Please replace the first paragraph in the Jan 11 ABP story, “Analysis: Do Baptist leaders regret justifying Iraq war?” with the following: As the number of American soldiers killed passes 3,000 and Congress debates President Bush's latest strategy for winning…
SBC officials reject Carter, unity talk, but not all Southern Baptists join chorus
ATLANTA (ABP) — Southern Baptist officials harshly rejected Jimmy Carter's effort to unite all Baptists in North America under a compassion agenda, calling the ambitious plan “voodoo ecumenism” and a thinly veiled Democratic strategy to woo values voters. But other…
House passes stem-cell bill again, sets up new showdown
WASHINGTON (ABP) — By another large — but not veto-proof — margin, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that would loosen restrictions on government funding for embryonic stem-cell research. Meanwhile, the contentious debate over stem-cells took another turn…
Biblical Recorder editor to take university post
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Tony Cartledge, editor of North Carolina's Biblical Recorder, has announced plans to become an associate professor of Old Testament at Campbell University Divinity School in Buies Creek, NC. The Recorder is the newspaper of the Baptist…
Akins named assistant executive director at Mission Board
Glenn Akins has been named assistant executive director of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, effective Jan. 2. His responsibilities will be to serve as the VBMB's staff coordinator and chief information officer and to provide field services to churches and…
Leland and BTSR
As a Leland student, I would like to thank you for raising good questions about how Virginia Baptist's are to support theological education [“Theological opportunity?” Herald, Dec. 14]. I may disagree with your idea that BTSR and Leland duplicate the…
VBMB to sponsor building conference
A church building conference is being offered by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board on Feb. 24 at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center. The conference will focus on issues such as the importance of master planning, needs assessment and growth projections,…
‘Baptist Covenant’ offers chance to heal racial wounds, leaders say
ATLANTA (ABP) — Advocates of the “New Baptist Covenant” championed by former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton predicted it will help heal the racial divide that has separated Baptists in America since before the Civil War. Speaking on behalf…
Wise named DOM in Concord Association
Darrell Wise has been named director of missions for the Concord Baptist Association, a fellowship of about 30 congregations in Brunswick, Charlotte, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg counties and in the city of South Hill. Wise had been pastor of Oakland Baptist…
Bush’s war plan gets cold greeting from Hill, progressive Christians
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush's plan to add more than 20,000 troops in a last-ditch effort to stabilize Iraq has drawn the ire of many in Congress as well as progressive religious leaders. “The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to…
Augusta Association taps Murphy for DOM
Murphy Terry has been named director of missions for the Augusta Baptist Association, a fellowship of about 21 congregations in the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton and Waynesboro and the counties of Augusta and Rockingham. Terry had been director of missions…
Analysis: Do Baptist leaders regret justifying Iraq war?
WASHINGTON (ABP) — As the number of American soldiers killed passes 3,000 and Congress debates President Bush's latest strategy for winning the war, its planners Christians who supported invading Iraq in 2003 must now face a thorny theo-political question. Was…