DALLAS (ABP) — Sri Lanka looks like the aftermath of a fatal car wreck — the bodies are gone but the devastation remains as a vivid reminder of a series of tsunamis that slammed the island nation — according to…
BGAV leaders ask churches to fast and pray on March 12
Virginia Baptists' annual Co-Missioners Celebration, sponsored by Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia and the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, was cancelled last month and funds allocated for it were contributed to relief efforts in India. Now WMUV and Mission Board leaders…
Notre Dame provost named president of Wake Forest
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Nathan Hatch, provost of the University of Notre Dame, has been selected as the 13th president of Wake Forest University. Hatch, a historian who has spent his entire academic career at Notre Dame, was unanimously approved…
From beauty to ruin-and back again
Virginia Baptists witnessed first-hand the destructive power of December's tsunami as an assessment team visited India to determine how to meet some of the needs created when the disaster struck the subcontinent. As Kristin Fogg rode along a half-eroded road…
CBF Foundation hires stewardship associate
ATLANTA – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Foundation hired Bill Johnson, 48, of Gulf Shores, Ala., Jan. 3 as stewardship associate, responsible for raising funds for endowments for CBF ministry initiatives and partners. Johnson's primary focus is working with individuals who…
GUEST EDITORIIAL: Baptists and Jews: A 350-year partnership
Surely every authentic Baptist rejoices in the 350 years of American Jewish life. We celebrate the freedom of religion and pluralism that has marked our lives together since 1654 when the first 23 Jews arrived in New Amsterdam. A strong…
Kentucky Baptist Fellowship hires associate coordinator of missions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Campus minister Rhonda Abbott was hired by the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship Jan. 21 to the newly created position of associate coordinator for missions. Abbott, who began work Feb. 1, will coordinate missions efforts on a statewide…
Window on the world
Mary Louise Green Wright turns 90 years old Feb. 3. She stays close to home these days and usually wheels herself up and down the long corridors of the assisted living facility which has become her home. She is unable…
Letter for Feb. 3, 2005
A cause for concern Recently the Baptist General Association of Virginia published a booklet, Truthfully Speaking. Under the section, “Frequently asked questions and answers about the BGAV,” a question was posed: What is the BGAV's position on abortion? After about…