Transitions ON THE MOVE Morgan J. Browning, to Hillcrest Baptist Church, Ridgeway, Va., as pastor. Charity Roberson, to Sharon Baptist Church, Smithfield, N.C., as pastor, effective April 1. Skip Irby, to Big Island (Va.) Baptist Church, as intentional interim pastor….
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Transitions ON THE MOVE Morgan J. Browning, to Hillcrest Baptist Church, Ridgeway, Va., as pastor. Charity Roberson, to Sharon Baptist Church, Smithfield, N.C., as pastor, effective April 1. Skip Irby, to Big Island (Va.) Baptist Church, as intentional interim pastor….
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Transitions ON THE MOVE Morgan J. Browning, to Hillcrest Baptist Church, Ridgeway, Va., as pastor. Charity Roberson, to Sharon Baptist Church, Smithfield, N.C., as pastor, effective April 1. Skip Irby, to Big Island (Va.) Baptist Church, as intentional interim pastor….
Baptist House director praises new dean selection
DURHAM, N.C. — The director of the Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School says he’s enthusiastic about the Feb. 13 announcement that Richard Hays is the divinity school’s new dean. Hays Freeman Hays, a professor of New Testament…
Ethiopian baby finds a new home at Virginia camp
HARTFIELD, Va. — Steve and Niki Gourley met in 2003 while serving as summer counselors at Camp Piankatank, a Baptist retreat center near the Chesapeake Bay. Steve grew up in Newport News, Va., and had attended Piankatank every summer since…
EDITORIAL: The hope of glory vs. the demons within
The music world was stunned by the death of 48-year-old Whitney Houston, whose voice inspired millions with its range and purity. Her greatest hit, arguably, was I Will Always Love You, her version of which became the top hit in…
BTSR just shy of $1 million campaign goal
RICHMOND, Va. — Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond is only $100,000 shy of reaching its $1 million matching gifts goal, seminary administrators announced Feb. 14, adding they expected the campaign to be successfully concluded. The “Opening the Door to the…
Kentucky church leaves association
By Bob Allen A Baptist church in Kentucky has severed ties with its local association of churches, saying doctrinal uniformity has trumped cooperative missions in the Southern Baptist Convention. : “All are welcomed here,” proclaims the Central Baptist Church website….
British Christians say no to nukes
By Bob Allen Baptists and other Christian leaders in the United Kingdom are urging the government to scrap plans to replace its fleet of nuclear-armed submarines. The Baptist Union of Great Britain joined the Methodist Church and the United Reformed…
Deal seriously with violent biblical texts, historian says
By Ken Camp Before characterizing Islam as inherently violent based on selected passages in the Quran, Christians should consider violent verses in the Holy Bible, historian Philip Jenkins told a recent gathering at Baylor University. Philip Jenkins of Baylor’s Institute…
NC Baptists square off over gay marriage
By Bob Allen Baptists are lining up on opposing sides of an upcoming ballot referendum to amend North Carolina’s constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina is on record…
Baptists in N.C. square off over gay marriage
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) — Baptists are lining up on opposing sides of an upcoming ballot referendum to amend North Carolina’s constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina is on…