By Jeff Brumley Cooperative Baptists in North Carolina are forging a network of church and other faith-based garden and farming ministries in hopes of inspiring more congregations to grow food for those in need. The effort’s center of gravity is…
CBF eliminates coordinator position
By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has retired one of its top leadership positions in a new structure aligned with priorities identified by the 2012 Task Force. Connie McNeill, coordinator for administration at the Atlanta-based Fellowship since March 2005,…
CBF eliminates coordinator position
By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has retired one of its top leadership positions in a new structure aligned with priorities identified by the 2012 Task Force. Connie McNeill, coordinator for administration at the Atlanta-based Fellowship since March 2005,…
CBF eliminates coordinator position
By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has retired one of its top leadership positions in a new structure aligned with priorities identified by the 2012 Task Force. Connie McNeill, coordinator for administration at the Atlanta-based Fellowship since March 2005,…
CBF eliminates coordinator position
By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has retired one of its top leadership positions in a new structure aligned with priorities identified by the 2012 Task Force. Connie McNeill, coordinator for administration at the Atlanta-based Fellowship since March 2005,…
Wrath of God verse roils hymnal group
By Bob Allen The wrath of God has become a point of contention since news broke that a new Presbyterian hymnal passed on the popular title “In Christ Alone” for theological reasons. “Why do many Christians shrink from any thought…
Wrath of God verse roils hymnal group
By Bob Allen The wrath of God has become a point of contention since news broke that a new Presbyterian hymnal passed on the popular title “In Christ Alone” for theological reasons. “Why do many Christians shrink from any thought…
Prank backfires at Baptist camp
By Bob Allen Five people were taken to a hospital and multiple medical units were dispatched to a Maryland Baptist campground in a hazardous materials incident that resulted from a prank. The July 23 incident at Camp Wo-Me-To near Jarrettsville,…
Youth trip boosts Miss. Delta town
By Jeff Brumley No one expected a vacation Bible school run by a visiting Baptist youth group to be a catalyst for racial healing in Shaw,Miss. Yet, by all accounts that’s just what the June visit by 34 youngsters from Houston’s South Main…
Church ‘eviction’ sparks controversy
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist church planter in New York City said he never intended the firestorm of criticism that started with him writing a blog about losing the congregation’s meeting place after promoting a sermon series about sexuality….
Interim pastor consoles grieving church
By Bob Allen God did not cause last week’s brutal murder of a minister’s wife in a normally quiet neighborhood in Homewood, Ala., but is in control of the situation, the interim pastor of a grieving congregation said Sunday at…
OPINION: What are we willing to pay for?
Last week, Thom Yorke, lead singer of the band Radiohead, pulled his new album from Spotify in protest of the low return artists receive from the music-sharing site. Pandora and other such sites have similar practices, offering music free or…