By Robert Dilday Ricky Creech will step down as executive director/minister of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention April 24 to take the helm of a faith-based nonprofit in Kentucky which provides services to troubled youths in parts of Appalachia….
Va. Baptist global mission strategy marks milestone with director’s retirement
By Robert Dilday Virginia Baptists’ global missions strategy will mark a milestone April 30 with the retirement of Jerry Jones, who has overseen a 12-year expansion of the program. Jones, a mission strategist for the past 40 years, has directed…
On 20th anniversary, CBFNC adopts vision statement to navigate future
By Robert Dilday A vision statement adopted March 29 by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina offers a new “way of seeing” the group’s future, say CBFNC leaders. Two years in the making, the statement proposed by a 13-member…
Baylor’s Ken Starr weighs in on Hobby Lobby case at DC event
By Robert Dilday One day before the Supreme Court was to hear oral arguments in what may result in its most significant religious liberty ruling this term, the president of one of Baptists’ largest universities joined a noted Harvard law…
Mid-Atlantic CBF partners with Washington-area seminary
By Robert Dilday Launching a new partnership with a Washington-area seminary topped the agenda of the Mid-Atlantic Cooperative Baptist Fellowship March 23 as it gathered for its annual meeting in suburban Maryland. The 50-church regional affiliate of the national CBF…
North American Baptists ask, what will we look like in 50 years?
By Robert Dilday The North American Baptist Fellowship marked its 50th anniversary March 6-7 with a nod to the past while focusing on what the group’s general secretary called one of its greatest challenges — finding a mission and vision…
Declining attendance prompts call to merge BWA’s congress, youth conference
By Robert Dilday Dwindling attendance at both the Baptist World Alliance’s world congress and youth conference has prompted a proposal to merge the two international meetings, held every five years though not simultaneously. BWA general secretary Neville Callam told the…
Moldovan who fights human trafficking to receive BWA human rights award
By Robert Dilday Ilie Coada, a Moldovan who has spent his career fighting human trafficking, is this year’s recipient of the Baptist World Alliance’s human rights award, the organization announced March 5. The Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award…
Festival to mark 300 years of Baptist witness in Virginia
By Robert Dilday Three centuries after an English “messenger” arrived in Virginia to organize the first Baptist church there, a celebration this spring will mark 300 years of Baptist witness in the state. The May 16-17 event will include both…