Letters for Nov. 25 Support military personnel As Virginia Baptists observe the year-end holidays, giving thanks for the founding of our nation and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, we invite all citizens of our state and nation to join…
The rocking chairs
Heritage column for Nov. 25 In the great division of things that follows the closing of a family home, the rocking chairs were not the kind of pieces over which there would have been a tug of war. They were…
BTSR launches online certificate
Lisa Williams of Richmond wanted training as she prepared to start a ministry. Her church, New Jerusalem International Christian Ministry, wanted to start a ministry school. Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond wanted to take seminary education to the church through…
Speakers announced for next year’s 21-C
The courageous churches team of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board has announced the line-up for “21-C: Courageous Churches for a New Millennium,” a conference to be hosted at St. Paul's Baptist Church in Richmond on Jan. 27-29, 2005. Keynote…
Molly Marshall elected first female president of a Baptist seminary
Molly Marshall was elected president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Kansas, Nov. 12, becoming the first female president of an accredited Baptist seminary. Marshall, 54, succeeds Thomas Clifton, who retired at the end of 2003 after 10…
N.C. Baptists will continue to fund moderate causes-for now
Messengers to the annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina voted Nov. 16 to keep the convention's four giving plans. But a move to eliminate the plan favored by moderates still looms as a possibility. Ted Stone,…
Tennessee Baptists vote to investigate colleges
Tennessee Baptists turned back an attack on “anti-Christian” teaching in public schools but agreed to investigate the biblical views taught in their three affiliated Baptist colleges. Messengers to the Tennessee Baptist Convention Nov. 9-10 in Sevierville asked the education committee…
Texas Baptists elect first Hispanic president
Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas gave initial approval to the convention's most significant reorganization in almost five decades and elected its first non-Anglo president. The reorganization will reduce the size of the convention's executive board from 234…
North Carolina Baptists to keep plans that fund moderate causes (updated)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Messengers to the annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Nov. 15-17 voted to keep the convention's four giving plans intact, including the plan favored by moderates. Ted Stone, a freelance minister from…
California Baptists approve one resolution, bylaw changes
HIGHLAND, Calif. (ABP) — With the exception of several bylaw changes concerning the relationship of the California Southern Baptist Convention to its agencies, messengers to the convention's annual meeting approved a number of routine items with little debate. Messengers also…
Alabama Baptists denounce gay marriage, decline to fund Baptist World Alliance
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ABP) — Alabama Baptists passed resolutions against same-sex marriage and in favor of education and military chaplains. But they turned down an attempt to divert $30,000 from the Southern Baptist Convention to the Baptist World Alliance. Last June…
Kentucky Baptists launch ministry plan, reject BWA study proposal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — “Kentucky Baptists Connect,” an ambitious five-year ministry emphasis, was the primary focus of the Kentucky Baptist Convention's annual meeting Nov. 16-17 in Louisville. The business sessions, however, featured more division than connection. Messengers split their votes…