(Editor's note: The originally published version of this story omitted the name of one of the two writers, John Hall, from its byline.) DENTON, Texas (ABP) — Some Baptist churches are going back to the future — and making a…
Board distances BGCT from gay-affirming Dallas church
DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board voted May 25 to refuse any financial contributions from a Dallas church that has ordained as deacons practicing homosexuals, and the board has asked the church to stop identifying…
Passport VP nominated as CBF moderator-elect
ATLANTA (ABP) — Colleen Burroughs, vice president of the Passport youth camping ministry she started with her husband in 1993, will be nominated as moderator-elect of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Atlanta-based CBF announced May 24. If elected, she would…
Colleen Burroughs nominated as CBF moderator-elect
ATLANTA (ABP) — Colleen Burroughs, vice president of the Passport youth-camping ministry she started with her husband in 1993, will be nominated as moderator-elect of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Atlanta-based CBF announced May 24. Colleen Burroughs If elected, she…
Former Baptist camp director charged with abuse found dead
HERTFORD, N.C. (ABP) — A former director of a North Carolina Baptist camp who was awaiting trial on six child-sex charges was found dead of an apparent suicide May 24. Stephen Carter A newspaper in Hertford, N.C., quoted the sheriff…
Douglas Green, husband of seminary president Molly Marshall, dies
SHAWNEE, Kan. (ABP) — Douglas Green, husband of Baptist theologian and Central Baptist Theological Seminary President Molly Marshall, died after a long illness late May 23 at his home in Shawnee, Kan., according to a seminary press release. He was 85….
VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: A painful lesson learned again
I think what Elmer Towns of Liberty University is trying to say [“Situational ethics at Liberty seminary?”, Herald, May 13] when he downplays Ergun Caner’s exaggerations, misrepresentations, conflicting stories and downright lies is “the end justifies the means” — an…
VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Welcome being branded offensive
Donald Luzzatto’s editorial [“Governor’s decision risks state intrusion into religion,” Herald, May 13] asserts we are no longer a Christian nation. Most Americans have always believed we live in a Judaic-Christian nation. In a 2008 poll, about 85 percent of…
Southern Baptist Convention contines to lose members, agency reports
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — The Southern Baptist Convention reported a 2.2 percent increase in baptisms in 2009, stemming a four-year decline, but membership in the denomination fell and the sagging economy led to a drop in missions giving, according to…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • David B. Cromer, to Emmaus Church, Poquoson, as pastor. • David Simpson, to Fine Creek Church, Powhatan, as pastor. • Randy Allensworth, resigning as pastor of Salem Church, Fredericksburg, after 17 years of service. MISSION MOMENT: Fourteen…
Former Baptist camp director charged with abuse found dead
HERTFORD, N.C. (ABP) — A former director of a North Carolina Baptist camp awaiting trial on six child-sex charges was found dead of an apparent suicide May 24. Stephen Carter A newspaper in Hertford, N.C., quoted the sheriff of Perquimans…
Passport vice president nominated as CBF moderator-elect
ATLANTA (ABP) — Colleen Burroughs, vice president of the Passport youth camping ministry she started with her husband in 1993, will be nominated as moderator-elect of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Atlanta-based CBF announced May 24. If elected, she would…