In past months, I have made it a point to read old issues of the Religious Herald dating from the Civil War era and before. Almost without exception, this has been an enlightening experience that has heightened the respect I…
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American Baptist leader named president-elect for NCC
Roy Medley CHICAGO (ABP) – Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA, was elected president-elect of the National Council of Churches Nov. 9 at a meeting of the NCC governing board in Chicago. Medley will lead the ecumenical…
CBF coordinator search committee named
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship officers have named a nine-member search committee to find a replacement for Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal, who will retire June 30, 2012. Chaired by George Mason, senior pastor at Wilshire Baptist Church in…
Virginia Baptists elect first black president, restore ties to Averett
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — For the first time in 188 years, the predominantly white Baptist General Association of Virginia has an African-American president. Suffolk, Va., pastor Mark Croston was elected to the top spot during the BGAV’s annual meeting Nov….
N.C. CBF leader urges CBF of Virginia to be ‘missionally-faithful’
RICHMOND, Va. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship must increase its ability to fulfill its calling as a “spiritually-healthy, missionally-faithful expression of the family of God,” a North Carolina CBF leader told members of Virginia’s state affiliate Nov. 8. “Baptists believe…
VITAL SIGNS: The tired arms of ministers
A friend recently shared with me a daily devotion that pointed out the story in Exodus 17 regarding Moses’ arms. Remember? As long as Moses held his staff with his arms aloft, the Israelites prevailed in their battle with the…
Two from Mid-Atlantic on search committee for CBF coordinator
ATLANTA (ABP) — Two Baptists from the Mid-Atlantic are on a nine-member search committee to find a replacement for Cooperative Baptist Fellowship executive coordinator Daniel Vestal, who will retire June 30, 2012. Jack Glasgow, senior pastor of Zebulon (N.C.) Baptist…
BGAV elects first African-American president, restores ties to Averett
RICHMOND, Va. — For the first time in 188 years, the predominantly white Baptist General Association of Virginia has an African-American president. Suffolk, Va., pastor Mark Croston was elected to the top spot during the BGAV’s annual meeting Nov. 8-9…
Virginia Baptists elect first black president, restore ties to Averett University
RICHMOND, Va. — For the first time in 188 years, the predominantly white Baptist General Association of Virginia has an African-American president. Suffolk, Va., pastor Mark Croston was elected to the top spot during the BGAV’s annual meeting Nov. 8-9…
American Baptist named president-elect for National Council of Churches
CHICAGO (ABP) — Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA, was elected president-elect of the National Council of Churches Nov. 9 at a meeting of the NCC governing board in Chicago. Medley will lead the ecumenical group representing…
NC Baptists support gay-marriage ban
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) – The North Carolina Baptist Convention adopted a resolution endorsing a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in the state. Meeting Nov. 7-8 in Greensboro, North Carolina Baptists encouraged member churches to “vigorously organize a…