Our family cannot decide whether cremation is biblically acceptable. Can you provide some biblical reference points or standards? Cremation is an increasingly popular alternative to burial. Since it isn’t a traditional Christian form, believers can struggle with its biblical acceptability….
British Baptist minister jailed in Virginia on child molestation charges
FAIRFAX, Va. (ABP) — A British Baptist minister is being held in a Virginia jail on charges of child molestation. Robert Dando, senior minister of Worcester Park Baptist Church in Surrey, United Kingdom, was arrested July 24 in Oakton, Va. He is…
Evangelicals condemn church’s plan to burn Quran on 9/11 anniversary
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The National Association of Evangelicals has condemned plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., announced its plans…
Is the Tea Party unbiblical?
WASHINGTON (RNS) — When conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck warned church-goers to “run as fast as you can” if their pastors preach about “social justice,” was he also encouraging them to run from the Bible? That’s what some progressive Christian leaders…
Baptist teenagers among protesters arrested at school board’s meeting
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Three youth and one adult from Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., were among six people arrested Aug. 10 for disrupting a meeting of the Wake County School Board in protest of the school district's…
Man pleads guilty to beating two elderly women at Ill. church
ANNA, Ill. (ABP) — A man charged with beating and robbing two elderly women at a small-town Baptist church last fall pleaded guilty Aug. 10 to two counts of attempted murder. Willis Bates Willis Bates, 46, of Anna, Ill., was…
BGCT eliminates 13 staff positions, reduces some to part-time
DALLAS (ABP) — Six Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board employees are losing their jobs, seven unfilled posts are being eliminated and a dozen positions are being reduced from full-time to part-time due to the state convention’s current financial…
Texas Baptists eliminate 13 staff positions, reduce some to part-time
DALLAS (ABP) — Six Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board employees are losing their jobs, seven unfilled posts are being eliminated and a dozen positions are being reduced from full-time to part-time due to the state convention’s current financial…
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: How do you measure success?
FORT YATES, N.D. — This is wrap-up day for Virginia Baptist volunteers at Standing Rock. Tomorrow we leave. Teams are saying their goodbyes to children, youth and adults at Cannon Ball, Fort Yates, Porcupine, McLaughlin, Bullhead, Little Eagle and Wakpala. One…
New president elected at Virginia Intermont College
BRISTOL, Va. — An administrator with more than 30 years of experience in higher education will become the next president of Virginia Intermont College, trustees of the Virginia Baptist-affiliated school announced July 21. E. Clorisa Phillips, 54, currently associate provost…
Bluefield College names football coach
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College president David Olive announced in a press conference July 23 that Mike Gravier has been named to resurrect Bluefield’s football program after a 69-year absence. Gravier, a Michigan native, coached on the high school level…
EDITORIAL: World Congress 2010! A foretaste of glory
In this issue of the Herald, we have tried to accurately report what took place at the Baptist World Congress in Honolulu, July 27 to August 1. And, with the exceptional help of other New Voice* partners, our managing editor,…