The Woman's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has seen its annual revenues drop precipitously in the last eight years, now stands to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars more from one of the two mission boards it…
CBF to hold joint session with ABC during assembly
There will be a historic gathering and celebration of Baptist unity and shared values during this year's Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, to be held June 28-29, 2007, in Washington, D.C., when the CBF and the American Baptist Churches, USA,…
Baptist churches more vulnerable to clergy sex abuse, say experts
A recent sex scandal involving two North Texas pastors and the women who accused them of molestation is unusual because the victims—by now beyond the statute of limitations for sex-abuse cases—urged authorities and media to publish their names in conjunction…
Politics not behind Carter plan to unite Baptists, says Underwood
An ambitious plan to unite Baptists in North America around the compassionate message of the gospel is not secretly a plan to get Baptists to elect Hillary Clinton as president, one of the plan's leaders said Jan. 23. Bill Underwood,…
Bush, genetic scientist call U.S. to prayer
President Bush and a prominent biologist called the United States and the world to prayer during the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 1. “You know, it's an amazing country, isn't it, when people from all walks of life gather to recognize…
EDITORIAL: Glory be!
Occasionally I am blown away by things people do. Regrettably, there are times when the source of my amazement is something incredibly inane that someone has done. And truthfully speaking, when this is the case I am more often than…
FIRST PERSON: From Russia with love
It is incredible what God can and will do with your life when you completely open your heart to him. For many years even though I considered myself a Christian I never allowed God to have complete control. Our God…
Showing courage
Only two years into his big city pastorate at First Baptist Church of Richmond, Jeremiah Bell Jeter at age 36 engineered a major change. It was a threatening change not only to members of his congregation but also to fellow…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for February 8, 2007
Staff Changes Adam Meisberger, to Bethel Church, Reva, as pastor. He had been serving as interim pastor. Wes Moore, resigning as pastor of Liberty Church, Hopewell. Ray Goude Sr., to Faith Church, Hampton, as interim pastor. Bob Carter, to Temple…
N.C. editor announces plans to leave
Tony Cartledge, editor of the Biblical Recorder, the state Baptist paper of North Carolina, has announced that he will leave his post to assume a teaching position with Campbell University Divinity School. Teaching has always been a source of great…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida preaches to preachers
Dear Jimmy, As you know, it's been a while since you got a letter from your dear old auntie, so I thought I'd bring you up to date. I can't do much else anyway because our lights are out. I…
Spreading love
In 1942 Alma Cree finished business school in Henderson, N.C, and did the unthinkable. She had grown up hearing about the Foreign Mission Board and imagined that it would be “a good place to work.” She wrote a blind letter…