DALLAS (ABP) — Amid intense national debate about immigration reform, the National Council of Churches recently announced immigrants have had a positive impact on U.S. churches: The council's annual yearbook reports a record number of church bodies for 2006. One…
Coffin, outspoken activist, pastor of NYC’s Riverside Church, dies
NEW YORK (ABP) — William Sloane Coffin Jr., former CIA agent, peace activist, Yale University chaplain, accomplished pianist and esteemed pastor of Manhattan's Riverside Church, died April 12. Coffin died from congestive heart failure at his home in Vermont. He…
IMB may dismiss Africa missionaries for starting non-Baptist congregation
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Another controversy is brewing at the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board, which reportedly is set to dismiss two of its missionaries in West Africa for cooperating with non-Baptist colleagues to plant a church that isn't…
Church & People News for March 30, 2006
Staff Changes Randy Moore, to Clinchco Missionary Chapel, Clinchco, as interim pastor. Mike Jones, to Enon Church, Roanoke, as interim pastor. Nick Pegram, resigning as minister of education and administration at Manassas Church, Manassas, after 17 years of service. Krista…
Despite SBC urging, VP nominees don’t toe the line on donations
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — In a year when Southern Baptist Convention leaders are calling for the election of SBC officers “whose churches give at least 10 percent of their undesignated receipts to the Cooperative Program” — the SBC's ministry budget…
Church & People News for April 6, 2006
Staff Change Betty Watson, retiring as music director at Stockton Memorial Church, Richmond, after 23 years of service. Death Retired Virginia Baptist pastor Charles Herbert Morris died March 27 in Richmond at the age of 83. He and his wife,…
Baptist General Convention of Missouri enters partnership with WorldconneX
ROACH, Mo. (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Missouri has entered into a three-year partnership with WorldconneX, a missions network launched by Texas Baptists in 2004. The purpose of the partnership, which took effect March 31, is to encourage…
Correction
In the story April 7 ABP story, “Rex Horne to become 15th president of Ouachita,” please replace the ninth paragraph with the following: Horne will replace current Ouachita President Andy Westmoreland, who will become president of Samford University in Birmingham,…
Jimmy Carter gathers Baptist leaders, urges them to transcend differences
ATLANTA (ABP) — Leaders of Baptist conventions and organizations comprising more than 20 million adherents in North America explored “additional opportunities for fellowship and cooperation” in Atlanta April 10. President Jimmy Carter, a lifelong Baptist lay leader and Sunday school…
ABP, Baptist Standard form ‘strategic alliance’
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Associated Baptist Press and the Baptist Standard of Texas are creating a “strategic alliance” to improve the quality and efficiency of their news organizations. The two have cooperated closely for more than a decade, but the…
Islamic group offers $5,000 reward in Baylor attack of Muslim woman
WACO, Texas (ABP) — A 19-year-old Pakistani-American woman was attacked the night of April 1 as she walked through the Baylor University campus. Baylor senior Nohayia Javed told police a white man in his mid-30s grabbed her head scarf and…
800-student Chowan College adopts ‘university’ label
MURFREESBORO, N.C. (ABP) — Chowan College trustees voted April 6 to adopt a new name, exchanging “Chowan College” for “Chowan University.” Though it is often assumed that the name “university” necessarily implies the presence of graduate programs, that is not…