Two years into a three-year strategic partnership with a church in Grenada, Manly Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington noticed a change in its members’ attitudes toward mission. “We took a team of 15 last year and 11 this year to…
Episcopal bishop defends ‘heresy’ remarks
NEW YORK (ABP) — The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church USA is defending a widely criticized sermon she preached at the group's recent general convention in which she labeled propositional Christianity a heresy. In an Aug. 27 column in…
BTSR graduates — with youth — return to campus to ‘lend a hand’
The BTSR graduates and members of their Charlotte team posed on the steps of a seminary building after a long day working on the grounds. (Photos by Lindsay Marsh) RICHMOND — The grounds at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond underwent…
From the ashes: A new Poplar Springs rises after devastating fire
RICHMOND — The group of beleaguered church members huddled together watching their church burn would never have believed that something good could come from so great a tragedy. But from the ashes of the old has sprung a beautiful new…
BGAV’s second vice president takes pastorate in North Carolina
FRANKLIN — Richard Childress, second vice president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, has assumed the pastorate of New Hope Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C. Childress Childress, who had been pastor of Franklin Baptist Church in Franklin, assumed his…
Seminary president, two Virginia pastors slated to speak at BGAV
RICHMOND — A Chicago-area seminary president and two Virginia pastors are slated to be keynote speakers this fall at Connect:2009, the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Alistair Brown The two-day meeting, set for Nov. 17-18 at…
BTSR graduates return to campus to ‘lend a hand’
RICHMOND — The grounds at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond underwent a massive sprucing this summer as six 2005 graduates of the school — with a cadre of youth in tow — returned to campus to “lend a hand to…
From the ashes: A new Poplar Springs rises after fire
RICHMOND — The group of beleaguered church members huddled together watching their church burn would never have believed that something good could come from so great a tragedy. But from the ashes of the old has sprung a beautiful new…
Plano church giving hope to children through children
PLANO—First Baptist Church aims to give hope to children and through children. With its current campaign, it’s doing both. Children of the church filled Texas-sized banks with coins for the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger to feed hungry children…
Shoes for Orphan Souls collects 2 millionth pair of shoes
DALLAS (ABP) — Buckner International’s Shoes for Orphan Souls ministry has collected its 2 millionth pair of shoes for needy children and families in the United States and around the world. The long-anticipated milestone came during the 10th anniversary of…
Church delivers gospel with a side order of pie
SHALLOWATER—A warm apple pie opens doors and hearts to the gospel, as members at First Baptist Church of Shallowater discovered. Church members are seeking to visit homes in their small town 10 miles northwest of Lubbock and put into practice…
Gaddy trades barbs with Jindal over taxpayer-funded flights to churches
MONROE, La. (ABP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is trading barbs with a prominent Baptist pastor over the governor’s use of a state helicopter and travel detail to attend churches in far-flung — but politically strategic — parts of the…