Churches joined thousands of other organizations across the Mid-Atlantic Monday in closing facilities and cancelling activities as Hurricane Sandy made landfall, leaving millions without power and flooding most coastal areas. Much of Ocean City, Md., was underwater as Hurricane Sandy…
NY, DC churches hunker down for Sandy
By Jeff Brumley Baptist churches and ministries in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast were hunkered down and anxious Oct. 29 to see what happens when Hurricane Sandy arrives. “There’s been a heightened sense of anxiety because we are sitting here waiting,” said Amy…
Sandy disrupts D.C. convention
By Robert Dilday As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting. The D.C. convention, which includes about 140 congregations in Washington and suburban Maryland and Virginia, put…
D.C., N.Y. churches and pastors hunker down for storm
(ABP) — Baptist churches and ministries in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast were hunkered down and anxious Oct. 29 to see what happens when Hurricane Sandy arrives. “There’s been a heightened sense of anxiety because we are sitting here waiting,” said Amy…
Minister’s move from lucrative fundraising post to community gardening was ‘tectonic’ shift
DENTON, N.C. — When Don Durham speaks of the “shift” in his ministry, he’s talking more along the lines of a shift in tectonic plates that leads to an earthquake than of a routine change in jobs. In June 2010,…
Minister’s move from six-figure fundraising position to community gardening was ‘tectonic’ shi
Minister’s move from six-figure fundraising position to community gardening was ‘tectonic’ shift Linda Brinson DENTON, N.C. — When Don Durham speaks of the “shift” in of his ministry, he’s talking more along the lines of a shift in tectonic plates…
CBF aids Cuba with eyes on U.S., Sandy
By Jeff Brumley Baptist disaster-response coordinators from Florida to Virginia are keeping an eye on Sandy as the killer hurricane tracks north, while actively responding to the mayhem she has caused to islands in the Atlantic and Caribbean oceans. In…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
CBF kick-starts 2012 Task Force plan
By Bob Allen Leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship chose a fast track for implementation of a re-visioning of the 21-year-old movement adopted last summer, approving a timeline Oct. 25 to propose a new constitution and bylaws, nominees for a…