A military jury in Norfolk recommended Sept. 14 that Lt. Gordon Klingenschmitt be docked $250 a month in pay for the next year and sent a letter of reprimand. The day before, they convicted him of violating a superior officer's…
NASCAR great Shepherd finds ‘victory in Jesus’
CONOVER, N.C. (ABP) — At 64 years old, and without a major sponsor, Morgan Shepherd is the oldest active driver on the NASCAR's Nextel circuit. While most of his contemporaries have long since left the track, he recently qualified for…
Tutu says apartheid, sin shattered when humans gather together with God
Speaking to an overflow crowd at a Dallas Episcopal church Sept. 13, Desmond Tutu, the Nobel laureate and former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, said his nation's victory over the “ghastliness of apartheid” would not have happened without support from…
All Church Challenge
I attend Derbyshire Baptist Church, my fiancée attends Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh N.C., and I worked on the pool house. I wish I could start getting Richmond churches involved. The kids camp is incredible. Children in Helena need…
Thanks to Graves
President Graves offered strength and determination to the dream of creating a free and faithful theological institution during troubled times in Baptist life, and, thanks to his courage and devotion to that cause, led the Baptist Theological Seminary from conception…
Not talking about it
Was it simply serendipity that the facing age of your editorial contained Fred's Heritage column entitled “Now it can be told”—or editorial irony? Allow me to share a few anecdotes from my experience with “the dilemma of reporting the facts.”…
God’s plan
If anyone knows why God made a plan to take the lives of so many people or his reason, please let me know. I just lost a grandson on Aug. 26. Let me know why and the reason so I…
Impact of Thai coup unclear for Baptist mission work
(ABP) — Representatives from three Baptist agencies declined to speculate what long-range impact a coup in Thailand could have on missions in the region, but they confirmed the safety of all field personnel in the country. Spokesmen for the Southern…
Horses to teach life lessons for girls at Baptist home
WEST, Miss. (ABP) — There's something about the outside of a horse that's good for the inside of a man — or girl, according to Ellen Repasy. That's why she recently helped create a horse stable at a home for…
Slow-motion genocide in Sudan
After the Holocaust, the world said “never again.” Never again will we stand by and watch while millions are slaughtered. After the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s, the world said “never again.” After the Rwandan genocide of 1994, the world…
Baptist leaders propose nixing Arkansas newspaper board
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — Arkansas Baptist leaders will try to turn control of the Arkansas Baptist News over to the state convention staff, replacing the independent board that currently governs the newspaper. A task force, appointed last year by…
Page warns SBC leaders ‘be relevant, avoid arrogance, overcome factions’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — New Southern Baptist Convention president Frank Page warned his fellow SBC leaders Sept. 18 that the denomination must retain its relevancy in a rapidly changing world. “I thank God that the [SBC's] battle for [biblical] inerrancy…