HOLLYWOOD (RNS) — The image of Charlton Heston as Moses has been carved into the minds of generations. Few who have seen the Cecil B. DeMille blockbuster can forget Heston's majestic, commanding presence as he comes down from Mount Sinai…
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Mission Board announces personnel changes
RICHMOND — The Virginia Baptist Mission Board has announced personnel changes in its empowering leaders team. Team leader Dee Whitten, who joined the VBMB in September 2003 as the Northern region field strategist and became team leader in 2005, has…
The Ten Commandments–1956 vs. 2007
HOLLYWOOD (RNS)—Consider the differences between (A) the 1956 movie by Cecil B. DeMille and (B) a new animated version of The Ten Commandments. Moses A. Charlton Heston B. Voice of Christian Slater Voice of God A. No on-screen credit (Heston…
Record floods in southern Mexico displace 800,000; Baptists respond
DALLAS (ABP) — Hundreds of thousands of people were driven from their homes in southern Mexico after that region's worst-ever flooding, prompting assistance from several Baptist groups in the United States. When more than a week of heavy rains caused…
VBHS offers new historical resources
RICHMOND — Two new historical resources will be released on Nov. 13 by the Virginia Baptist Historical Society and Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. God's Stories: An Illustrated History of Baptists in Virginia covers 300 years of Baptist history…
Bluefield trustees consider facility improvements
BLUEFIELD — Members of the Bluefield College board of trustees gathered on campus, Oct. 19-20, for their annual fall meeting, and during the two-day session the board approved a feasibility study for a new residence hall on campus, heard reports…
IMB attorney says trustee board has power to suspend Burleson
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) – Although the full Southern Baptist Convention is the only group with the power to unseat a trustee of one of its agencies, the International Mission Board's attorney said Nov. 8 the board has the legal power…
IMB trustees censure Burleson, bar him from board activities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (ABP) — In a rare move, trustees of a Southern Baptist Convention agency voted Nov. 6 to censure one of their own and effectively bar him from carrying out the duties of his office. However, reform-minded Oklahoma pastor…
Pat Robertson endorses Giuliani despite views on abortion, gays
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The controversial founder of the Christian Coalition has endorsed a Republican presidential candidate known for his support of abortion rights and gay rights. In a Nov. 7 Washington press conference, television evangelist Pat Robertson announced he is…
Chuck Poole returns to former pulpit after 4 years among city’s poorest
JACKSON, Miss. (ABP) — In 2003, Chuck Poole left the pastorate of Northminster Baptist Church to minister to the street people of Jackson, Miss., and others living in poverty. Four-and-a-half-years later, he is returning to that same pulpit — changed…
Hundreds of North Carolina Baptists serve in weekend missions blitz
HENDERSON, N.C. (ABP) — The small Flint Hill neighborhood in Henderson, N.C., hadn't seen traffic like this in years. Cars and church vans packed into a small lot, bulldozers moved through the neighborhood, and dumpsters crowded the street — all…