For the Aug. 27 story titled “42 Baptist schools make magazine's ‘best colleges' rankings for 2008,” please replace the first sentence in the 10th graph with the following: The Master's-Midwest group includes Missouri Baptist and Southwest Baptist universities. Cedarville University…
FAITH DIGEST
Colorado megachurch approves Haggard's successor. New Life Church, the Colorado megachurch whose leader Ted Haggard was dismissed last year after a sex and drug scandal, has approved a new senior pastor. Brady Boyd, pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas,…
New survey suggests religion may not help ’08 candidates
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new survey of voters' attitudes toward presidential candidates shows that being perceived as highly religious may not help the 2008 hopefuls very much. The study, released Sept. 6 by two bipartisan public-interest groups, also suggests that…
North Carolina WMU decides to leave convention control
CARY, N.C. (ABP) — Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina has voted to remove itself from the North Carolina Baptist Building — and from the state convention executive director's attempt to assert authority over its staff. The dramatic move culminates…
Two Baylor students charged with attacking woman in park
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Two Baylor University athletes were arrested Sept. 4 after allegedly assaulting a woman in a municipal park. Latara Darrett, a 19-year-old basketball player, and Ashlee Cooper, a 19-year-old volleyball player, were charged with a misdemeanor of…
MID-ATLANTIC BRIEFS
Chowan names associate campus ministers. Chowan University in Murfreesboro, N.C., has named Craig and Jennifer Janney as associate ministers to the university. The Janneys They will assist Mari Wiles, minister to the university, and also teach, serve as chaplains to…
Progressive Baptist women wary of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy
NEW YORK (ABP) — Many Christian conservatives have put her in the “anyone but” category — they'll vote for anyone but Hillary Clinton. However, progressive Christians, who some think should be the senator's natural allies, aren't jumping on her bandwagon…
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Why celebrate it?
RICHMOND — Virginia Baptist pastor Victor Visotsky knows about religious persecution. Visotsky, now pastor of New Life Russian Baptist Church in Falls Church, grew up in Soviet Estonia. He remembers how members of his Baptist church were arrested and imprisoned…
Office supply savings means more for ministry
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — File folders, printer paper, writing pens, staplers — as necessary as these items are for running a church office, these can seem like superfluous expenses in light of funds needed for evangelistic and discipleship purposes. In an…
Race: The final frontier
When Anglos, Hispanics, African-Americans and Nigerians gather in the same place on Sunday morning, planning worship presents challenges. “Its a lot more than just a question of hymns or choruses,” said Charlie Brown, pastor of The Crossing Baptist Church in…
Peruvians find unity in quakes aftermath
PISCO, Peru (BP) — The tremor lasts only a moment, but Amparo Guerra can't mistake the familiar feel of the earth moving in waves beneath her feet. Her forehead wrinkles in panic as she screams, “Get away from the building!”…
Opportunities, challenges confront increasingly multi-ethnic congregation
DALLAS—Soon after Pastor Bruce Troy arrived at Gaston Oaks Baptist Church in Dallas, he challenged a group in the congregation to answer one question: “What would you do if God put 100 people on your doorstep?” Three years later, Troy…