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Why you should care about the Second Baptist Houston lawsuit

A Houston megachurch has been in the news due to member concerns about the ways its bylaws were amended and governance was effectively removed from the congregation and entrusted to a small group handpicked by the senior pastor. While this...

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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…

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…

HeraldBeat

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….

How to interpret the Scriptures

By Mike Smith A church member will sometimes ask how I go about interpreting the scriptures. I am tempted to answer, “On the run,” since I preach and teach several times each week. Thinking more about the question, here are…

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…

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…