CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Dianne Seymore surveyed her backyard turned construction site as a World Changers crew made up of high school students and adults tackled a stack of lumber that would soon become a handicap ramp. The 42-year-old resident said…
World Changers makes dreams come true for Norfolk woman
NORFOLK, Va. — Sharon Lockyer enjoys the simple pleasures of life. An ideal day for her and her 13-year-old dog, Cookie, includes tending to her flowers, listening to the wind chimes that hang near the back of her house and…
James River churches collaborate to feed the hungry
Volunteers from James River Baptist Association package meals to be shipped to the Ivory Coast to feed hungry children. DILLWYN, Va. — James River Baptist Association recently sponsored a Stop Hunger Now campaign to feed hungry people around the world….
HERITAGE: At the ‘Free Church’
The people came from Middleburg and the surrounding countryside of Loudon and Fauquier counties. They came on a beastly hot Sunday in June and they filled the old “Free Church” building now occupied by the Middleburg Baptist Church. They sang…
VITAL SIGNS: Clergy and grief
A friend and I were talking a few weeks ago and she made the following statement: One of the hardest parts of long-term ministry is burying your friends. I buried a dear friend on Monday. It was all I could…
Virginia Baptist college names Clorisa Phillips new president
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. Clorisa Phillips is introduced as president of…
Nebraska drops flag-mutilation charge against Westboro Baptist Church protestor
LINCOLN, Neb. (ABP) –A county prosecutor in Nebraska dropped charges of flag mutilation and contributing to the delinquency of a minor against a leader of a controversial Kansas Baptist church that pickets funerals of fallen soldiers to protest homosexuality. Sarpy…
Nebraska drops flag-mutilation charge against Westboro protester
LINCOLN, Neb. (ABP) — A county prosecutor in Nebraska has dropped charges of flag mutilation and contributing to the delinquency of a minor against a leader of a controversial Baptist church that pickets funerals of fallen soldiers to protest homosexuality….
Americans United urges IRS to investigate Oklahoma political rally
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Americans United for Separation of Church and State wrote the IRS July 21 requesting an investigation about whether Reclaiming Oklahoma for Christ violated tax law by hosting a rally for a Southern Baptist candidate. AU Executive Director…
UVA administrator elected president of 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…
Baylor students learn about new models for orphan care
KITALE, Kenya (ABP) — A Kenyan girl sits with her baby doll in hand, smile on her face, changing the doll’s clothes and doing its hair. Minutes later, she places the baby doll into the arms of another child —…
ABP celebrates 20 years
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — July 17 marked the 20th birthday of Associated Baptist Press, an independent news service created by and for Baptists interested in a free press during a tumultuous time within the Southern Baptist Convention. A birthday cake…