LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Styling themselves after the famous Freedom Riders of the civil-rights era, a group of gay-rights activists is targeting Baptist and other Christian colleges with a cross-country bus trip that is part teach-in, part protest. The “Equality…
Body of slain Christian peace activist returned to United States for burial
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The body of a slain Christian peace activist, presumably executed by those who abducted him and his three colleagues, returned to his native United States March 13 in preparation for burial. The body of Tom Fox, 54,…
Secular communicators win awards for excellence in religion news
DALLAS, Texas (ABP) — Some of the top secular media who focus on religion have been named winners of the 2006 Wilbur Awards, an annual competition that highlights excellence in media dealing with religious themes, issues and events. Mindy Marchal,…
Church & People News for March 9, 2006
Staff Changes Steven B. Flowers, to Antioch Church, Yale, as pastor. Armand A. Jalbert, to Sedley Church, Sedley, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Curtis Faison, resigning as pastor of Newsoms Church, Newsoms. Jere Allen, to…
Kidnapped Christian peace activist Tom Fox found dead in Baghdad
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The lone American among four Christian peace activists who have been held captive in Iraq since November was found dead in Baghdad March 9, according to multiple news sources. The body of Tom Fox, 54, was found…
Debate about Baylor’s future asks: Should Baptists learn from Catholics?
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Should Baylor University aspire to become the “Protestant Notre Dame”? And, perhaps more importantly, what can Roman Catholics teach Baptists? Since former university President Robert Sloan led the school to adopt its Baylor 2012 long-range plan…
Bush touts charity-funding figures at odds with non-partisan study
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In response to growing criticism of his “faith-based initiative,” President Bush touted White House figures March 9 showing growth in federal funding of religious charities last year. The figures give a different picture than a recent study…
Three students arrested, charged with nine Alabama church fires
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Law enforcement officials arrested three men March 8 in connection with a string of nine fires at Baptist churches in rural Alabama. Benjamin Nathan Moseley and Russell Lee Debusk, both 19-year-old students at Birmingham-Southern College, said…
Lotz to retire as BWA exec; Kazakh Baptists withdraw
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance found out March 8 their longtime executive would retire and the Baptist Union of Kazakhstan has decided to leave the international federation. BWA General Secretary Denton Lotz made the…
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.”…