By Mickey Noah Baptist Press Thousands of Baptist students-from teenage to college-age-will swarm into 93 U.S. cities this summer to work on 2006 World Changers mission projects to renovate substandard housing around the country. Feb. 1 is the deadline for…
Baptist youth worship with others at Disney
By Lance Wallace CBF Communications More than 2,200 Christian teenagers-Baptists, Episcopalians and Presbyterians-explored common and distinct dimensions of their faith during the first “Faith in 3D” conference Jan. 13-16 at the Disney World Resort. With high-energy worship and intentionally diverse…
Mission opportunities for youth and young adults
The Virginia Baptist Mission Board and its international partners have many opportunities for young people to be involved in missions. Although the target ages are 16 to 26 for these youth-oriented experiences, there is some flexibility in the age expectation….
Senate committee approves Alito with contentious party-line vote
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Differences over abortion rights, discrimination and religious freedom contributed to a Senate panel's fractious party-line vote Jan. 24 on the confirmation of President Bush's nominee for a crucial seat on the Supreme Court. The Senate Judiciary Committee…
Maryland becomes latest hot spot in battle over same-sex marriage
BALTIMORE (ABP) — With a state judge's Jan. 20 ruling that Maryland's law banning same-sex marriage violates the state constitution, Maryland becomes the latest front in the nationwide battle over gay marriage. Baltimore City Circuit Judge Brooke Murdock said a…
Mercer president-elect decries ‘spiritual masters’ who limit freedom
MACON, Ga. (ABP) — Baptists need no “spiritual masters” — either from the right or the left — to tell them what to believe in their churches or universities, said Bill Underwood, incoming president of Mercer University. Any attempt to…
Segregation undermines churches’ ability to reach society with gospel
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Christians undermine their ability to reach society with the gospel because they segregate their churches by race, sociologist/author George Yancey told participants in a workshop aimed at racial reconciliation. Yancey, assistant professor of sociology at the…
Multiracial congregations exhibit seven characteristics, says Yancey
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Seven principles characterize successful multiracial congregations, according to studies conducted by sociologist and author George Yancey. Yancey, who has written a book titled One Body, One Spirit: Seven Principles of Successful Multiracial Churches, described those principles…
CBF of North Carolina hires Jones to missions post
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — The North Carolina state affiliate of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has hired an associate pastor from Wilmington to serve as its missions coordinator. The group's coordinating council called Linda Marie Jones to the post, introducing her…
Mercer leaders ponder potential as national Baptist university
MACON, Ga. (ABP) — 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 be the best hope for…
Who’s speaking for the church?
Editorial for January 26, 2006 By Jim White Why aren't more unbelievers listening to what the church is saying? Perhaps they are. Sometimes I try to put myself in the place of the unchurched and I listen to what “the…
Mercer leaders want more ‘Baptistness,’ despite loss of convention affiliation
MACON, Ga. (ABP) — In the first major event since the Georgia Baptist Convention unilaterally voted to break a 173-year-old relationship with its flagship university, Mercer University officials welcomed more than 150 church leaders to the campus Jan. 19-20 to…