rick Gage’s drive to share Christ; and more

Check out these recent headlines, reported by The Baptist Paper.
  • April 25, 2025
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Latest news: World Changers impact; SEBTS professor dies; Rick Gage’s drive to share Christ; and more

To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper this week, see below.

1. Though no longer affiliated with a Southern Baptist Convention entity, World Changers is still “Baptist through and through,” said David Flatt, executive director of World Changers.

World Changers: Still Baptist ‘through and through,’ still changing lives

2. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is mourning the loss of Keith Harper, retired senior professor of Baptist studies. Following a battle with lung cancer this past year, Harper passed away on April 23.

Southeastern Seminary professor, historian Keith Harper dies

3. It was another small town miracle — nothing unusual for evangelist Rick Gage and his GO TELL AMERICA team who conduct half a dozen evangelistic crusades in smaller communities each year.

‘Small town miracle’ sees thousands hear gospel during crusade

4. Trustee Chair Randall Richardson called the development “cautiously optimistic,” emphasizing it’s only a possibility for now. The board is expected to reconvene by April 29.

179-year-old Christian university ‘cautiously optimistic’ on keeping doors open


EDITOR’S NOTE — These stories were compiled by The Baptist Paper.

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