As public ceremonies for the second inauguration of President Barack Obama begin today, District of Columbia Baptists are engaging the events in different ways. This is the second of a two-part series on D.C Baptists and their involvement with politics…
CBF of Virginia launches relocation process following impending sale of seminary buildings
RICHMOND — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia has launched a search for new office space in the wake of an impending sale of two buildings on Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond’s campus, where the organization has been housed since…
OPINION: An epistle of truth for all ages — MLK’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’
Today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I re-read King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Every so often I need to be reminded of deep truths so eloquently and timelessly expressed. King had traveled to Birmingham to lead a non-violent demonstration…
OPINION: Put your heart into it!
Recently, our staff was talking about things our parents would tell us that we find ourselves repeating to our children or ourselves. We had to admit that we increasingly sound like those voices we vowed never to imitate. Some of…
OPINION: A place for Panamanian pandemonium
This winter break I found myself in Panama with a group of seven individuals from Rock 17, the young adult group from Virginia’s Peninsula Baptist Association. Our travels were spurred by the partnership between Virginia Baptists and the Panamanian Baptist…
40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes are winning — and losing
(RNS) — Four decades after Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion, many opponents of the decision are in a celebratory mood while those backing abortion rights are glum, feeling that momentum is turning decisively against…
40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes are winning — and losing
(RNS) — Four decades after Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion, many opponents of the decision are in a celebratory mood while those backing abortion rights are glum, feeling that momentum is turning decisively against…
CBF nominee termed natural choice
By Bob Allen Parties involved in the nomination of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s next executive coordinator termed the choice of Texas Baptist leader Suzii Paynter an embodiment of core values of inclusiveness that have shaped the moderate Baptist movement since…
BTSR to sell much of campus by June
By Robert Dilday Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will sell a significant portion of its campus to a private secondary school by June 30 and is aggressively exploring options for a new location to hold classes in the fall of…
CBF seeks leaders for new structure
By Bob Allen State and regional Cooperative Baptist Fellowship coordinators will comprise the bulk of a committee to begin the process of nominating three new leadership groups to replace the current Coordinating Council in a restructuring approved by the CBF…
CBF nominates woman leader
By Bob Allen Suzii Paynter, the first woman to serve as director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission, has been nominated as third executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. If elected, Paynter would join Sharon…
Nominee called ‘person of the moment’
By Ken Camp Leaders of the Atlanta-based Cooperative Baptist Fellowship introduced Suzii Paynter, director of Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission, nominated as the next executive coordinator of succeeding Daniel Vestal, at a press conference Jan. 17. George Mason, pastor of…