“You are acquainted with how its missionaries are suffering and its wants disregarded. [The General Association] must be more liberally supported than it has been for a year or two past. For it to go down would seriously injure our…
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CHURCH POSITIONS PART-TIME MINISTER OF MUSIC. Hillcrest Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, Va., is seeking a part-time minister of music. Candidates should have the leadership skills necessary to grow and direct a comprehensive music ministry. They must also demonstrate good communication…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for September 21, 2006
Staff changes Ben Laird, to Trinity Church, Martinsville, as pastor. Chris and Karen Harbin, to Central Church, Lowesville, as co-pastors. Ronnie Campbell, to Bethany Church, Baskersville, as pastor. Gregory Todd Randall, to Clarksville Church, Clarksville, as senior pastor. Richard L….
Making a difference: Churches mentor via Big Brothers Big Sisters program
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — A Birmingham chapter of the national Big Brothers Big Sisters program is using a new, faith-based approach to matching adults with children in need of mentors. The initiative, called Faithful Friends, is unique to the agency…
Missouri Baptist executive targeted in Sept. 22 closed-door meeting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The conservatives who control the Missouri Baptist Convention are divided over the leadership of their executive director, David Clippard, who could face a vote of dismissal tomorrow (Sept. 22). A closed-door meeting of the board…
William Carey University president Larry Kennedy succumbs to ALS
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (ABP) — Larry Kennedy, the president of William Carey University, died Sept. 21. He was 64. The president of the Baptist-affiliated school since 1998, Kennedy died from complications with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He had…
Alliance directors approve next step in Cuba fine, new staffing plan
SILVER SPRING, Md. (ABP) — Directors of the Alliance of Baptists have authorized the next step in appealing a proposed $34,000 fine for alleged violations of the federal government's economic embargo on Cuba. Meeting in suburban Washington Sept. 14-16, the…
SBC Exec. Committee approves fiscal-responsibility amendment
NASHVILLE (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee approved Sept. 19 an amendment to convention documents that urges SBC leaders toward greater financial responsibility. Southern Baptist messengers will hear the recommendation at the June 2007 annual meeting in San…
Rotary-CBF partnership in La. town gets $500,000 from Bush-Clinton fund
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund has given a $500,000 grant for the hurricane-damaged community of Lacombe, La., where the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and an Arkansas Rotary Club are working together. Already CBF and Rotary volunteers have restored more…