EDITOR'S NOTE: Stephen Kendrick, co-writer and co-director with his brother, Alex, of the new movie Fireproof recounts the making of the film, which opened Sept. 26. DECEMBER 2005. My brother, Alex, finished a brisk morning jog that planted his running…
INTERVIEW: Security is not the ‘highest good’ for Christians
In the final weeks of Campaign 2008, presidential candidates are lavishing promises to keep America safe from terrorist attacks and from economic meltdown. But some Christian thinkers are wondering aloud whether America might be truer to Christian ideals — and…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for October 2, 2008
STAFF CHANGES • Monty Raney, to Lawrenceville Church, Lawrenceville, as pastor. • Richard Martin,to Bethel Church, Chase City, as pastor. • Robert Johnson, concluding his ministry as pastor of Black Branch Church, Chase City. • Alan Miller, to Orange Church,…
Trumpet sounds
Donald Jordan Dunlap retired from his last pastorate, Freemason Street Baptist Church in Norfolk, in 1999; and four years later, in 2003, Don and Kay Dunlap left Tidewater to return to his native Christiansburg. Don and his brother, the late…
EDITORIAL: William Carey would be pleased
William Carey, who is called the father of modern missions, wrote, “Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.” A Georgia church has taken Carey's words to heart. Fireproof, a remarkable movie, opens this week in 800 theaters…
Palin terms sexuality ‘choice,’ sidesteps abortion in interview
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin described homosexuality as “a choice” while sidestepping policy questions about it and several other divisive social issues in a television interview aired Sept. 30. But the Alaska governor told Katie Couric of…
American Baptist history archives reunited at Mercer University
ATLANTA (ABP) — Scholars and history buffs who want to learn more about Baptist history now can do so in one place. The American Baptist Historical Society dedicated the Samuel Colgate Historical Library and Archives on Mercer University’s Atlanta campus…
Gay-rights ‘Equality Ride’ targets Baptist colleges
AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — A group that promotes equal rights for gays in religious orgnaizations appears to be targeting Baptist colleges and universities in its third annual tour of faith-based educational institutions. Nine of the 15 stops scheduled on Soulforce…
Veteran journalist Bob Allen tapped as ABP senior writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Veteran Baptist journalist Bob Allen will return to Associated Baptist Press Oct. 1 to fill a newly created senior writer position. It will be Allen’s second stint with the independent news agency, which he had once…
Landrum Leavell, longtime seminary president, dies
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (ABP) — Landrum Leavell, who led New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary for nearly three decades, died after an extended illness Sept. 26. He was 81. Leavell was elected the seminary’s president in January 1975, and helmed the…
Cecil Sherman, in hospital, gets ABP freedom award
HOUSTON (ABP) — Associated Baptist Press has paid homage to moderate Baptist pioneer Cecil Sherman even as the veteran of Baptist internal fighting faces a different sort of battle. ABP board member Marv Knox presented Sherman with the news agency’s…
Wyatts’ ministry to internationals broadens with move to Ottawa
ATLANTA (ABP) — A peaceful night’s sleep for a refugee whose run from violence and danger has ended, the sound of fellowship as a Christian connects with a lonely international student and the joy of a congregation that rediscovers its…