GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — A tide of contracts, finances, logistics and security concerns swamped a sentimental appeal for the Southern Baptist Convention to change its 2008 meeting location to New Orleans. David Crosby, pastor of First Baptist Church in New…
Frank Page wins SBC presidency in upset over powerbrokers
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — In a major upset, outsider Frank Page of South Carolina was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention over two candidates closely tied to the SBC's conservative power structure. Page, who described his election as a…
Condi Rice to speak, candidate list continues to grow on eve of SBC
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — The final days before the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, set for June 13-14 in Greensboro, N.C., featured last-minute announcements of new candidates for office and the addition of a high-profile official from President Bush's administration…
SBC panel rejects 10 percent CP standard, tightens trustee rules
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee voted June 12 to tighten qualifications for trustees of SBC entities, but narrowly rejected a recommendation that would encourage those trustees to be drawn from churches that support the denomination…
WMU ‘invited’ to become SBC agency, relate exclusively to convention
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted Monday, June 12, to ask the Woman's Missionary Union to become an official entity of the SBC. The committee also wants WMU to reaffirm its “exclusive” commitment to the…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for June 8, 2006
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…
Virginia Baptist is state’s teacher of the year
When the members of the Virginia Senate rose to their feet and applauded earlier this year to honor Debi Goforth as Virginia's teacher of the year, the elementary school librarian's thoughts turned to a small pouch she had been carrying…
Messy dispute in Calif. association likely to be aired at SBC meeting
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (ABP) — All Mike Stewart was trying to do, he says, was prevent an unethical, non-denominational pastor from “stealing” a tiny, struggling Southern Baptist church — and its $3 million property. What the director of missions of a…
Truck stop missionaries meet the needs of truckers
Anyone who has driven on Interstate 81 doesn't have to be told that 18-wheelers are more numerous than a pagan's excuses for not attending church. According to Laura Bullock, who represents the Virginia Department of Transportation to media representatives in…
Colorado pastor becomes fourth candidate in race for SBC 2nd vice president
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — As the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention rapidly approaches, the field of officer candidates is rapidly widening — most recently with a fourth candidate for the second vice-presidential post. Mark Edlund, the executive director…
Preparing a church for a pastor’s departure
Editor's Note: Recognizing that a number of pastors in Virginia will soon retire from active pastoral ministry, we began this series two issues ago with a foundational book review by Gary Chapman, who directs the Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network…
Teens often lie about pledges, sexual history, report finds
NEW YORK (ABP) — True love often doesn't wait — and it frequently has difficulty with the “true” part, too, according to a new study. Harvard University scholar Janet Rosenbaum, in an article published in the June issue of the…