ROCKVILLE, Md. (ABP) — A federal judge has temporarily halted a sex-education program in a suburban Washington, D.C, school district, saying it violates the First Amendment's free-speech and religion clauses by promoting only one view of homosexuality. On May 5,…
Justice Department establishes task force on obscenity
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is pleasing conservative Christian leaders by focusing attention on pornography. Gonzales' deputy, Christopher Wray, announced May 5 that the Department of Justice is establishing a special task force that will try to curb…
Virginia Baptist leader elected editor of Religious Herald
James E. White, a Virginia Baptist Mission Board department head and former Virginia Baptist pastor, will become editor of the Religious Herald on June 1. White, who has been team leader of the Mission Board's empowering leaders team since 2003,…
Baptist colleges’ future stymied by ‘fear-mongering,’ says president
By Ken Camp The future of Baptist colleges and universities depends on educators' willingness to “move on” beyond the political categories that have dominated denominational life for more than 20 years, Baylor University president Robert Sloan told a national conference….
Right to dissent may be key mark of Baptist colleges, Leonard suggests
The right to dissent-even about what makes a school religious-should be a key distinctive of Baptist higher education, suggested church historian and seminary dean Bill Leonard. “Baptists began as a community of dissent,” Leonard said during his presentation on how…
What makes a college ‘Baptist’?
Virginia Baptists aren't the only ones struggling with the nature of Baptist colleges and universities. The question is bedeviling the Baptist landscape, as institutions and state conventions across the nation look for new ways to relate in the midst of…
N.C. church removes members for political views, deacon says
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — A Baptist deacon says he and eight other members of a North Carolina church were removed from membership because they disagreed with the pastor's political views. Frank Lowe said he had been a member of the…
Georgia campus ministers pushed to change churches
MACON, Ga. (ABP) — At the conclusion of morning worship Sunday, April 17, pastor Jim Dant asked the congregation of Highland Hills Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., to pray for two long-time members who were considering leaving the church. Neither…
Baptists in Nazareth upset by IMB plan to sell building now used by churches
NAZARETH, Israel (ABP) — Baptists in Nazareth, Israel, are upset with plans of the International Mission Board to sell a 50-year-old stone building which a local Baptist church uses for worship and other churches use for various ministries. The two-story…
No Heritage column
There is no Heritage Column for May 5, 2005
Bluefield College dedicates Harman Chapel renovations
After nearly 40 years without significant repair, Bluefield College celebrated the completion of major renovations to its Harman Chapel and Performing Arts Center with a dedication ceremony April 15. Alumni, trustees, dignitaries and supporters of the project joined the Bluefield…
Baptist center names 2005 Heritage Fellows
The Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies announces the appointment of three Baptist students from Virginia colleges to the 2005-06 Heritage Fellows program. The selected students are Diana Howell of Lynchburg College and Katherine Major and Karen Vassar of the…