FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Board leaders at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and an embattled trustee have agreed to meet and discuss their differences — with a threat to remove Texas pastor Dwight McKissic from the board taken off the…
Former Southern Baptist pastor acquitted of seeking gay sex
OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — A prominent former Southern Baptist pastor who became an unlikely gay-rights poster boy was cleared of criminal charges in a sex-solicitation case March 7. An Oklahoma judge acquitted Lonnie Latham of asking an undercover male police…
Hundreds of mourners honor John Baugh as Christian businessman, philanthropist
HOUSTON (ABP) — “'There was a man sent from God whose name was John,'” Daniel Vestal told about 800 people at a Houston memorial service for Baptist philanthropist John Baugh March 8. Quoting the biblical description of John the Baptist…
Gingrich, potential GOP ’08 candidate, admits affair while pursuing Clinton
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) chose one of the nation's most popular evangelical radio programs March 9 to admit he had an extramarital affair while pursuing impeachment charges against former President Bill Clinton. The admission came…
Dismissed professor files lawsuit against Southwestern seminary
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Former professor Sheri Klouda sued Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary March 8, charging fraud, breach of contract and defamation for forcing her out. Klouda, who was hired in 2002 to teach Hebrew in a tenure-track position…
Workshop to focus on ‘organic leaders’
Organic leadership in churches will be the focus of a series of workshops sponsored by the Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network. Bob Dale, most recently assistant executive director of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and founding director of the Ray…
ANOTHER VIEW: ‘Aunt Ida’ is very perceptive
The excellent editorial in the Jan. 24 issue of the Religious Herald, entitled “Aunt Ida preaches to preachers,” highlighted the profile of most forced terminations. The epidemic is much wider spread than most realize. And the effects are deeper and…
SBCV leader nominated as president of NAMB
After a 10-month search to replace former head Bob Reccord, the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board has recommended Virginian Geoffrey Hammond as its next president. Hammond, 49, is currently senior associate director of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for March 8, 2007
Staff Changes Michael A. Garner, to Dover Church, Manakin-Sabot, as pastor. John A. Budde, to Belle View Church, Alexandria, as pastor. Gary Kingery, to Gethsemane Church, Boones Mill, as pastor. Tom Clark, to Calvary Church, Concord, as intentional interim pastor….
Dean Frazeur says anyone can ‘walk across the room’
Dean Frazeur, pastor of Goochland Baptist Church in Manakin-Sabot, is urging his congregation to “just walk across the room.” Taking his cues from a book of the same name by Bill Hybels, pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, Frazeur is…
Broken pipe fills Bluefield building with gallons of water
On a cold winter day in February, in the heart of a demanding semester of study, Bluefield College students found themselves just trying to keep their heads above water—literally. That day, Feb. 7, not only BC students, but also faculty…
Bluefield narrows president’s search to seven candidates for interviews
Seven semi-finalists have been selected in the search for a new president at Bluefield College, after an intense review of dozens of applications received for the position since September of 2006. That number will soon dwindle to a projected three…