DALLAS (ABP) — Ronald Edwards, president of the African-American Fellowship of Texas and pastor of Minnehulla Baptist Church in Goliad, Texas, died May 31. Under Edwards' leadership, Minnehulla Baptist Church was known as a one of the leading missions churches…
Election of Romanian Baptist president heralded by some as step toward unity
CLUJ, Romania (ABP) — In a move signaling a renewed interest in partnering with the European Baptist Federation, Romanian Baptists have elected Otniel Bunaciu as their president. The May 18 decision of the 34th congress of the Baptist Union of…
Chaplains prep West Point cadets for spiritual warfare
WEST POINT, N.Y. (BP)—Southern Baptist chaplains Col. John Cook and Lt. Col. Darrell Thomsen, along with other chaplains at West Point, mourn the loss of 51 academy graduates since the war began. Still, new cadets keep coming with a desire…
Southern Baptists may consider another public school resolution
HOUSTON (RNS)—A resolution calling on Southern Baptist churches to “create more Christian alternatives to the public schools” has been drafted and submitted for the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting June 12-13 in San Antonio. Bruce Shortt, a Houston attorney, and…
Cadets learn Islam as part of “winning the peace”
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (RNS)—The lights in a Jersey City mosque flickered at dawn, and more than a dozen West Point cadets stirred in sleeping bags scattered across the prayer room. As Imam Hussein Wahdan began the melodious call to prayer…
SBC annual meeting to focus on prayer
SAN ANTONIO (BP) —Prayer will be the the focus of the Southern Baptist Convention's June 12-13 annual meeting in San Antonio's Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Each of the SBC's five sessions will have a prayer focus. “The central focus…
Virginia Baptist Foundation awards scholarships to 42
RICHMOND — The Virginia Baptist Foundation has awarded scholarships to 42 recipients for the 2007-2008 academic year. “These scholarship recipients were determined by our scholarship committee during its recent annual meeting,” said Ronald C. Hall, president and CEO of the…
Jerry Falwell leaves complex legacy
WASHINGTON (ABP)—Many social observers agree: Few figures in the second half of the 20th century proved as polarizing in American popular and political culture as Jerry Falwell, who died May 15 at the age of 73. But the outspoken preacher…
Lakewood Manor opens new health services center
RICHMOND — Lakewood Manor, a component of Virginia Baptist Homes, has completed its new health services center and residents began occupying the units this month. The center will provide a residential living environment with 96 private nursing care residences and…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for 5-31-07
STAFF CHANGES • Bill Nieporte, to Patterson Avenue Church, Richmond, as pastor, effective July 1. • Donald G. Proctor, to Clover Bottom Church, Nathalie, as full-time pastor. • Jerry Wayne Stanfield, to Childrey Church, Nathalie, as pastor. • Peyton Fitzgerald…
Bluefield trustees consider new academic program, possible return of football
BLUEFIELD — Trustees of Bluefield College approved a new academic major for adult students and continued their study of the feasibility of football, further collaboration on a proposed new student and community center, and plans for the creation of the…
Hundreds gather in Waco to honor late Baylor president Reynolds
WACO, Texas (ABP) — More than 1,300 family and friends flooded First Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, May 30, to bid farewell to Herb Reynolds, the 11th president of Baylor University. Reynolds died of an apparent heart attack May 25,…