Staff Changes Mark Miller, to Shalom Church, Mechanicsville, as senior pastor, effective Feb. 1. Nicholas Pierce, to Piedmont Church, Amelia, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Jeff Sowers has joined the launch team of Real Life…
EDITORIAL: When a preacher sins
Editorial for January 12, 2006 By Jim White Someone once wrote that true love is “when someone falls from a pedestal on which you have put him-but you catch him.” Every Baptist, indeed every true Christian, was deeply grieved by…
Letters for January 12, 2006
It’s all about Christmas It’s Christmas. Pure, plain and simple, it is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. For the spokespersons at the Baptist Joint Committee [“Is there a war on Christmas?” Herald, Dec. 15] and their cousins…
A new beginning
Heritage Column for January 12, 2006 By Fred Anderson The death last fall of Rosa Parks, an icon of the civil rights movement, brought back memories of my own. Like anyone who ever lived in the South in the days…
Stories of hope and survival still fresh in chaplain’s mind
Although now back home in Livermore, Calif., disaster relief chaplain Naomi Paget is still moved by her experiences in the Gulf Coast region during the past two months. Following are selected entries from personal reflections she recorded during her temporary…
Catholics consider abolishing Limbo
A Roman Catholic tradition that has been around since the Middle Ages may soon be no more. Limbo, the place somewhere between heaven and hell reserved for unbaptized babies, was discussed among 30 top theologians last month at the Vatican…
Post-hurricane gifts are record breakers
The outpouring of private charity to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina and two sister storms now ranks as the most generous in American history, surpassing donations after Sept. 11, according to researchers who track philanthropy. Americans have donated about…
Classified Ads for January 12, 2006
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IMB seeks removal of blogging trustee, accuses Wade Burleson of ‘broken trust’
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board will seek to remove a member of their board, apparently for posting information about the board's deliberations on his weblog. Oklahoma pastor Wade Burleson has been outspoken…
Alito faces more abortion questions, broaches church-state issues
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Despite further intense questioning on the third day of his confirmation hearings, Samuel Alito revealed little of his views on abortion or other controversial constitutional questions, including church-state relations, Jan. 11. Alito, currently a judge on the…
Ethics pioneer Foy Valentine dies suddenly in Dallas
Editor's note: This article updates and corrects the one issued Sat., Jan. 7. DALLAS (ABP) — Pioneer Baptist ethicist Foy Valentine died suddenly Jan. 7 of an apparent heart attack, family members said. He was 82. A native Texan and…
Alito hearings begin with emphasis placed squarely on abortion rights
WASHINGTON (ABP) — While senators waxed eloquent on many of their pet issues during the opening day of confirmation hearings for President Bush's nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, one hit the primary issue on…