RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — The chairman of the International Mission Board is asking the board's personnel committee to take another look at two controversial measures the board passed in November. Chair Tom Hatley, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Rogers,…
Taking off the mask
First Person for February 23, 2006 By Connie Cavanaugh One day Susan called and asked if I had time to squeeze in a walk. We hadn’t walked for weeks because life had dished up a few extra helpings on both…
Nobody likes criticism. Why should NAMB be different?
Editorial for February 23, 2006 By Jim White On pages 2 and 3 of this issue, we have shared a news story that involves the North American Mission Board and what the state Baptist paper of Georgia, the Christian Index…
Aunt Ida shares a whopper
Editorial for March 9, 2006 By Jim White Dear Jimmy, Well have I got a story to tell you. Every year your Uncle Orley and his brothers get together for a big fishin’ trip. As they have gone several years…
Testing the three Cs
Heritage Column for February 23, 2006 By Fred Anderson Conscience, courage and conviction are the three c’s which are tested from time to time in the lives of men and women. Slavery was one of the great moral dilemmas for…
Friends
Heritage Column for March 9, 2006 By Fred Anderson Clergy and laity can be friends. W. Landon Miller and Vince E. Richards proved it. When Vince and Elsie Richards moved to Richmond from Fredericksburg in 1966, they joined Northminster Baptist…
Letters to the Editor for February 23, 2006
Unqualified to be pastor In reference to Brooks R. Faulkner’s article in the Feb. 9 issue, “I’m Unqualified to be a Pastor in 2006,” three cheers and a dozen “amen’s” for him! I am not qualified to comment on his…
Letters for March 9, 2006
Intelligent design revisited The Feb. 16 issue of the Herald carried an article by Marylee Sturgis of Charlottesville. Several points were made which I as a Baptist find unsubstanuated. Sturgis says that she cannot support the teaching of “intelligent design.”…
Church & People News for February 23, 2006
Staff Changes Jim Davidson, to Bethel Church, Fredericksburg, as pastor. Nick Shaffer, to West Salem Church, Salem, as pastor. Don Jones, to Great Fork Church, Suffolk, as full-time pastor. Ray Allen, to Airlee Court Church, Roanoke, as interim pastor. Rick…
New video of kidnapped Christians buoys hopes for activists’ fate
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new video of Christian peace activists taken hostage in Iraq last year is renewing hope among their colleagues and loved ones. But it also is raising questions about the fate of the sole American abducted, who…
Christian punk-rockers find acceptance on ‘straight edge’
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Awhile back, 16-year-old Seth Landerfelt went to court for being caught out past the 11 p.m. curfew in Moody, Ala. “They told me to take out my piercings and cut my hair,” he recalled with a…
GuideStone offers assistance in taxes for ministers
DALLAS — Ministers can find additional help in preparing their 2007 federal income tax returns from GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. The annual Ministers Tax Guide for 2007 Returns details recent changes to tax laws and their…