EthicsDaily.com has cited John Upton, executive director of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, as one of several “proactive Baptists who have excercised constructive influence for the common good and/or deserve to be watched in the year ahead.” EthicsDaily.com is…
Sloan to step down as Baylor president
Baylor University President Robert Sloan will step down June 1, concluding one of the stormiest periods in the 160-year history of the Waco, Texas, school, one of the largest university affiliated with Baptists. Sloan will become Baylor's chancellor at the…
CrossRoads Camp seeks summer staff
CrossRoads Camp & Conference Center is looking for college students and high school seniors to fill summer staff positions. Counselors, leadership team, support staff and lifeguards are needed for the camp, owned and operated by Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia….
Polish meeting in July may lead to alternative to Baptist World Alliance
By Robert Marus and Greg Warner Southern Baptist Convention leaders will meet with international Baptists leaders in July to create an alternative to the Baptist World Alliance, according to an SBC agency head. Richard Land, president of the SBC Ethics…
Hampton Roads cable adds FamilyNet TV
FamilyNet Television, a faith-based cable channel operated by the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board, joined the Cox Communications cable line-up in the Hampton Roads area on Jan. 27. FamilyNet will be seen on channel 260 which serves Norfolk,…
Millard Fuller fired from Habitat as dispute with board re-erupts
AMERICUS, Ga. (ABP) — Millard and Linda Fuller were immediately dismissed Jan. 31 from their jobs with Habitat for Humanity International, the worldwide Christian housing ministry they founded and led for 29 years. The organization's executive committee charged the Fullers…
Construction mission opportunities available to Virginia Baptists
A variety of construction mission opportunities are available for Virginia Baptists this year, says the project ministries coordinator for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. “If your men's group or church mission group is looking for a mission experience in Virginia…
U.N. report blames Sudan government for Darfur crisis, calls for prosecution
WASHINGTON (ABP) — While stopping short of labeling the humanitarian crisis in the Sudan's Darfur region “genocide,” a long-awaited United Nations report lays blame on the Sudanese government for creating the crisis. The report, released Jan. 31 by a five-member…
Paige Peak assumes communication post
A Richmond marketing and communications professional has been named assistant executive of communications for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. Paige Peak, a member of Gayton Baptist Church in Richmond, has been marketing director at Short Pump Town Center in the…
Black Baptists hold historic meeting, unite on social, political issues
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Leaders of four historically black Baptist denominations closed a landmark joint meeting Jan. 28 by issuing a statement on several social and political issues affecting the African-American community. Meeting in Nashville over a four-day period, officials of…
What is the NABF? Virginia Baptist’s newest affiliation may need an introduction
By Robert Dilday Virginia Baptists' newest affiliation maybe the one with which they are least familiar. At its meeting in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 9-11, the North American Baptist Fellowship elected the Baptist General Assocation of Virginia as its newest member….
Volunteers in Sri Lanka see lasting pain beneath the smiles
DALLAS (ABP) — Sri Lanka looks like the aftermath of a fatal car wreck — the bodies are gone but the devastation remains as a vivid reminder of a series of tsunamis that slammed the island nation — according to…