RICHMOND, Va. — Baptist missionary-sending agencies currently do not actively seek missionaries from other countries to minister to unreached or least-reached people groups in the United States, nor or they likely to do so. When the Southern Baptist Convention authorized…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE Greg Webber, serving as pastor of Bowling Green (Va.) Baptist Church. [Correction from last issue]. Dennis Foust, to St. John’s Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C., as senior minister. Kevin Moore, to First Baptist Church, Spring Hope, N.C.,…
OPINION: Cultivating 21st century Baptist identity
It was a desk. I found it one day while digging through a forgotten back closet at the small church I was serving in Midtown Atlanta. It was covered in a layer of dust, paint splatter and rat droppings. Lying…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE Greg Webber, serving as pastor of Bowling Green (Va.) Baptist Church. [Correction from last issue]. Dennis Foust, to St. John’s Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C., as senior minister. Kevin Moore, to First Baptist Church, Spring Hope, N.C.,…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE Greg Webber, serving as pastor of Bowling Green (Va.) Baptist Church. [Correction from last issue]. Dennis Foust, to St. John’s Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C., as senior minister. Kevin Moore, to First Baptist Church, Spring Hope, N.C.,…
HeraldBeat
Transitions ON THE MOVE Greg Webber, serving as pastor of Bowling Green (Va.) Baptist Church. [Correction from last issue]. Dennis Foust, to St. John’s Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C., as senior minister. Kevin Moore, to First Baptist Church, Spring Hope, N.C.,…
HeraldBeat
Transitions ON THE MOVE Greg Webber, serving as pastor of Bowling Green (Va.) Baptist Church. [Correction from last issue]. Dennis Foust, to St. John’s Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C., as senior minister. Kevin Moore, to First Baptist Church, Spring Hope, N.C.,…
EDITORIAL: Frappuccino Fellowships
Some Christians suffer actual persecution. Most Americans welcomed the news last year that an “Arab Spring” was sweeping through the Middle East. The governments of Tunisia, Libya and Egypt were overthrown. Governmental changes, some of them major, were affected in…
OPINION: A secret confession
Confession: I don’t “get” a lot of visual art. This is a secret confession, however, so please don’t tell the members of our church or the arts center that is our ministry to the community. I don’t get it for…
EDITORIAL: Frappuccino Fellowships
Some Christians suffer actual persecution. Most Americans welcomed the news last year that an “Arab Spring” was sweeping through the Middle East. The governments of Tunisia, Libya and Egypt were overthrown. Governmental changes, some of them major, were affected in…
Former aide says Southern Baptists had clout in Bush White House
By Bob Allen Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention wielded significant influence on the White House during the presidency of George W. Bush, according to a former White House aide promoting a new memoir. “The Bush administration had a superb…
Historic MLK Day service held in Russia
By Bob Allen Protestants gathered Jan. 15 in Moscow for what is thought to be the first celebration of Martin Luther King Day in Russia. About 70 mostly young people attended the service led by Moscow City Church and the…