Magnolia Bible College to close
August 28, 2009
KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (BNc) — Magnolia Bible College will close its doors on Dec. 17, according to the school’s website. The decision was made Aug. 19 by the board of trustees.
The 33-year-old Bible training school cited as the cause of the forced closure financial pressures from the trend of decreasing enrollment, escalating costs and lack of donations and revenues. Read more
Minister Byron Benson passes away
August 26, 2009
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BNc) – Byron L. Benson, Sr., died Monday, Aug. 24, at age 70.
Benson was a minister of the gospel, having preached for nine years at Mt. Pleasant church in Crenshaw County, 36 years at the Grady congregation and at the Capitol Heights church for the past five. Read more
New Sermon by Marshall Keeble in Archive
August 14, 2009
A new 45-minute lesson by Marshall Keeble has been added to the Old Paths Archive.
Guyana Christian University graduates first class of ten
August 10, 2009
LETHEM, Guyana (BNc) – Jerry O. Davidson, missionary to the Amerindian villages in Guyana, South America, since 1999, reports that the school’s first graduation, held on July 3, 2009, was a success.
Ten Amerindians received diplomas for their two years of concentrated Bible study.
All of the graduates will be preaching in the Amerindian villages, some returning to their own villages. Read more
Rat attends ladies’ study
August 4, 2009
LONGIDO, Tanzania (BNc) — On Aug. 1 Jane Desdery, Joy Jensen, Agnes Kamarage, Neema Martin and Stephanie Stafford traveled from Arusha to the Maasai bush country to conduct a day of Bible studies for the ladies of a new congregation in the Longido region.