FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has adopted a policy statement that declares men and women equal before God but created for specific roles of headship and submission in the church and home. Seminary trustees voted Oct….
Baylor pulls proposal to alumni association
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University has withdrawn its invitation to move its autonomous alumni association in-house, citing lack of a positive response to a request that the group give up its independent nonprofit status and come under the authority…
Russian Baptists to hold rally with Orthodox, Catholics
MOSCOW (ABP) — An Oct. 15 meeting between high-level representatives of Russia’s Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox communities resulted in the scheduling of a historic multi-confessional Christian rally for early next year, according to a Russian Baptist press release. The rally, scheduled…
Cynthia Clawson to be in concert Nov. 6
Grammy award winning artist, Cynthia Clawson will be performing in concert on Friday, Nov. 6. The 7 p.m. concert, sponsored by the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, will be held at First Baptist Church Newport News, one of Leland’s…
BGAV REPORTS: Committee on Convention Sites
Recommendations from the BGAV Committee on Convention Sites Background During the October 2008 Mission Board meeting at Eagle Eyrie, Kelly Lane offered a motion to have our annual meetings in Virginia Baptist churches rather than in a convention center. He…
BGAV REPORTS: Recommendations from the Virginia Baptist Mission Board
Recommendations from the Virginia Baptist Mission Board Recommendation I Amendment to 2010 Special Observances and Emphases Items in bold are additions; items striked out are to be deleted Observances and Emphases January 3: Collegiate Ministries Emphasis Day January 17: Sanctity…
BGAV REPORTS: Committee on Boards and Committees
The committee on boards and committees is assigned the mission of bringing to the association nominees for boards of partnering agencies, schools and institutions, and for the standing committees of the association. We are guided in this task by two…
Lilly-funded McAfee program to help grads serving in first churches
ATLANTA (ABP) — A $1 million grant is funding a new center at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology that aims to create a new paradigm for transitioning new ministers from the academic setting into the realities of local-church ministry….
U.S. religious groups square off over bill imposing new Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (ABP) — With a key vote looming in the House of Representatives, religious leaders weighed in on both sides of the debate over new sanctions against Iran. Thirty-four conservative religious leaders, including the Southern Baptist Convention's top lobbyist, wrote…
Musicians and VeggieTales crew collect gift-filled boxes for children
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christian recording artists teamed up with talking vegetables to collect 8 million gift-filled shoeboxes for children in more than 100 countries. Since its inception in 1993, Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, has sought to…
RIGHT OR WRONG?: Legal vs. ethical
A co-worker insists that just because a workplace guideline is legal does not guarantee it is ethical. I maintain policies are neither legal nor ethical but should be understood as both-and. What do you think? In an ideal world, policies…
Christian students offer liquor-free tailgate parties on Alabama campus
AUBURN, Ala. (RNS) — Setting up on the grassy area outside their dorm, grilling burgers and distributing drinks, the young men known as College Kids Tailgate are like scores of other Auburn students on game day — full of good…