STEPHENVILLE, Texas (ABP) — On a chilly morning in central Texas, a man in ostrich-skin cowboy boots stood shivering beside a horse trough. Then he stepped in the water-filled tank. Charles Higgs quickly dunked the cowboy. Higgs, the pastor of…
Correction
In the Jan. 12 story titled “Biblical Recorder editor to take university post” please replace the fifth graph with the following: The 172-year-old newspaper announced last February it would nominate four people to open seats on its 16-member board, bypassing…
Authorities investigating fires at North Carolina churches
GREENVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — “Suspicious” fires damaged two Baptist churches and a break-in was discovered at a third in Greenville, N.C., the night of Jan. 13. Memorial Baptist Church and Unity Free Will Baptist, located near each other in the…
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…
Correction
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…
Brannock names chairs for 2007 BGAV committees
The chairs of several key Baptist General Association of Virginia committees have been appointed by BGAV president Boyce Brannock of Staunton. The chairs and their committees are: Budget: Tim Madison, pastor of Madison Heights Baptist Church in Madison Heights. Boards…
Honoring Mary
I just read “Not just for Christmas anymore,” by Hannah Elliott of the Associated Baptist Press [Herald, Dec. 21]. What a fantastic article about Mary and how evangelicals are changing their opinions of her. I have long felt that if…
Baptist Center seeks applicants for Heritage Fellows
The Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies is seeking applicants for the 2007-08 class of Heritage Fellows. The Heritage Fellows program provides an opportunity for Baptist sophomores and juniors attending Virginia schools an opportunity to learn about some aspect of…
Beginnings and endings
Noah Calton Baldwin was the grand old man among the Baptists of Southwest Virginia. For nearly 60 years, he was a central figure in the religious life of the frontier from Marion to Abingdon. He was the father of the…
P.E.A.C.E. Plan initiatives to be addressed by Warrens
Rick and Kay Warren, co-founders of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., will be the featured speakers at 21-C, a conference hosted by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board Feb. 2-3 at The St. Paul's Baptist Church in Richmond. Every year,…