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Hertz fires Muslims for not clocking out to pray

Carl Johnson, retired financial officer, will be nominated as BGAVâ€™s 1VP

RICHMOND, Va. — Carl Johnson, a retired denominational financial officer in Richmond, Va., will be nominated next month as first vice president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia — a position which for more than a decade has led…

V3 launches web site as it expands awareness of multiplication movement

RICHMOND, Va. — V3, a church multiplication movement sponsored by Virginia Baptists, launched a new web site Oct. 14 to communicate its mission to a wider audience. V3 developed last year out of the Virginia Church Multiplication Initiative and describes…

CBF officers narrowing list of nominees for coordinator search committee

TUCKER, Ga. (ABP) — Officers of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship are sorting through some 200 names submitted by rank-and-file CBF supporters to appoint a nine-member search committee to nominate a successor to Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal, who retires after 15…

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship task force suggests organizational change

TUCKER, Ga. (ABP) — A blue-ribbon task force studying the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s organizational structure suggests a smaller governing board than the current 63-member Coordinating Council, along with creation of two new councils to focus on cooperation and global missions….

Suffolk, Va., pastor Mark Croston to be nominated as president of BGAV

SUFFOLK, Va. — Mark Croston, a Suffolk, Va., pastor, who currently serves as first vice president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, will be nominated next month as president of the state association, it was confirmed Oct. 21. If…

Richmond seminary marks 20 years since first classes were inaugurated

RICHMOND, Va. — As Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond moved past the halfway mark in a $500,000 matching gift campaign, the seminary community continued a year-long celebration of its 20th anniversary at an Oct. 17 dinner. Some of BTSR’s founding…

Social justice apart from the church not ‘kingdom work,’ author says

WACO, Texas (ABP) — A rising generation of Christians intent on working for social justice must not confuse that effort with "kingdom work," award-winning Christian author Scot McKnight said during the Parchman Endowed Lectures series at Baylor University's Truett Theological…

Master’s in Christian leadership for Hispanics created by DBU & BUA

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ABP) — A graduate degree in leadership, focused on the Hispanic Christian community, will launch in January through the cooperative efforts of Dallas Baptist University and Baptist University of the Américas. The two schools formally agreed Oct….

Texas Baptists push to eliminate violence along Mexico border

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ABP) — While drug cartels brand guns and other weapons, Baptists are seeking to end the violence through prayer and the spirit of God, said Daniel Rangel, director of Texas Baptists' River Ministry. Texas Baptists are encouraging Christians to…

Baptist General Convention of Texas celebrates 125 years of ministry

AMARILLO, Texas (ABP) — Messengers will gather Oct. 24-26 for the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting to conduct business related to kingdom work, they will be carrying out a tradition of making decisions to advance God's kingdom just as…

Except for white evangelicals, Americans have soured on Trump’s leadership

CBF approves $16 million budget, leaders challenge more mission

The Black Church was not meant to save America

Caner sues Truett-McConnell for wrongful firing