The people of Northstar Church in Blacksburg would like to publicly thank the people who came to our town as a part of the disaster relief temporary child care unit the week following the tragedy at Virginia Tech. This fine…
Pastors challenged to link faith, society in ‘celebration of preaching’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Prophecy is not about gazing into the future. It's about passion for a better world right now, speakers at a celebration of preaching stressed in Nashville, Tenn. While many think of the prophets of the Bible…
Serious concern
A very serious concern continues in my own heart and mind since the horrendous happening at Virginia Tech. Where are those of you at the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, the Religious Herald, at the school, and/or throughout the Baptist populace…
N.C. pastor nominated as CBF moderator-elect
ATLANTA (ABP) — North Carolina pastor Jack Glasgow has been nominated to serve as the next moderator-elect of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Pastor of Zebulon Baptist Church in Zebulon, N.C., Glasgow is the former moderator of CBF of North Carolina…
Pennington-Russell set to make history as pastor of large Decatur church
DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — A female pastor who broke the “stained-glass ceiling” in Texas Baptist life is expected to move to a historic church near Atlanta, making it by far the largest Southern Baptist church led by a woman. A…
Opinion: The duty to subordinate that which divides us?
A few nights ago, just at bedtime, my husband and I heard some kind of owl — at least we assumed it was an owl — announcing its presence among the oaks in our backyard. A little research on the…
N.C. Baptist newspaper set to elect PR director Jameson as editor
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Norman Jameson has been recommended as the new editor of the Biblical Recorder, the North Carolina Baptist state newspaper. Jameson, the executive leader for public relations for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, met with…
Festival of homiletics links spoken word and suffering world
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — “Then God showed up, and all hell broke loose.” That's how William Willimon described Pentecost, but he added that it was a far cry from the lukewarm homilies found in pulpits today. A Methodist bishop and…
Herb Reynolds, Baylor president emeritus, dead at 77
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Herb Reynolds, the president who led Baylor University into the Big 12 Conference and founded George W. Truett Theological Seminary, died May 25 in Angel Fire, N.M. He was 77. Reynolds, the 11th president of Texas'…
State’s highest court to hear about consequences of marriage ban
LANSING, Mich. (ABP) — Michigan's highest court agreed May 24 to hear a case on what some opponents of same-sex marriage consider an unintended consequence of banning it. The Michigan Supreme Court will hear an appeal of a lower court's…
UPDATED: Study finds U.S. Muslims better assimilated than European ones
WASHINGTON (ABP) — One of the most comprehensive studies of its kind suggests that Muslims in the United States are better assimilated into the nation's culture – and less likely to espouse extremist beliefs — than their counterparts in Europe….
High-level GOPers absent at Falwell funeral service
LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Although Jerry Falwell did more than about anybody else to identify conservative evangelical Christians with the Republican Party in the last 30 years, top GOP leaders were notably absent at his May 22 funeral in Virginia….