By Robert Dilday A week after Baptists around the world responded to a West African request to pray for victims of Ebola in the region, Baptist groups in Virginia and Texas are addressing another critical aspect of the epidemic —…
Two Baptist news organizations consider merger proposal
By Robert Dilday Boards of directors for Baptist News Global (formerly ABPnews/Herald) and the Baptist Standard have approved a process for considering whether the two organizations should merge their operations. Leaders of both groups stressed the goal of their talks…
Bluefield College ends dental school project
By Robert Dilday Bluefield College has ended efforts to develop what would have been the only dental school in the nation operated by a school with Baptist ties. Bluefield’s trustees shut down the dental school project, launched in 2012 to…
North Carolina’s Gardner-Webb University to partner with BGAV
By Robert Dilday North Carolina-based Gardner-Webb University has forged a new partnership with the Baptist General Association of Virginia following an Oct. 8 vote of approval by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. The 4,600-student Baptist school in Boiling Springs will…
BGAV to consider reduced budget in 2015
By Robert Dilday The Baptist General Association of Virginia will consider a 2015 budget significantly lower than current funding levels when it gathers for its annual meeting next month. The BGAV budget committee will recommend a goal of $11.5 million…
Virginia Baptist nominee’s election could break new ground
By Robert Dilday Virginia Baptist pastor Nancy Stanton McDaniel will be nominated in November for first vice president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia — a position whose incumbent for almost a decade and a half has been elected…
American Baptist Home Mission Societies executive to retire next year
By Robert Dilday Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III has announced plans to retire next year as executive director and chief executive officer of American Baptist Home Mission Societies, completing the longest tenure of any leader of the 182-year-old organization linked with…
CBF of Virginia has bright future, officers say
By Robert Dilday A bright financial picture and new facilities for its staff contributed to an upbeat General Assembly for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia Sept. 19. “We are in the best financial situation this organization has been in…
Charles Watson is on a mission: to ensure religious freedom for the next generation
Interviewed by Robert Dilday What led to your focus on religious liberty issues? c POSITION: Education and Outreach Specialist, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty AGE: 33 EDUCATION: B.S, The Citadel; M.Div., Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology CURRENT CITY:…