By Greg Warner At least 12,000 Baptists worldwide will make their way to Birmingham, England, for the Baptist World Congress July 27-31, apparently undeterred by recent terror attacks in London. Registration for the congress climbed above the 12,000 mark July…
FIRST PERSON: Community visits offer results
By Roy Smith Challenging the commonly-held belief that people who live in apartment communities are inaccessible, Chris McNairy, a missionary with the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board, recently led a group of pastors from the Portsmouth and Norfolk…
A place called hope
Cover Story for July 28, 2005 Helena, Arkansas, sits in one of the poorest counties in the United States. But thanks to two former Virginia Baptists motivated by their commitment to Christ, residents of this depressed community are finding hope…
It’s OK to seek help
Another View for July 28, 2005 By Michael Blackwell They looked like the all-American family: Jim, the smiling, smartly-dressed pastor of a loving church, and his wife, a short-order cook and concerned mother. The guidance and care they provided for…
Church & People News for July 28, 2005
Staff Changes Randy Bartley, to Hills Grove Church, Claudville, as pastor. Don McKinney, to Hume Church, Hume, as pastor. Joe Glass, resigning as pastor of Hampton Roads Church, Hampton, to relocate to Kentucky. Parke Deans, to Abingdon Church, Abingdon, as…
Letters for July 28, 2005
An act of self-sacrifice First of all, congratulations on your new position in working for the Kingdom at the Religious Herald. Second, thanks for writing a wonderful article on Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church [Herald, July 14]. Truly, it was an…
LifeWay to name seminary prof Rainer as new president, sources tell ABP
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Trustees of LifeWay Christian Resources are reportedly poised to name a new president. Sources tell Associated Baptist Press that, Thom Rainer, founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth at Southern…
Soft-spoken BWA president David Coffey preaches tolerance of Baptist differences
BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP) — Having served as general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain since 1991, David Coffey is facing a new challenge — the presidency of the Baptist World Alliance. Listening to Coffey, it's clear he has…
Bush court nominee did work for landmark gay-rights case
WASHINGTON (ABP) — John Roberts, President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court, donated legal work on behalf of gay-rights groups that helped them win a landmark 1996 case before that panel, according to the Los Angeles Times. While he was…
Richmond church not afraid to give itself away
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church's facilities sit on a prominent corner on the south side of Richmond, Va. Patterned after Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the main sanctuary has a circular vestibule with white columns, a marble floor and…
Five Missouri Baptist institutions denied rehearing of appeal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ABP) — In a single sentence, the Missouri Court of Appeals turned down a motion for a rehearing in the continuing legal struggle between the Missouri Baptist Convention and five related institutions. The order, issued on Aug….
BWA World Congress closes in same multi-cultural flair as beginning
BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP) — In what some participants characterized as “a foretaste of heaven,” about 12,000 Baptists from more than 200 nations joined their voices in worship at the closing session of the Baptist World Congress. From praise choruses led…