Staff Changes Jim Graham, to Wallers Church, Partlow, as interim pastor. Susan Harvey, to Mount Ararat Church, Stafford, as children's minister. Connie Scruggs, to Rivermont Church, Danville, as part-time minister to children. Retirements Frank W. Casper Sr., pastor of Calvary…
Church & People News for June 15, 2006
Staff Changes Jim Booth, to Staples Mill Road Church, Glen Allen, as pastor, effective June 25. Kevin Schrum, to Smithland Church, Heathsville, as full-time pastor. Juan Garcia, to First Church, Newport News, as Hispanic pastor. Mike Jones, to Enon Church,…
Church & People News for June 22, 2006
Staff Changes Robert “Bob” Albritton, to Vienna Church, Vienna, as senior pastor. Terry Clark, to New Chapel Church, Rustburg, as pastor. Mathew Brown, to Branch's Church, Richmond, as pastor. Mary Mann, to Tomahawk Church, Midlothian, as part-time associate pastor for…
Church & People News for June 29, 2006
Church & People News for July 13, 2006
Staff Changes Stephen Cook, to First Church, Danville, as pastor, effective Aug. 20. Richard W. Croxton, resigning as senior pastor of Braddock Church, Alexandria, to accept the senior pastorate of Providence Church, Hayes. Bill Ellis, resigning as pastor of Oak…
Fellowship provides clean water at Ukrainian foster home
ATLANTA (ABP) — Thanks to a $6,000 gift from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Ukrainian street children will have clean water from a new well. Village of Hope, which sits on a 17-acre tract of land half an hour from Kiev,…
Baptist World Alliance expands involvement, votes in new members
MEXICO CITY (ABP) — Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance ushered in its second century by unveiling plans to expand participation in the international organization. For starters, BWA's annual General Council meeting was renamed the BWA Annual Gathering, signaling a…
UPDATE: San Diego cross to remain, pending appeal
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A controversial cross will stay high atop a hill in a San Diego park at least until a federal appeals panel determines its fate, thanks to a Supreme Court justice. With a special order on the evening…
UPDATE: Courts in New York, Georgia deal blows to gay-marriage backers
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The highest state courts in New York and Georgia dealt dual setbacks to proponents of gay marriage in July 6 rulings. The New York Court of Appeals ruled that the state's constitution neither requires nor bans the…
New York’s highest court punts gay-marriage dispute to legislators
ALBANY, N.Y. (ABP) — New York's highest court has ruled that the state's constitution neither requires nor bans the legalization of same-sex marriage, saying the question is one for the state's legislators to decide. The July 6 ruling dealt a…
Lady Liberty gets makeover in Memphis: megachurch adds cross to replica statue
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — A Memphis-area megachurch has erected a Statue of Liberty lookalike — holding a cross instead of a torch — to remind Americans of their “spiritual liberation” and to show that Christianity should guide the nation. The…
After praying for change from dull life, Texan finds work in Kabul hospital
ABILENE, Texas (ABP) — God gave Rick DeFoore what he prayed for, even if it wasn't exactly what DeFoore had in mind. As a longtime hospital employee in Abilene, Texas, DeFoore fervently prayed that his life would change. He said…