DALLAS (ABP) — After a 17-month-long search, the Baptist Convention of New Mexico has unanimously elected Joseph Bunce as executive director. The assignment became effective immediately. Bunce replaces Claude Cone, who announced his plans for retirement in July 2004. Cone…
Raceway Ministries set and ready for 2006 NASCAR racing season
By Roger Marsh Raceway Ministries In a matter of days, race fans all over the United States-some 70-75 million of them-will be eagerly anticipating the drop of the green flag for the 2006 NASCAR racing season. Each year the Daytona…
Doing whatever it takes — at Beale Memorial in Tappahannock
Our church is in a capital campaign. The goal was $700,000. Two weeks ago we were about $5,000 short of meeting it. I told the congregation that if we met the goal by a certain Sunday, I would sing Hail…
House narrowly passes cuts aimed at social spending
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The House of Representatives gave final approval Feb. 1 to a deficit-reduction package that cuts programs for the poor and elderly — over the objections of religious leaders and Democrats, who called the bill “immoral.” The measure's…
Chowan College leaders view mascot change as ‘opportunity’
DALLAS (ABP) — Chowan College will change its mascot to comply with NCAA policies on Native-American mascots. This, after the school's president and board decided to forego the potential legal battle, time and expense of keeping the school's current mascot,…
Corrections:
In the Jan. 31 ABP story, “Senate vote on Alito reflects country's division on issues,” there were two errors in the third paragraph. Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate in 1987, not 1985; and…
N.C. Baptist newspaper will pick some directors to ‘protect freedom’
CARY, N.C. (ABP) — The Biblical Recorder, newspaper of North Carolina Baptists, will choose some of its own directors in a move to preserve its journalistic freedom, say the newspapers leaders. Beginning this fall, the 172-year-old newspaper will nominate four…
‘Manifesto’ supporters say role of community misinterpreted
BUIES CREEK, N.C. (ABP) — The “Baptist Manifesto,” a theological statement that emphasizes the role of community to counterbalance individual freedom, has been misinterpreted by critics as opposing freedom of conscience, say seven Baptist theologians. “We believe with early Baptists…
In fifth State of the Union address, Bush declines aggressive agenda
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Delivering his fifth State of the Union address Jan. 31, President Bush presented an agenda much less expansive and ambitious than in previous years — and one with scant mention of many of the issues important to…
Two federal appeals courts uphold challenges to ‘partial-birth’ ban
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Two more federal appeals courts have upheld challenges to a nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure, increasing the chance that the Supreme Court will end up hearing the case. On Jan. 31, both the New York-based…
“Dangerous and Un-baptistic”? A Response from Supporters of the “Baptist Manifesto”
As authors (Broadway, Freeman, Harvey, Newman, Thompson) and advocates (Harmon, Medley) of the 1997 statement “Re-envisioning Baptist Identity: A Manifesto for Baptist Communities in North America,” we are delighted to see the “Manifesto” re-enter the consciousness of the Baptist public…
Address for Baptist Summit
Jan. 20, 2006 I want to thank each of you for caring enough about Mercer to be here – for caring enough about Baptist life to be here – for caring enough about the principles upon which Mercer was founded…