BEIRUT (ABP) — Baptist personnel and organizations in Lebanon were reportedly safe July 18 but are asking for prayers from their Christian brothers and sisters around the world as they hunker down against ongoing air raids from neighboring Israel and…
Calif. missionary Stewart terminated after dispute with NAMB leader
Editor's Note: This article will be reissued later in two parts and in an abbreviated version. GILROY, Calif. (ABP) — Michael Stewart of California, a Baptist associational director who has crossed swords publicly with national Southern Baptist leaders, has been…
Baylor school gets $1.1 million grant to equip churches for social ministry
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Thanks to a $1.1 million grant, a Baylor University center will be able to help local congregations learn how to do more effective social ministry. The donation, announced June 21, will go to the Baylor Center…
NAMB meeting, July 30, 2006
This is a rough, uncorrected transcript of an audiotape recorded and transcribed by the North American Mission Board. Harry Lewis: Let me just say I appreciate you gentlemen coming. As we said we are recording this and I am understanding…
Children’s ministry tour announced
“We are excited! This is the first for time we've offered a children's ministry tour for our churches!” says Diane Smith, children's ministry strategist with Virginia Baptist Mission Board. “We're headed north to Minneapolis, Minnesota.” “We're planning a variety of…
FIRST PERSON: Church teams with community for service
I did not want to do it. I had just gotten off the phone with my 40 Days of Community coordinator, Cynthia May. Our church, Hatcher Memorial Baptist in Richmond, was in the beginning stages of planning this campaign, and…
Don’t miss the power of God
First of two parts With a twinkle in his eyes, Sandor Szenczy (pronounced Shandor Senchy) asks, “Can anything good come out of Hungary?” The ministry he founded 10 years ago is proof than it can and does. Starting with a…
Baptist World Alliance ushers in second century of ministry
Ushering in the Baptist World Alliance's second century of ministry, BWA leaders unveiled plans to strengthen the international organization's effectiveness and impact in the 21st century. For starters, the BWA's annual General Council meeting was renamed the BWA Annual Gathering,…
Wanda Lee comments about recent SBC vote
Pausing during a break at the Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering in Mexico City, Wanda Lee, executive director of Woman's Missionary Union, graciously agreed to a brief interview. She expressed gratitude and mild surprise that the messengers to the Southern…
Correction
In the June 29 story “Study counts 1,600 ordained Baptist women in U.S.,” please note that the 1,600 Baptist women recorded as ordained came from churches affiliated with the Alliance of Baptists, the Baptist General Association of Virginia, the Baptist…
Massachusetts legislators punt on marriage amendment
BOSTON (ABP) — Massachusetts legislators decided July 12 to postpone voting on the politically charged gay-marriage issue until after the November elections. Legislators, meeting in a constitutional convention called by Gov. Mitt Romney (R), voted 100-91 to adjourn without considering…
Bush’s latest Cuba plans prompt outcry from NCC, Alliance of Baptists
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Bush administration recommendation that the United States further limit humanitarian and religious aid to Cuba “flies in the face of religious freedom,” say many U.S. Christian groups, including the Alliance of Baptists. The Commission on Assistance…