JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — As disaster relief volunteers prepare to assist in Joplin, Mo., in the aftermath of Sunday's devastating tornado, other Baptists in Missouri can assist through donations, particularly of funds for supplies. (See related story here.) The tornado,…
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David Goatley (left) and Sam Tolbert are organizing to provide support for victims of disasters long after relief volunteers' chain saws go silent. (Photo courtesy of EthicsDaily.com) photo
Three die at Joplin church hit by tornado
JOPLIN, Mo. (ABP) — At least two Missouri Baptist churches are among the scores of institutions, businesses and homes destroyed when one of 68 reported tornadoes that swept across the Midwest on Sunday struck Joplin, Mo. Police in Joplin check through…
Historical Society celebrates Baptists’ ‘singing faith’ with hymn festival
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) – This year’s gathering of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society was atypically melodic, featuring a hymn festival May 17 celebrating hymnody in various genres. Fred Anderson, the society’s executive director, said the hymn singing at Grace Baptist…
Former IMB chair nominated as Kentucky exec
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – A past chairman of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board who supports changing the Cooperative Program unified budget to send more money to overseas mission fields will be nominated as next executive director-treasurer of the Kentucky…
Panel finds defining ‘Baptist university’ not a simple task
DALLAS (ABP) — The answer to “What is a Baptist university?” is complex and nuanced, according to panelists assembled by the Baptist History & Heritage Society. They spent the better part of a morning discussing the question, examining it from…
Unlikely allies weave myth of Christian America, historian says
DALLAS (ABP) — A seemingly unlikely alliance between conservative Christian evangelicals and Mormons recasts American history as the founding of a distinctively Christian republic, Stephen Stookey told a gathering of church historians. Self-styled historian David Barton and conservative provocateur Glenn…
Baptists in Central Virginia focus on ways to end global human trafficking
RICHMOND, Va. — An April 30 awareness event sponsored by International Justice Ministries, the Richmond Justice Initiative and First Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., drew dozens of people from Central Virginia to focus on human trafficking. The day’s activities included…
US / World Briefs
Religious freedom ambassador sworn in. Suzan Johnson Cook, an American Baptist pastor, author and motivational speaker, was sworn in May 16 as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom by Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero. Johnson Cook…
NC Briefs
Causey to retire. Jack Causey will retire at the end of May as director of services to ministers at the Center for Congregational Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., a position he has held since 1996. Causey, who will continue as ministerial…