By Bob Allen Campbellsville University and the American Baptist Churches of Indiana/Kentucky formalized a partnership with a signing ceremony Oct. 20 on the university campus in Campbellsville, Ky. Soozi Whitten Ford, executive minister of the 313-church regional affiliate of American Baptist…
Study shows faith helps overseas companies; U.S. businessmen say, ‘Here, too’
By Eric M. Eckert and Jeff Brumley Higher levels of spiritual capital — the motivation, energy and work ethic one may find from a relationship with God — have a positive effect on business success, employment and innovation in developing countries, according…
Baptist school honors former first lady
By Bob Allen A Texas Baptist university has bestowed an honorary doctorate on former First Lady Laura Bush, recognizing her decades-long advocacy of education, health care, human rights and the family. Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, presented the former…
Brad Hoffmann to be nominated for BGAV presidency
By Robert Dilday Brad Hoffmann, a suburban Richmond, Va., pastor, will be nominated in November as president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, it was announced Oct. 21. Hoffmann, pastor of Cool Spring Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, will be…
Taking refugee work to the next level in North Carolina’s Research Triangle
By Jeff Brumley Stacie Blake knows a thing or two about refugees and refugee resettlement in the United States. Most importantly, it’s a massive job. As the director of government and community relations for the Washington-based U.S. Committee for Refugees…
Missionary sent to revive Zimbabwe seminary
By Bob Allen A recently appointed Southern Baptist missionary is in Zimbabwe to help turn around a seminary struggling since a leadership dispute in 2011 resulted in dismissal of its top administrator and formation of a new ecumenical seminary formed…
Tenn. association defends action dismissing church
By Bob Allen An association of Southern Baptist churches’ decision to kick out its only predominantly black congregation had nothing to do with race, the association’s director of missions insisted Oct. 20. “The issue is not about race,” DOM Mike…
Pastor Nancy Stanton McDaniel to be nominated as BGAV president
By Robert Dilday Central Virginia pastor Nancy Stanton McDaniel, who currently serves as the Baptist General Association of Virginia’s first vice president, will be nominated in November as BGAV president, it was confirmed Oct. 20. If elected, McDaniel, pastor of…
Baptists aid effort to rescue abandoned babies in South Africa
By Aaron Weaver In the sixteenth chapter of Genesis, God promises the weary and desperate Hagar a future for her unborn son, Ishmael, offering the Egyptian maidservant hope and strength as she wanders through the burning Judean desert. Stopped at…
Church booted for calling female pastor
By Bob Allen The only predominantly African-American Southern Baptist church in a rural county in Tennessee risks losing its house of worship for calling a woman as pastor. News Channel 5 in Nashville reported Oct. 15 that Greater Tabernacle Baptist…
Daniel Aleshire: An exceptional life characterized Diana Garland
By Daniel Aleshire 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 3 You…
Fallen BJC board member to be laid to rest
By Bob Allen A memorial service is scheduled Nov. 16 in Pennsylvania for a member of the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty who died from injuries he suffered in a fall while leaving his hotel for the BJC’s recent…