There are a variety of ways to participate in the Virginia Baptist relief project with Indian Baptists: • Raise funds for the immediate placement in a children's home of at least 100 children affected by the tsunami. The cost for…
GUEST EDITORIAL: The century of democracy? Don’t hold your breath
These are heady days for lovers of democracy. Millions of Iraqis defied the threat of death from terrorist murderers-including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has declared war on “evil” democracy-to go to the polls in January. It's the “biggest change since…
On God’s Hill
About a century ago a strong-willed and highly-articulate visionary named Nannie Helen Burroughs, a native Virginian, persuaded her fellow African-American Baptists to establish a school for girls and young women. She dreamed of a self-help educational institution which would provide…
Letters for Feb. 17, 2005
The result of 21-C I am sharing this as a result of the time I spent at 21-C a couple of weeks ago. It was refreshing to hear Bob Roberts share of his church's approach to being “church” in his…
Church & People for Feb. 17, 2005
S T A F F • C H A N G E S David Washburn, to First Church, Waynesboro, as senior pastor. Mike Copple, to Dundas Church, Dundas, as pastor. Leonard Castleman, to Fairmont Church, Boones Mill, as pastor….
Florida Baptists, others launch effort to pass state marriage amendment
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — The Florida Baptist Convention is among a coalition of organizations that announced, on Valentine's Day, a drive to amend the Florida Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. At a Feb. 14 news conference, an alliance calling itself…
Polish Baptists express sorrow over SBC meeting
The leader of Polish Baptists is expressing his “regret and sorrow” about a meeting, planned for Warsaw this summer, that at least one Southern Baptist Convention leader has described as an organizational gathering for “an alternative to the Baptist World…
Sale of Missouri Baptist Building delayed after failed county vote
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Building is once again on the market, after voters Feb. 8 gave a resounding “no” to a sales tax increase that would have funded a county government's purchase of the property. Voters…
Swedish preacher wins appeal on gay comments
A Swedish preacher sentenced to a month in prison for referring to homosexuals as a “cancerous tumor” in society was acquitted Feb. 11 by an appeals court. The court in Jonkoping, in southern Sweden, ruled that a sermon by Ake…