I love the ethnic diversity of inner cities. In Philadelphia, a group of Baptist state convention executives and editors were treated to a quick glimpse of contemporary Baptist life in the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania-South Jersey (BCPSJ), where Anglos make…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for February 22, 2007
Staff Changes Jeff Hudgins, to Heritage Church, Farmville, as pastor. Shawn Dobbins, to Preston Oaks Church, Roanoke, as pastor. Jeff Kinder, to Cedar Grove Church, Lebanon, as pastor. Daniel Joseph Mochamps, to Corrottoman Church, Lancaster, as pastor. Harold Cook, resigning…
FIRST PERSON: Hip hop and holubtsi
I love the ethnic diversity of inner cities. In Philadelphia, a group of Baptist state convention executives and editors were treated to a quick glimpse of contemporary Baptist life in the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania-South Jersey (BCPSJ), where Anglos make…
With a voice of singing
A new Baptist hymnal being developed by Mercer University will make a lasting contribution to worship among Baptists in North America, say three Virginia Baptist who are involved in the project. More than 50 Baptist pastors, church musicians, composers, scholars…
SBC president shares concerns
Addressing the editors of state Baptist papers in Philadelphia on Feb. 16, Southern Baptist Convention president Frank Page shared devotional thoughts, then allowed questions from the editors who had gathered from across the nation for their annual meeting. “I am…
With a voice of singing: New Baptist hymnal will offer churches options in congregational worship
A new Baptist hymnal being developed by Mercer University will make a lasting contribution to worship among Baptists in North America, say three Virginia Baptist who are involved in the project. More than 50 Baptist pastors, church musicians, composers, scholars…
Baptist history conference makes its own history
The “mother church” of Southern Baptists—from whose pulpit legendary pastor Richard Furman once defended the institution of slavery—will host Baptists of multiple races, denominations and regional identities for a historic conference in August. The First Baptist Church of Charleston, S.C.,…
Gonzales touts religious-freedom plan to SBC; others question Bush record
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales chose the Feb. 20 Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee meeting to announce a new Justice Department focus on religious freedom. But some Christian leaders questioned the move, as well as the Bush…
Did the IMB ‘investigate’ charges? Wade Burleson, IMB say no
Wade Burleson says there was no “investigation” by the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board into his allegations of trustee improprieties—despite the insistence of some trustees that there was. “What idiot told Mr. Burleson there was no trustee investigative committee?”…
Opinion: For next generation of Christian activists, evangelism is not enough
Inside the minds and hearts of today's college students, we can see a glimpse of the how the next generation views our task of Christian engagement with culture. Here at Union University where I teach, most of our students flow…
Carson-Newman president, resigns amid turmoil
James Netherton, the embattled president of Carson-Newman College, is resigning from the Baptist-affiliated school to become executive vice president of Mercer University. Netherton, president of Carson-Newman since 2000, has been under pressure in recent months. He was the target of…
‘Clash of civilizations’ view of Islam, Christianity simplistic, expert says
AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — The characterization of Muslim and Christian conflict as a “clash of civilizations” only prolongs problems and encourages dangerous forms of fundamentalism, one prominent scholar told listeners at an ethics conference Feb. 19. Charles Kimball, who has…