Heritage Column for July 28, 2005 By Fred Anderson ROME, Italy – Before we left for the sabbatical, I mentioned to a Baptist friend that I wanted a tour of the Vatican library, one of the world's largest-if not the…
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A church for people on the grow
Cover Story for July 21, 2005 In an unprecedented and historic act of generosity, on Sunday, June 12, the congregation of Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church voted to give its buildings located at 700 East Belt Boulevard to Saint Paul's Baptist…
Birmingham bound: 12,000 Baptists are heading to England for world congress
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…
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…