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…
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…
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…
Mohler says Penn State scandal holds lesson for Southern Baptists
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist seminary president said Baptist churches should pay heed to the child sexual abuse scandal tarnishing Penn State University and immediately report any credible report of child abuse to legal authorities. “Sometimes Christians and…
Baptist Women in Ministry reforms in Kentucky
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) – Dormant for a decade, a Baptist Women in Ministry chapter in Kentucky was rebirthed Nov. 8 at Baptist Women in Ministry Day at Georgetown College. Pam Durso addresses Georgetown College chapel on Baptist Women in Ministry…
North Carolina Baptist convention supports state gay-marriage ban
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina adopted a resolution endorsing a state proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage. Meeting Nov. 7-8 in Greensboro, the convention encouraged member churches to “vigorously organize a strong effort”…
Book covers Civil War in Baptists’ own words
TLANTA (ABP) – People debate what caused the Civil War 150 years after the fact, but Baptists of the era from both North and South agreed it was fought over slavery, says the author of a forthcoming book. Bruce Gourley…
Chalice seals bond between ‘Georgians’
ATLANTA (ABP) – A friendship between the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia and Baptists in the Caucasus Republic of Georgia that began with the coincidence of being “Georgians” grew deeper with return of a long-lost communion chalice that carries deep…
Historic chalice seals relationship between ‘Georgia’ Baptists
ATLANTA (ABP) — A friendship between the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia and Baptists in the Caucasus Republic of Georgia that began with the coincidence of being “Georgians” grew deeper with return of a long-lost communion chalice that carries deep…
Fresh Expressions is focus of BGAV’s annual pastors’ conference
GLEN ALLEN, Va. — Resisting the temptation to provide a “sermon buffet,” officers of this year’s Virginia Baptist Pastors Conference opted instead to emphasize Fresh Expressions, a church revitalization movement supported by the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Fresh Expressions,…
Karel Harris shares the pains and joys of God’s call to ministry
GLEN ALLEN, Va. — If you ask Karel Harris to describe the ministry to single women she founded, you will get a quick disclaimer. “I call myself a co-founder,” she says in humility. “I’m not the leader of this group,”…
Attorneys challenge Virginia county’s stance in 10 Commandments case
NARROWS, Va. — Attorneys challenging a Southwest Virginia county school board’s decision to hang the Ten Commandments in a high school hallway are calling “absurd” the board’s claim that is isn’t responsible for the display, the Roanoke (Va.) Times has…