By Greg Warner Those who look for denominational trends are disturbed by several recent actions they say are tightening “the noose of conformity” in Baptist life. In a smattering of actions across the Baptist map, several state conventions are narrowing…
New inroads: IMB trustees celebrate new mission efforts
By Mark Kelly The gospel began making inroads this past year among 131 people groups that previously had little or no access to it, trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board were told during a Nov. 16-17 meeting…
New homes: Salvation Army finds spots for holiday kettles
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald For more than a century, the Salvation Army has been helping the needy during the holidays. But now the red-clad bell ringers are getting some extra help to make sure their familiar kettles and donations of…
Church & People News for Dec. 9, 2004
C H R I S T M A S • M U S I C Abingdon Church, Abingdon; “Messiah,” Dec. 12 at 11 a.m. Amherst Church, Amherst; “One of Us,” Dec. 12 at 11 a.m. Antioch Church, Sandston; “Emmanuel: Celebrating…
Accrediting agency places Louisiana College on probation
PINEVILLE, La. (ABP) — The major accrediting agency for schools in the South has placed a Louisiana Baptist college on probation for a year for violating the agency's standards. Louisiana College officials announced Dec. 7 that the Pineville, La., school…
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Living the legacy
Heritage column for Dec. 2, 2004 In 1900 William E. Hatcher, the noted minister and founder of Fork Union Military Academy, enrolled in his school a 15-year-old Chinese boy named Ah Fong Yeung. Robert E. Chambers, a Virginian who headed…
La. College president-elect withdraws over governance
Almost two months to the day after Louisiana College trustees elected Texas educator Malcolm Yarnell as president of the school, he declined the position because of an ongoing controversy over governance and accreditation of the Baptist college. “After accepting the…
Evangelical scholars explain inerrancy support
A group of evangelical scholars has taken the first step to more clearly state its support of biblical inerrancy, the belief that the Bible is without error. Members of the Evangelical Theological Society, who gathered for their annual meeting Nov….
CBF annual meeting to feature pianist
Joseph Martin, a Dove-award nominated composer and pianist, will be a prominent part of the program of the next year's Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly, the CBF has announced. The event will be held June 29-July 2 at Gaylord Texan…
Texas Baptists reach compromise with school
Houston Baptist University and the Baptist General Convention of Texas have agreed to a “memorandum of understanding” that maintains their long-standing relationship but with reduced funding for the school. According to Keith Bruce, coordinator of institutional ministries for the BGCT,…