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…
Richmond area associations create new missions effort
On Sunday, Jan. 28, Baptists from across the Richmond area gathered at Lyndale Baptist Church in Chesterfield County to install Juanita (Nita) D. May as the regional ministries coordinator for Central Virginia Baptist Ministries (CVBM). You say you have never…
Supreme Court clears way for case over student’s anti-gay T-shirt
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In a procedural move, the Supreme Court cleared the way March 5 for a lawsuit over a California school district's suspension of a teenager who wore an anti-gay T-shirt to class. The decision means the court may…
Opinion: Retrieving a consistent pro-life ethic
Christians are so tangled up with politics these days that our political loyalties threaten to engulf our Christian commitments. We want the politicians to listen to us and the politicians want us to listen to them. It is nice to…
BWA committee nominates Jamaican as first non-white general secretary
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Neville Callam will make history for Baptists around the world if elected general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance. If elected in July, the 55-year-old Jamaican pastor will be the first non-white chief executive of…
Correction
In the March 5 ABP story “Southwestern seeks McKissic's removal; trustee likens attempt to 'lynching,''” please make the following corrections: In the 9th paragraph, one reference to McClain should be McKissic. Also McKissic is misspelled in the second reference. Replace…
SBC’s Land criticizes Giuliani for ‘divorce on steroids’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's top ethicist criticized one thrice-married GOP presidential candidate March 6 for what he called “divorce on steroids.” Richard Land, head of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said evangelicals might accept…
Addition and corrections
Concerning the March 1 ABP story “Negrut, 'hero' to SBC conservatives, accused of plagiarism in Romania,” the following information became available after publication of the story. Editors may want to insert the following addition after the 14th paragraph: An American…
Dobson, others seek ouster of NAE officer for support of efforts to end global warming
More than two dozen evangelical leaders are seeking the ouster of Richard Cizik from the National Association of Evangelicals because of his “relentless campaign” against global warming. In a March 1 letter to L. Roy Taylor, chairman of the NAE…