MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — David Rogers, son of the legendary preacher and Southern Baptist Convention president Adrian Rogers, is resigning after 19 years as an SBC missionary to Spain. Rogers, a blogger who has written extensively about his disagreement with…
Baptist camp director on leave after arrest
Steve Carter and wife, as pictured on camp website. HERTFORD, N.C. (ABP) — A Baptist association in North Carolina is standing by a camp director indicted July 13 on two counts of engaging in sexual activities with a child….
Two Northern Virginia churches helping each other
MCLEAN — It was in early 2007 that God opened a door that will forever connect the congregations of McLean Baptist Church and First Baptist Church, Herndon. The leaders at McLean were in the early stages of seeking God’s guidance…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
Tournament to benefit seniors. Virginia Baptist Homes Foundation will sponsor the Culpeper Golf Tournament on Monday, Sept. 21, at Country Club of Culpeper. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Endowed Fund for Seniorships of Culpeper Baptist Retirement Community, a unit…
Retired campus minister’s mission changed with the times
NORFOLK — There’s a catch in Robert Sandford’s voice as he talks about retiring. After all, Sandford has set a national record serving 41 years as a Baptist campus minister — 39 of them at Old Dominion University in Norfolk….
EDITORIAL: Information can be a dangerous commodity
What’s more threatening to an authoritarian regime than a terrorist? Apparently, a journalist. Make that a journalist for a religious publication, and the perceived threat is that much greater. Lynn Yarbrough, whose work in China as a Kingdom Advance Ambassador…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Tim Dooley, to New Chapel Church, Rustburg, effective August 1. • Kevin Salyer, to New Beginnings Church, Powhatan, as pastor. • Greg Compton, resigning as pastor of Oakland Church, Gum Spring. • Devin Quesenberry, to Beth Car…
Struggle continues for teenager injured in church-bus accident
SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — A teenager from Shreveport, La., continued to fight for her life in a Mississippi hospital four days after a July 12 bus crash that killed one and injured 22 passengers on their way to a church…
Baptist peace activist Robert Broome dies
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A pioneer in the Baptist peacemaking movement died July 11 while visiting his daughter and granddaughters in Asheville, N.C., ending a long battle with cancer. Robert Broome, 66, of Louisville, Ky., is credited with coming up…
Shreveport church focuses prayer on daughter of church staff member
JACKSON, Miss. (ABP) — Five of six victims still hospitalized after a deadly July 12 church-bus accident were improving two days after the wreck, but the next 72 hours remained critical for a church staff member's daughter who suffered severe…
Wiley Drake wins round in legal battle challenging Obama’s presidency
SANTA ANA, Calif. (ABP) — A former Southern Baptist Convention official won a small legal victory July 13 when a federal judge said he would listen to the merits of a lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency. Wiley…
Road to Recovery: Set Free Church breaks the chains of addiction
RIVERSIDE, Mo. (ABP) — Reggie Carter doesn’t look like a typical pastor. He sits behind his desk, wearing a black T-shirt and jeans. His Bluetooth mobile-phone headset rests on his ear, allowing him to quickly respond to calls about the…