JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Foundation has named Christopher "Chris" Calmer as its new president. With a unanimous vote on Aug. 12, the board of trustees approved the nomination of Calmer as president, effective immediately. Chris Calmer…
Progressive National Baptist Convention celebrates 50 years
This story was corrected after its original posting WASHINGTON (ABP) – The Progressive National Baptist Convention celebrated its 50th anniversary with a tribute to 93-year-old Gardner Taylor, widely regarded as one of the nation’s greatest preachers. On Thursday of the…
BTSR announces new staff members
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond named a new vice president of advancement and a director of community life in early August. Tim Heilman Timothy Heilman assumed the vice president’s position on Aug. 1, becoming the seminary…
EDITORIAL: Jellyfish in the pews
What could have been more perfect? There I was enjoying the surf off Hilton Head Island when zap, two at once! The jellyfish attacked, wrapping their tentacles around my legs. Perhaps it was payback for eating one of their own…
TRENDING: New Zealand clues — Charismatic but not Charismania
“For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life” (2 Corinthians 3:5) Here’s a touchy topic for most U.S. Baptists: If what is happening in New Zealand Baptist life is a clue to what might be coming next here…
HERITAGE: Caroline of Canterbury
Caroline Gwathmey Jones of King and Queen County, Va., was at once family-proud, place-proud and church-proud. She enjoyed sharing stories about the history of the Gwathmeys and the family seat, Canterbury; about her county and its long and illustrious part…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
Bluefield launches social network. New Bluefield College students are getting to know one another, even before they step foot on the BC campus, thanks to a new social network called BC Bound. Designed by the college’s admissions office, BC Bound…
VITAL SIGNS: High anxiety
Anyone feeling anxious? A better question: anyone not feeling anxious? God’s people in the 21st century suffer a serious malady. We mouth the words of faithfulness while we live lives dominated by anxiety and frustration. For every time we parrot…
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS
Hispanic pastor facing deportation. A Hispanic Baptist pastor arrested last summer by immigration authorities will find out Sept. 2 whether he will be deported for a crime committed in 1995. Hector Villanueva, pastor of Bautista la Rocha in Siler City,…
OUT LOUD
“This Shariah law business is … just crazy. And I’m tired of dealing with the crazies. It’s just unnecessary to be accusing this guy of things just because of his religious background.” Chris Christie The Republican governor of New Jersey…
Virginia Baptist leaves Washington suburbs for two years in India
VIJAYAWADA, India — Radical obedience. That’s what Kristin Clifton’s life is all about these days. For the next two years, as a Virginia Baptist Venturer, Clifton will be living in Vijayawada, India. There she will be assisting B.V.R. Rao and…
OPINION: News from D.C. you may have missed
Tumultuous debate over the debt ceiling largely overshadowed something of extraordinary importance that happened recently in Washington. Participants from more 300 colleges gathered at the White House to participate in the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge. They convened…