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By Timothy Cockes on Friday, March 14, 2025

Chuck Kelley, president emeritus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College, spoke about his journey of grief after losing his beloved wife Rhonda in his first chapel message since his retirement. Kelley’s chapel address on Thursday (March 13) marks more than a year since the passing of...

By Timothy Cockes on Thursday, March 13, 2025

New Orleans Seminary’s Caskey Center for Church Excellence is celebrating the milestone of 10,000 professions of faith as the result of more than 10 years of student evangelism efforts. Caskey Center students have carried out weekly evangelism efforts since the Center’s launch in 2014. As of March 3, students...

By Timothy Cockes on Friday, March 7, 2025

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary family gathered for a chapel service March 6 honoring and celebrating faculty member Mark Johnson for his appointment as the 10th president of Louisiana Christian University. Johnson, assistant professor of evangelism and pastoral ministry and director of the seminary’s Doctor of Ministry program, was...

By Timothy Cockes on Wednesday, February 26, 2025

NOBTS faculty member Mark Johnson has been named the 10th president of Louisiana Christian University (LCU). Johnson, who serves as assistant professor of evangelism and pastoral ministry and director of the seminary’s Doctor of Ministry program, was announced as LCU’s new president on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The LCU...

By Timothy Cockes on Friday, February 21, 2025

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s spring Serve Day offered students and faculty the opportunity to faithfully volunteer in the local community and share the hope of Christ. This semester’s Serve Day, taking place Thursday (Feb. 20), saw more than 200 participants engaging in a variety of evangelism efforts and service...

By Timothy Cockes on Thursday, February 13, 2025

Clint Pressley, president of the Southern Baptist Convention and senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church (Charlotte, N.C.), explained how suffering prepares people for ministry during NOBTS chapel on Tuesday (Feb. 11). Pressley, an NOBTS alum who graduated with a Master of Divinity degree, spoke to the chapel audience about how...

By Timothy Cockes on Tuesday, February 4, 2025

A sold-out crowd of more than 1,200 women gathered for the Abide Women’s Conference at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Jan. 31-Feb. 1 to learn more about the importance of biblical community. This year’s conference gathered women from more than 10 different states and more than 200 churches. The Abide conference...

By Timothy Cockes on Friday, January 31, 2025

Jeff Iorg, president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee, warned New Orleans Baptist Seminary students of the “unintended consequences” that can often come with theological education during his guest Convocation address. The Convocation service, held Tuesday (Jan. 28) in Leavell Chapel, marked the official start of the...