"The devastation is unbelievable, but the opportunity to help is even greater,” says Bluefield College sophomore Myra Bankert, one of four BC students who recently returned from a mission trip to the Gulf Coast to help the victims of Hurricane…
Stop tarring all faiths as ‘terrorist’
Another View for February 16, 2006 By David Briggs Religion News Service A Protestant and a Catholic murdered in a pub because they were friends having a drink together. A young woman killed in her bed. A journalist assassinated. All…
Going for the gold
Editorial for February 16, 2006 By Jim White Like millions of other Americans, I have been watching the winter Olympics. I have been looking for an athlete with whom I can identify. You know, mid-50s, out of shape and in…
Farewell to a born fixer
Heritage Column for February 16, 2006 By Fred Anderson Joyce Journey signed on with one of those temporary job agencies; and one day they told her that they needed to place her in an office job with Virginia Baptists. “We…
Giving not yet showing fatigue some feared would occur
News reports and televised images of suffering by South Asia tsunami victims or hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast residents prompted Americans to reach deep into their pocketbooks to give last year. Americans gave more than $2.7 billion to aid Gulf Coast hurricane…
Church & People News for February 9, 2006
Staff Changes Robert Lee Bowers Jr., to Dogwood Church, Gum Spring, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Dennis Knight, to First Church, Mar-tinsville, as pastor. Thomas Parker, to Oak Grove Church, Cana, as pastor. Bill Collins,…
Mercer leaders ponder role as national Baptist university
By John Pierce and Greg Warner Associated Baptist Press Can Baptists build and sustain a national Baptist university? It hasn't been done yet, said top leaders at Mercer University, but Mercer has as good a chance as anyone. “Mercer may…
FIRST PERSON: I’m unqualified to be a pastor in 2006
First Person for February 9, 2006 By Brooks R. Faulkner LifeWay Christian Resources It's a line by Jack Nicholson in the movie, A Few Good Men, and it goes like this: “You can't handle the truth.” It's an effort to…
IMB trustees tried power of press to silence dissent, Burleson says
By Greg Warner Associated Baptist Press A new staff policy, which gives trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board power to censor news stories about their work, reportedly was used Jan. 11 to try to persuade a trustee…