Virginia Baptists adopted a $14.2 million budget to fund their ministries in 2007—a $100,000 increase over the current year's budget goal. The 1,053 messengers meeting in Virginia Beach also elected officers for the coming year, adopted four resolutions and commissioned…
Staunton attorney is new president of BGAV
A Staunton attorney is the Baptist General Association of Virginia's new president. Boyce Brannock, a member of First Baptist Church in Waynesboro, was elected Nov. 10 without opposition during the BGAV's annual meeting in Virginia Beach. Also elected were Joe…
S.C. messengers increase budget, elect CP supporter as president
TAYLORS, S.C. (ABP) — Messengers to the 186th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention increased their budget by $600,000 for 2007 and elected a strong Cooperative Program supporter as president Nov. 15 in Taylors, S.C. For nine of…
Alabama Baptists approve budgets, ask Wal-Mart to reconsider
HOOVER, Ala. (ABP) — Wal-Mart's support of homosexuality, ethics in state government, and the humanitarian crisis in western Sudan surfaced as some of the top issues this year with Alabama Baptists. And Roger Willmore, pastor of Deerfoot Baptist Church in…
Virginia Baptist adopt resolutions an a variety of topics
Virginia Baptists expressed themselves on several topics during their annual meeting in Virginia Beach. No. 1: Appreciation With praise and thanksgiving to God through our Lord Jesus Christ, in whose name we have gathered, and to whose glory we consecrate…
Organization at center of scandal in Valley will shut down
DALLAS (ABP) — A church-planting institute founded by Otto Arango — the central figure in a scandal involving misuse and mismanagement of Texas Baptist church-starting funds in the Rio Grande Valley — will cease to exist at the end of…
BGCT messengers support Wade despite handling of Valley scandal
DALLAS (ABP) — Rank-and-file Texas Baptists are sad and angry about the financial scandal in the Rio Grande Valley that has marred their reputation, but most say they still trust their leaders — including Executive Director Charles Wade — to…
Tennessee Baptists will ask leaders if they affirm SBC’s faith statement
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Tennessee Baptists voted overwhelmingly Nov. 14 to publicize whether nominees to leadership posts in the convention affirm the "Baptist Faith and Message," a controversial confession of faith adopted by the national Southern Baptist Convention. Messengers to…
N.C. Baptists reject bylaw changes giving colleges, others more freedom
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — Messengers to the annual North Carolina Baptist state convention meeting struck down proposed bylaw changes that would have given convention-related institutions more influence over the appointment of trustees and directors. The proposed amendments, more than a…
Virginia Baptists increase budget for 2007
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (ABP) — Virginia Baptists adopted a $14.2 million budget to fund their ministries in 2007 — a $100,000 increase over this year's budget goal. The 1,053 messengers attending the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of…
Texas Baptists approve measures to ‘restore trust’ after Valley scandal
DALLAS (ABP) — “Together We Are Doing More” was the stated theme, but healing from financial scandal was the subtext that dominated the annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Messengers to the Nov. 13-14 meeting elected officers,…
Anne Davis, social-work pioneer, dies in Waco, Texas
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Anne Davis, the renowned Baptist social worker, died Nov. 9. She was 69. Born in Baskerville, Va., Davis grew up in a rural farming community. After earning degrees from Averett College, Westhampton College at the University…