CARRBORO, N.C. (RNS) — Stephen Dear has spent the past 10 years waging an uphill battle to abolish the death penalty in the American South — with virtually no help from the region's powerful evangelical ministers. But unlike in years…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for January 24, 2008
RECOGNITON On Nov. 18 following a Thanksgiving meal, the members of McCabe Memorial Church in Martinsville honored one of its faithful members, Marietta Smith, with a presentation of a plaque for her devoted Christian service to its music ministry. McCabe's…
The Luke 4 mandate: Christians answer call to social action
DALLAS (ABP) — For some Christians, listening to the news is like hearing a prayer list. More than 2 million people displaced in Sudan. More than 1.5 million Iraqi children left homeless. Residents of Louisiana still rebuilding two years after…
Caring for the poor: Whose job is it — church or state?
DALLAS (ABP) — Care for people Jesus called “the least of these” requires response from both congregations and government, according to specialists who focus on ministry to the poor and on church-state relations. As participants in both church and state,…
Baptist man from Oklahoma works in Darfur, other global hot spots
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (ABP) — On day 27 of a 40-day fast in a cabin in Michigan, God called Kevin Turner to ministry — specifically in war zones, disaster areas and places where Christians are persecuted. Since then, he's had quite…
Baptists plan world youth conference in Germany
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Baptist World Alliance has scheduled its next global youth conference for July 20 – Aug. 3 in Leipzig, Germany. Thousands of teenagers are expected to gather in the central German city to “join together in worship…
Virginia pastor Randel Everett is BGCT executive nominee
DALLAS (ABP) — Randel Everett, who has headed a seminary and served as pastor of prominent churches in four states, is the nominee for the executive director position of the largest statewide Baptist convention. Baptist General Convention of Texas officials…
Correction
In the Jan. 15 ABP story “Huckabee's role in SBC conflict presaged political balancing act,” please replace the 17th paragraph with the following: More recently Huckabee pleased SBC conservatives by withdrawing as a keynote speaker for the Celebration of a…
In S.C., Nevada contests, Huckabee fails to maintain evangelical edge
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee's support among evangelicals failed to garner a win for him in the Jan. 19 GOP primary in South Carolina. The Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor lost that race — the primary…