CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Convention voted Oct. 31 to oust 19 congregations — some of which have been part of the group since its beginning — because of their affiliations with moderate Baptist groups. The move…
Arkansas businessman, donor to moderate Baptists, dies
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — John Heflin Jr., an Arkansas businessman and philanthropist, died Oct. 26. He was 61. Heflin, who died from cancer, was a major donor to Baptist causes, including the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Arkansas and Ouachita…
Environmental movie motivates evangelicals to get involved
DALLAS (ABP) — On Nov. 3, a Canadian film team will release in U.S. theatres The Great Warming, a movie about climate change and the initiatives aimed at reversing its trend toward permanent ecologic damage. Unlike other recent environmental movies,…
Opinion: The end of the Hummer age
The global communities of science, business, and policymaking have largely moved past the debate about whether humans are causing serious climate change and on to the question of what to do about it. But the conservative Christian sector in the…
Reaction tempered from theological schools left out of CBF’s top tier of ‘partners’
DALLAS (ABP) – After Cooperative Baptist Fellowship leaders voted Oct. 13 to award “identity partner” status to just four of the nine theological schools that applied for the designation, CBF board members and officials worried about the strained relationships and…
Missouri Baptist committee wants to boot 18 churches with ties to moderates
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — If a Missouri Baptist Convention committee has its way, messengers to the convention's annual meeting Oct. 31 will effectively eject 18 congregations — including the very church in which the convention got its start. If…
Reform-minded Wiley Drake won’t accept traditional obscurity of SBC’s 2nd VP
BUENA PARK, Calif. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention expects very little from its vice presidents — nothing, in fact — unless the SBC president becomes incapacitated. Traditionally, those elected each year to the mostly honorary VP positions are seen…
Retired pastor’s gifts to BTSR total $250,000
With their recent major gift to the “Building Our Future … Together” campaign, Henry and Florence Langford are celebrating a total of $250,000 that they have been able to share with Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Counting the Langfords' most…
Correction
In the ABP story “Leaders of '40s youth revivals gather to reminisce, kindle new 'fires'” issued Oct. 24, please make the following corrections: In the 18th paragraph, please remove the periods in B. O. Baker, making it read BO Baker….
BC celebrates Baptist heritage with special day
Bluefield College celebrated its history Oct. 4 with an annual Baptist Heritage Day ceremony on campus featuring a keynote address from an authority on history, Fred Anderson, executive director of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society. For the seventh consecutive year,…
Bluefield hosts male chorale
The Virginia Baptist Male Chorale shared its music ministry with students, faculty, staff and friends of Bluefield College during a concert on Oct. 17. Representing more than 20 Baptist churches across the Commonwealth, the Virginia Baptist Male Chorale shared a…
Southwestern trustees adopt policy opposing ‘private prayer language’
Trustees at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary overwhelmingly adopted a policy Oct. 17 that puts the school on record opposing charismatic expressions of the Holy Spirit, including so-called “private prayer languages.” Trustees also heard news of one of the largest donations…