STAFF CHANGES • Randy T. McDaniel, to Calvary Church, Floyd, as senior pastor. • Willard D. Bowen, to Welcome Grove Church, Warsaw, as pastor. • Robert Putt, now serving as pastor of West Lynchburg Church, Lynchburg. He had served as…
Getting to know you: Christians are engaging social media
Just how many Christians are flocking to Facebook? It’s not an idle question, to judge from the number of people asking it on the wildly popular social networking site. “We Can Find 10,000,000 Christians on Facebook” is the name of…
Fredericksburg congregation adopts multi-site, multi-generational model
FREDERICKSBURG — Given the present economic conditions, most people know exactly how they would use a gift of one million dollars or even a multi-million dollar-valued piece of land. Fairview's Charlotte Street campus. Fairview Baptist Church in Fredericksburg and its…
West Lynchburg church prepares more than 2,600 meals
LYNCHBURG — A missions team from West Lynchburg Baptist Church in Lynchburg recently prepared 2,622 meals — in a little over an hour and a half. It’s the second time in the past six months that members have collected money…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida visits the Holy Land
Dear Jimmy, Well, shut my mouth and call me a hymnal. Your old uncle and I actually made it to the Holy Land. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would actually step on some of the…
Military destroys Afghan Bibles
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The U.S. military says it has destroyed Afghan-language Bibles confiscated from soldiers in Afghanistan to ensure troops did not break regulations against proselytizing. According to Reuters, officials denied that evangelical Christian soldiers seen in a video by…
BAPTIST BRIEFS
Alliance urges end to Cuba travel ban. The Alliance of Baptists applauded President Obama for loosening restrictions on American’s travel to Cuba and called for more reform during the group’s recent convocation in Charlotte, N.C. The Alliance welcomed the president’s…
British Baptists observe 400th anniversary
BOURNEMOUTH, England (ABP) — British Baptists marked the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first Baptist congregation in 1609 in an annual meeting of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and BMS World Mission May 1-4. This year's Baptist…
ABP directors give posthumous award to Herb Reynolds
DALLAS (ABP) — The late Herbert H. Reynolds, longtime president of Baylor University, was praised recently by one of Congress' most ardent defenders of church-state separation as a mentor who "ignited my passion for religious liberty and separation of church…
Evangelical global-warming skeptics hire lobbyist
WASHINGTON (ABP) — As Congress debates clean-energy legislation, a conservative Christian group is ramping up lobbying efforts to raise questions about the science of climate change. The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation Committee recently hired Shannon Royce, a…
Religious freedom panel adds Nigeria to list of world’s worst violators
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom added Nigeria to its list of the world's worst violators of religious freedom in an annual report released May 1. Citing sectarian violence, attempts to expand Sharia law and complaints…
ABP gives posthumous award
DALLAS (ABP) — The late Herbert H. Reynolds, longtime president of Baylor University, was praised recently by one of Congress' most ardent defenders of church-state separation as a mentor who "ignited my passion for religious liberty and separation of church…