By Jeff Brumley About 20,000 delegates are expected in Atlanta Sept. 3-7 for the 132nd annual session of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., the oldest and largest of the historically African-American Baptist denominations. Unlike some other Baptist groups, the…
IBTS trustees propose move to Amsterdam
By Bob Allen Trustees of the International Baptist Theological Seminary have proposed relocating the 63-year-old seminary from Eastern Europe to the Netherlands. If approved by the European Baptist Federation governing council Sept. 26-29 in Germany, the move would mark a…
EDITORIAL: Just another campaign?
Editor's Note: This editorial includes two clarifying paragraphs (italized below) added after its original publication. This varies from the version in the print edition dated Sept. 3. By casting their votes Tuesday evening at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, delegates…
Baptist seminary in Prague, one of the first causes adopted by moderates, may move to Amsterdam
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (ABP)—Trustees of the International Baptist Theological Seminary—one of the earliest casualties of the theological dispute in the Southern Baptist Convention and among the first causes adopted by moderate Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic—have proposed relocating the seminary from…
Baptist seminary in Prague, one of the first causes adopted by moderates, may move to Amsterdam
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (ABP)—Trustees of the International Baptist Theological Seminary—one of the earliest casualties of the theological dispute in the Southern Baptist Convention and among the first causes adopted by moderate Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic—have proposed relocating the seminary from…
Baptist seminary in Prague, one of the first causes adopted by moderates, may move to Amsterdam
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (ABP)—Trustees of the International Baptist Theological Seminary—one of the earliest casualties of the theological dispute in the Southern Baptist Convention and among the first causes adopted by moderate Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic—have proposed relocating the seminary from…
Mid-Atlantic relief groups ready to respond to Isaac
RICHMOND—Baptist disaster relief organizations in the Mid-Atlantic were poised to respond Aug. 29 as flooding from Hurricane Isaac inundated wide sections of every Gulf Coast state. Relief organizers in Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia said no teams…
Baptist seminary in Prague, one of the first causes adopted by moderates, may move to Amsterdam
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (ABP)—Trustees of the International Baptist Theological Seminary—one of the earliest casualties of the theological dispute in the Southern Baptist Convention and among the first causes adopted by moderate Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic—have proposed relocating the seminary from…
Mid-Atlantic relief groups ready to respond to Isaac
RICHMOND—Baptist disaster relief organizations in the Mid-Atlantic were poised to respond Aug. 29 as flooding from Hurricane Isaac inundated wide sections of every Gulf Coast state. Relief organizers in Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia said no teams…
OPINION: Know thyself—An ancient-future challenge to churches
‘Know thyself.” This popular saying of the ancient world has been attributed to many Greek philosophers, including Socrates à la Plato and was inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Probably a common proverb used for various reasons and…
Burn victims find support in church, community
MINERAL, Va.—Elk Creek Baptist Church in Mineral, Va., is like hundreds of rural churches scattered along the turn of the road in the Mid-Atlantic. Nestled in a wooded area near the waters of Lake Anna, this small congregation saw a…
Mid-Atlantic relief groups ready to respond to Isaac
RICHMOND—Baptist disaster relief organizations in the Mid-Atlantic were poised to respond Aug. 29 as flooding from Hurricane Isaac inundated wide sections of every Gulf Coast state. Relief organizers in Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia said no teams…