Clint Dobson ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — A 28-year-old Baptist pastor and Truett Seminary graduate was found dead and his 67-year-old ministry assistant severely beaten inside their church on Thursday afternoon, March 3. Police haven't released a cause of death for…
LifeWay backs off ‘read with discernment’ label for books
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — Southern Baptist bookstores quietly have suspended a four-year-old program that alerted customers to read with “discernment” books by several up-and-coming authors whose books “could be considered inconsistent with historical evangelical theology.” Chris Rodgers, director of product…
Attention to anti-gay protest group worries fellow Baptists
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) – A tiny independent Kansas congregation composed mostly of extended family members of founding pastor Fred Phelps captured headlines March 2 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 their controversial “God Hates Fags” protests at funerals…
Bluefield community supports Bluefield College football
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College’s new football program received a boost Feb. 28 when the town of Bluefield gave the Virginia Baptist-affiliated school $5,000 to help underwrite startup costs. Mayor Don Harris and town council members presented a check during…
Community supports Bluefield College football
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College’s new football program received a boost Feb. 28 when the town of Bluefield gave the Virginia Baptist-affiliated school $5,000 to help underwrite startup costs. Mayor Don Harris and town council members presented a check during…
Supreme Court sides with Westboro Baptist Church
WASHINGTON (ABP) – The United States Supreme Court ruled 8-1 on March 2 that anti-gay protests outside of military funerals by a controversial Kansas Baptist church clan are protected speech under the First Amendment. The ruling overturned a jury decision…
Evelyn Stagg, role model for Baptist women in ministry, dies at 96
Evelyn Stagg LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Evelyn Stagg, a trailblazer for Southern Baptist women in ministry, died Feb. 28. She was 96. Born Evelyn Owen in Ruston, La., she was married for 66 years to Frank Stagg, a professor at…
Long-time Virginia Baptist leader funds ministry preparation
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Students studying for a career in Christian ministry now have access to even more financial aid to help fulfill their calling, thanks to a scholarship established at Bluefield College by alumnus Danny Agee and his wife, Carolyn….
Chowan University’s SeniorFest 2011 to feature cartoonist
MURFREESBORO, N.C. — Marcus Hamilton, award-winning cartoonist of Dennis the Menace, and Christian humorist pastor Roger Hensley, will be featured guests at this year’s SeniorFest on Thursday, March 31, at Chowan University in Murfreesboro, N.C. The event will include lunch,…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • John Boyles, to Colonial Avenue Church, Roanoke, as pastor. • Bill Wheeler, to First Church, Lynchburg, as worship pastor. • Ed Haynes, to New Hope Church, Mine Run, as pastor. • Randy Mathis, concluding his ministry as…
OPINION: Not on our watch
We all know that the church in North America is struggling. Every day we read about denominational staff cut backs and budget woes. Religious schools and institutions are suffering. And yet we in the church believe God is not through with…
ASK THE ARCHITECT: Master planning — Looking at a church’s site
Today we turn a corner in the series of articles that I have contributed thus far. Previous writings have focused on the start-up activities of a building program — the formation of a building committee, an overview of the process,…