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…
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…
South Dakota governor signs law designed to challenge Roe
WASHINGTON (ABP) — South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds (R) signed the nation's most sweeping abortion ban into law March 6, setting up a battle that could wind up in the Supreme Court. Rounds gave his assent to the so-called “Women's…
After 30-year tenure, Robertson loses NRB board membership
DALLAS (ABP) — After 30 years of serving on the National Religious Broadcasters board of directors, Pat Robertson has lost his bid for re-election. The loss came just days after Robertson canceled his planned keynote address at the closing ceremony…
Court disallows law-school ban on campus military recruiters
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A unanimous Supreme Court said March 6 that law schools, no matter how distasteful they find the military's anti-gay policies, cannot claim their First Amendment rights are being violated by a law that requires them to allow…
Chairman to ask IMB committee to revisit, clarify controversial issues
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…