For the second summer, this columnist participated in the after-school program of the African Christian Community Church which meets in the old sanctuary of Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church in Richmond, Va. The Richmond Baptist Association adopted the African Christian Church…
Play the ball where it lays
Recently I heard the story of a golf course that had quite a unique problem — a monkey infestation. (I think this course must have been in India!) It created all kinds of issues on the golf course. The golfers…
WINN RECOMMENDS
Scripture and the Authority of God, N. T. Wright (HarperOne) Few theological ideas seem more pivotal as well as more problematic that getting some kind of agreement on what exactly the Scripture is — what does Scripture do for us…
VITAL SIGNS: Recalculating
It comes in a variety of accents. It can be a man’s voice or a woman’s (my favorite is the female Australian). It can break your heart or serve as a warning. It will mock you. It will scold you….
OPINION: Whom shall we kill?
Troy Davis has been denied clemency by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Our country witnesses, once again, a flawed system at work. From the pope to Jimmy Carter, leaders are calling for a stay in the execution,…
CBFMO offers incentive for churches to consider women as pastors
COLUMBIA, Mo. (ABP) – A state Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is offering cash incentives for churches searching for a pastor to consider a female candidate as part of the process. The CBF of Missouri offered Sept. 17 to pay interview, travel…
Baptist university contributes to Pujols Foundation as partner
ST. LOUIS (ABP) — Missouri Baptist University recently contributed $9,000 to the Pujols Family Foundation as the first gift in a partnership the university plans to continue. Missouri Baptist University President Alton Lacey (second, left) gives St. Louis Cardinals First…
Alabama Baptists remain on sidelines of immigration debate
GUNTERVILLE, Ala. (ABP) – An Alabama Baptist Convention spokesman explained why Baptist churches aren’t joining Methodists, Episcopalians, Catholics and others in protesting the state’s anti-illegal immigration law. “I don’t have the right to speak for the Baptists, because they haven’t…
Jameson joins Wake Forest advancement staff
Norman Jameson WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Norman Jameson, a veteran Baptist journalist whose bylines have appeared recently in Associated Baptist Press, has joined the advancement staff at Wake Forest University. Jameson, 58, serves as assistant dean for development for the WFU…
OPINION: Short-term missions should not undermine field personnel
At the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina General Assembly in March, we collected a mission offering designated for the newly formed Haiti Housing Network. CBF is one of the principal partners in this network, which has the ambitious goal…
Jameson joins Wake Forest Divinity School advancement staff
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Norman Jameson, a veteran Baptist journalist whose bylines have appeared recently in the Religious Herald and Associated Baptist Press, has joined the advancement staff at Wake Forest University. Jameson, 58, serves as assistant dean for development for…
SBC leader says gay marriage not ‘live and let live’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist leader warned Sept. 24 that gay marriage is not a matter of “live and let live” but rather part of a “radical homosexual agenda” aimed at destroying the institution of marriage. “The big…