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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….

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…

N.C. CBF leader urges CBF of Virginia to be ‘missionally-faithfulâ€™

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

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…

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone

School flagpole prayer controversy resolved

Joe Paterno Scandal: Is Penn State Like The Catholic Church?

Virginia Baptists elect first black president, restore ties to Averett