Two Canadian ice cream entrepreneurs playfully put “Jesus” in the shop name. Not surprisingly, a lot of Christians aren’t amused.
Virginia Baptist group will no longer forward money to CBF, citing partial lifting of ban on LGBTQ employees
The Baptist General Association of Virginia will no longer forward contributions from its affiliated congregations to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship because of a new CBF practice allowing the hiring of LGBTQ Christians to some, but not all, ministry positions.
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Racial reconciliation tough but essential, say leaders at New Baptist Covenant summit
Achieving racial reconciliation can be hard work and slow, but Christians are called to pursue it relentlessly, said speakers — including former President Jimmy Carter — at a summit of Baptists seeking to bridge a racial divide that continues to bedevil the nation.
J. Harwood Cochrane, benefactor to Baptist causes, dies at 103
J. Harwood Cochrane, a Virginian whose fortune from a trucking empire supported numerous Baptist causes as well as the arts, died July 26 at 103.
Seminary gets OK for online M.Div.
Central Baptist Theological Seminary recently got approval from the Association of Theological Schools to offer the full master-of-divinity degree online. Robert Johnson, the seminary’s dean and provost, said in a March 30 press release that ATS approval means a student…
Wife of BTSR president unexpectedly dies
Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond is reporting the unexpected death of Cyndi Crawford, wife of seminary president Ron Crawford. According to a press release from BTSR, she was discovered at the family home in Hanover County, Va., yesterday evening. The…
Crawford to retire as BTSR’s president
Ron Crawford, president of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond since 2007, will retire next year, the school announced today. Crawford, who is the second president of the 25-year-old BTSR, will step down on July 1, 2017. He will be 65…
Florida pastor named president of Northern Seminary
By Robert Dilday A pastor who for nearly 20 years has led Baptist churches in the South will take the helm of Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in suburban Chicago, the school’s board of trustees announced Jan. 29. William D. Shiell,…