Year: 2021

Mid-America Passion Play Returns to the Mid-South, March 31–April 3, 2022

by Mid-America Communications

Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, in association with Crossroads Baptist Church in Eads, Tennessee, is proud to announce the popular Easter production, known as the Passion Play, is returning to the Mid-South. Dr. James Whitmire, who for nearly four decades produced and directed the Memphis Passion Play, Jacksonville Passion Play, and Uruguay Passion Play, will direct […]

New “Minister the Word” Workshop Launched for Training in Biblical Counseling

by Mid-America Communications

Biblical counseling is one of the fastest-growing areas of Christian ministry. Pastors, church workers, and Christians from all walks of life are realizing the importance of using Scripture to help people address their problems. If you find yourself approached by those seeking answers, Mid-America is launching a new one-morning workshop called “Minister the Word” which […]

Mid-America Students Start Brazilian-focused Church

by communications

Luis and Lucy Comin recently had their story of how God sent them from Brown Missionary Baptist Church, with the help of Mid-America Seminary, to plant a church among the Brazilians living in the Memphis area. Enjoy their story!

Mid-America Named Best and Most Affordable Online Seminary

by Mid-America Communications

Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary was recently named as the Best and Most Affordable online seminary by the Capstone Report.

Dr. Brand Elected First Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention

by Mid-America Communications

Dr. Lee Brand Jr. was elected to serve as the Southern Baptist Convention’s First Vice President. Dr. Brand’s message remained focused on the sufficiency of Scripture as the preeminent solution to the problems facing our Convention and the world. Read more about his nomination.

Gretchen Roderick

by communications

Dear friend of Mid-America, My name is Gretchen Roderick. I am the recipient of the Steven T. Cox Memorial Award. Thank you so very much for your generous gift. I confess I was both greatly overwhelmed and deeply surprised at t he honor and the gift. It has been an astounding privilege to study missions […]

Mid-America Graduate

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Dear friend of Mid-America, from the bottom of my heart. I would like to say thank you. I am currently serving as a pastor, and the neighborhood I serve in is impoverished. Your donation is helping me continue my education at Mid-America. God saved me nine years ago out of a terrible heroin addiction and […]

Dr. Wayne Cornett To Run Marathon with His Daughter to Help Find a Cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

by Mid-America Communications

When Wayne Cornett and his 7-year-old daughter, Kirsten, participate in this year’s Great American River Run Half Marathon, only one of them will be running. Because Kirsten was born with a rare disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Cornett will be pushing her in a wheelchair. “She may never be able to run or walk,” […]

Raelene Soritau

by Raelene Soritau

It is a great blessing and opportunity for me to be in the PhD program at Mid-America. My family and I have been on the mission field of Romania since 1999 working in Christian Higher Education. The program at MABTS has made it possible for me to continue the work that God has called us […]

Hannah Simmons

by Hannah Simmons

Thank you for the generous donation through the Scholarship Fund. My husband and I are very thankful that the Lord allows us both to attend school at Mid-America. When the Lord called us to attend school at Mid-America two years ago, we did not know how we would be able to afford it. We are […]