Editorial for November 3, 2005 By Jim White In 1955, who could ever have imagined that a “colored” lady who refused to give up her seat on a bus would one day lie in state in the rotunda of the…
A little bit of home
Heritage Column for November 3, 2005 By Fred Anderson When the messengers assemble for the annual meeting of the BGAV to be held next week in Woodbridge there should be a prize for the registered messenger from a BGAV member…
Pastor electrocuted in baptism accident
Kyle Lake, pastor of the innovative University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, was killed by electrocution Oct. 30 while performing a baptism during a worship service. Lake, whose age was not immediately known, had been pastor of the church for…
Baylor’s trustee reduction: politics or efficiency?
Baylor University regents approved a charter change to downsize the school's governing board from 36 to 16 members over nine years. Chairman Will Davis of Austin characterized the vote on the reduction in board size as “not unanimous but overwhelming.”…
Missouri Baptists exclude CBF churches
The Missouri Baptist Convention is no longer open to churches that support any other organization considered to compete with the state convention or the Southern Baptist Convention. The changes will shut out congregations that participate in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship…
Letters for November 3, 2005
The best of America Thank you for the excellent front page article “A Marine is remembered” [Herald, Oct. 20]. Sgt. Jayton Patterson represents the best of America. Freedom is not free and it has been won and protected by fine…
Alito would give Catholics historic majority on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (ABP) — If Samuel Alito is confirmed to the Supreme Court, it will give the court a Roman Catholic majority for the first time in its history. That certainly would signal that Catholics — once a persecuted minority in…
Methodist court defrocks lesbian minister, reinstates pastor who denied gay member
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Conservatives in the United Methodist Church scored several victories on Reformation Day Oct. 31, but liberals viewed them more skeptically. A divided nine-member Judicial Council, the highest court in the hierarchical denomination, defrocked a Philadelphia minister for…
Court hears case on Christian sect’s use of hallucinogen in worship
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Hearing a case on All Saints' Day, the Supreme Court struggled with the rights of a tiny Christian group whose members believe the road to sainthood is lined with cups of a hallucinogenic tea the federal government…