Has your congregation embraced the concept of gift-based ministry? Are you wondering how to assess spiritual gifts and how to help people find their ministry niche? Get down to the nitty-gritty of gift-based ministry in this workshop. Laity and ministers…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for October 12, 2006
STAFF CHANGES Daniel “Danny” W. Davis, to Mount Hermon Church, Danville, as pastor. John Huelskoetter, to Yorktown Church, Yorktown, as pastor. John Nedza, completing his ministry as pastor of Trinity Church, Louisa. Bob Cornwell, resigning as pastor of First Church,…
Winfrey resigns after decade as Western Recorder news director
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — David Winfrey, news director of the Kentucky Baptist Western Recorder since 1996, has resigned effective Oct. 16. He has accepted a position as a marketing strategist for the Louisville office of Mercer Human Resources Consulting, an…
In explosive book, former Bush official claims faith-based push was political
WASHINGTON (ABP)—A new book by a former White House faith official is causing shockwaves—even before its release—with reportedly explosive allegations that President Bush's aides have been duping religious conservatives for political gain. MSNBC's “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” program first reported…
Southeastern Seminary breaks ground for building honoring Pattersons
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) — Trustees at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in their annual meeting Oct. 9-10 broke ground for a $6 million building named for former seminary president Paige Patterson. They also used the meeting to approve an energy-saving…
President resigns after 18 years at Kentucky’s Clear Creek College
PINEVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Bill Whittaker, president of Clear Creek Baptist Bible College since 1988, has announced his resignation effective at the end of the 2006-07 academic year. “The time has come for me to turn the leadership task over…
Boston congregation working to be ‘earth-friendly’ model for Baptists
BOSTON (ABP) — Members of Beacon Hill Baptist Church in Boston, Mass., are striving to be green — when it comes to the environment, that is. And they're doing it with simple gestures like bringing their own coffee mugs to…
Nuclear uncertainty in North Korea won’t slow hunger relief, pastor says
DALLAS (ABP) — The political uncertainty surrounding North Korea in the wake of an apparent nuclear test should not adversely affect Baptist hunger-relief ministry there, according to a Dallas pastor who recently returned from the communist country. On Oct. 9,…
Fran Porter, former chaplain, missionary, dies in Waco
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Fran Porter, whose battle with a rare neurological disease was detailed in a recent Associated Baptist Press story, died Oct. 10. She was 74. Born in Dallas, Texas, Porter grew up in Tulsa, Okla. She attended…