Charles Bugg, professor of preaching at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, is the new dean of Gardner-Webb University's school of divinity. Bugg, 62, an author and popular preacher, will also serve as professor of church ministry and leadership at the…
Passion images, ringtones available for cell phones
The next time your cell phone rings, it could be Mel Gibson-or at least the soundtrack from his The Passion of the Christ-calling. Los Angeles-based AG Interactive is making three snippets of the movie's soundtrack available to download as ringtones…
Court bars sentence because jurors used Bible
A convicted rapist and murderer should not receive the death penalty because some of the jurors who sentenced him consulted biblical law in making their decision, according to the Colorado Supreme Court. A closely divided panel of that state's highest…
Church & People News for April 7, 2005
Staff Changes Jerry M. Bailey, to James Square Church, Lawrenceville, as pastor. James McLendon, to Ocean View Church, Norfolk, as senior pastor, effective April 17. Joseph McKissick, resigning as pastor of Trinity Church, Martinsville. Lynn Blue, to Poplar Springs Church,…
Orthodox Jews angered at Israeli court’s ruling
Orthodox Jews in Israel and abroad have reacted angrily to the High Court's decision March 31 to grant citizenship to some non-Orthodox converts who studied to be Jews in Israel. The ruling was issued in response to a petition filed…
New fundamentalist group isn’t an alternative to the BWA
By Greg Warner Fundamentalist Baptists in February formed a new international organization they hope will include Southern Baptists, who last year withdrew from the Baptist World Alliance, an international fellowship Southern Baptist Convention leaders maligned as too 'liberal.” But the…
Virginia Baptists, Averett University agree to sever 145-year relationship
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Virginia Baptists have approved a joint statement developed with leaders of Averett University that will end their 145-year-old ties to the school. The Virginia Baptist Mission Board adopted the statement during its spring meeting April 6….
Anti-conversion bill in Sri Lanka could restrict liberty, relief work
The Sri Lankan government appears poised to vote on anti-conversion legislation in April, according to a number of media reports. If approved, the vote would cap a three-year effort by Buddhist leaders to stem the tide of rural Buddhists turning…
DeLay doesn’t back down on judges, though others call judiciary ‘fair’
WASHINGTON (ABP) — House Majority Leader Tom DeLay continued his rhetorical assault on the federal judiciary April 7, despite more temperate comments from his allies in the Senate. In a videotaped message to a group of conservative religious activists, DeLay…