Editorial for February 16, 2006 By Jim White Like millions of other Americans, I have been watching the winter Olympics. I have been looking for an athlete with whom I can identify. You know, mid-50s, out of shape and in…
Farewell to a born fixer
Heritage Column for February 16, 2006 By Fred Anderson Joyce Journey signed on with one of those temporary job agencies; and one day they told her that they needed to place her in an office job with Virginia Baptists. “We…
Giving not yet showing fatigue some feared would occur
News reports and televised images of suffering by South Asia tsunami victims or hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast residents prompted Americans to reach deep into their pocketbooks to give last year. Americans gave more than $2.7 billion to aid Gulf Coast hurricane…
Church & People News for February 9, 2006
Staff Changes Robert Lee Bowers Jr., to Dogwood Church, Gum Spring, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Dennis Knight, to First Church, Mar-tinsville, as pastor. Thomas Parker, to Oak Grove Church, Cana, as pastor. Bill Collins,…
Mercer leaders ponder role as national Baptist university
By John Pierce and Greg Warner Associated Baptist Press Can Baptists build and sustain a national Baptist university? It hasn't been done yet, said top leaders at Mercer University, but Mercer has as good a chance as anyone. “Mercer may…
FIRST PERSON: I’m unqualified to be a pastor in 2006
First Person for February 9, 2006 By Brooks R. Faulkner LifeWay Christian Resources It's a line by Jack Nicholson in the movie, A Few Good Men, and it goes like this: “You can't handle the truth.” It's an effort to…
IMB trustees tried power of press to silence dissent, Burleson says
By Greg Warner Associated Baptist Press A new staff policy, which gives trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board power to censor news stories about their work, reportedly was used Jan. 11 to try to persuade a trustee…
EDITORIAL: A pair of kings
Editorial for February 9, 2006 By Jim White Like millions of other Americans, I watched as a mule-drawn funeral coach bore the body of Coretta Scott King to the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta. As state troopers, a mix of…
N.C. agency to elect its own trustees
The Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina has adopted bylaw amendments that allow the corporation's trustees to elect their own successors. Previously the bylaws called for trustees to be elected by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, which also…
Phil Strickland, head of Texas Baptist moral-concerns agency, dies at 64
DALLAS (ABP) — Phil Strickland, who served nearly a quarter century as director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas' Christian Life Commission, died Feb. 11 at age 64. According to his colleagues, Strickland believed his mission was to provide…
Jewish-Baptist dinner in Atlanta feeds understanding between faiths
ATLANTA (ABP) — Devita Parnell had quite a time trying to plan a Baptist-Jewish dinner so it wouldn't land on any holy day of either faith. Between Hanukkah, Christmas, Lent, Purim, Passover and Easter, she had her hands full. But…
Groups of evangelical leaders face off over global warming
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Feb. 8 news conference in Washington signaled the start of what could become a showdown over global warming between two groups of evangelical Christian leaders. At stake are the hearts and minds of evangelical Americans and…