By Bob Allen Jeffrey Haggray resigned April 8 as pastor of the 210-year-old First Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., three years after his election as the congregation’s first African-American pastor was hailed as a meaningful step toward racial reconciliation. The…
HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic
Accepted a new call? Been ordained? Church celebrating an anniversary? Mission trip or project that you would like highlighted on the HeraldBeat page? Send info to HeraldBeat editor Barbara Francis at [email protected]. Transitions ON THE MOVE John Johnson, to Antioch…
Young musician: Church organ thriving
By Jeff Brumley South Main Baptist Church organist Daryl Robinson is tearing it up in the music world, winning awards and dazzling venues both sacred and secular. “Daryl brings freshness and excitement to the hymn singing” and “is equally strong…
Louisiana College retains president
By Bob Allen Louisiana College trustees met all day April 30 before voting to retain Joe Aguillard as president of the private school affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Convention. “After a long, thorough investigation, the board has exonerated Dr. Aguillard…
Jailed minister accused of abuse in UK
By Bob Allen A former British Baptist pastor serving time in prison in the United States for child sex crimes now faces similar allegations at home. London’s Daily Mirror reported April 28 that seven men claim they were raped as…
Pastor says Sandy Hook more than politics
By Bob Allen The atrocity of last December’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings transcends politics, raising gun violence to a moral issue that needs to be addressed from pulpits, a pastor said in a dialogue near the end of an…
Beeson celebrates 25 years
By Bob Allen An interdenominational divinity school connected to an Alabama Baptist university celebrated its 25th anniversary in a chapel service April 23. “In the history of an institution, 25 years is not that long,” Beeson Divinity School Dean Timothy George…
Beeson celebrates 25 years
By Bob Allen An interdenominational divinity school connected to an Alabama Baptist university celebrated its 25th anniversary in a chapel service April 23. “In the history of an institution, 25 years is not that long,” Beeson Divinity School Dean Timothy…
Beeson celebrates 25 years
By Bob Allen An interdenominational divinity school connected to an Alabama Baptist university celebrated its 25th anniversary in a chapel service April 23. “In the history of an institution, 25 years is not that long,” Beeson Divinity School Dean Timothy…
Beeson celebrates 25 years
By Bob Allen An interdenominational divinity school connected to an Alabama Baptist university celebrated its 25th anniversary in a chapel service April 23. “In the history of an institution, 25 years is not that long,” Beeson Divinity School Dean Timothy…
Beeson celebrates 25 years
By Bob Allen An interdenominational divinity school connected to an Alabama Baptist university celebrated its 25th anniversary in a chapel service April 23. “In the history of an institution, 25 years is not that long,” Beeson Divinity School Dean Timothy…
Spiritual journeys show similarities, differences
Abraham Sarker, executive director of Gospel for Muslims, was brought up in a devout Muslim home but became a follower of Jesus Christ. Abdullah Smith, an imam in Houston, grew up in a nominal Christian home but eventually embraced Islam….