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Morris Chapman announces plans to retire from SBC Executive Committee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Morris Chapman, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, announced plans Sept. 21 to retire at the end of September 2010. Chapman, 68, a former pastor who this year celebrates his 50th anniversary…

Morris Chapman announces plans to retire from Executive Committee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Morris Chapman, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, announced plans Sept. 21 to retire at the end of September 2010. Morris Chapman announces retirement plans to the SBC Executive Committee. Chapman, a…

Healing the Sick: Ethicists view health care as a basic right

ATLANTA (ABP) — Human beings are fragile creatures needing health care to flourish and — in many cases — survive, said David Gushee, distinguished university professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta. And that…

Nilson Fanini, former BWA president, dies at 77

BEDFORD, Texas (ABP) — Nilson Fanini, a Brazilian pastor and evangelist who served as president of the Baptist World Alliance from 1995 to 2000, died Sept. 19 of complications following a stroke. He was 77. During his term as BWA…

Dr. Micah’s health-care prescription

By Marv Knox What will our nation do about health care? That question dominates the American social and political landscape this autumn. But another question hovers in the mists of that landscape. It’s almost as important and perhaps even more…

Nilson Fanini, former Baptist World Alliance president, dies at 77

BEDFORD, Texas — Nilson Fanini, Brazilian pastor and evangelist who served as president of the Baptist World Alliance from 1995 to 2000, died Sept. 19. He was 77. During his term as BWA president, Fanini viewed the BWA’s primary role…

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Pamela I. Chisholm, to Greenbrier Church, Arlington, as pastor. • Brian J. Hotaling, to Charles Town Church, Charles Town, W. Va., as pastor. • Gregory Washington, to St. Mark Church, Maidens, as pastor. MISSION IN EL SALVADOR:…

Morris Chapman to retire in 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Morris Chapman, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, announced plans Sept. 21 to retire at the end of September 2010. Morris Chapman announces retirement plans to the SBC Executive Committee. Chapman, a…

Unlike 1993, religious groups visible on both sides of health care debate

President Clinton’s health care reform bill went down to defeat in 1993, due in large part to the opposition of the Religious Right, and the political fallout helped usher in a Republican takeover of Congress and nearly crippled the rest…

EDITORIAL: Pewboy contemplates contemporary incivility

Pewboy, glass of water in hand, sat in his bathrobe before a keyboard staring blankly at the computer screen. A serious case of bed head and puffy, bloodshot eyes revealed the previous night’s sleep had not gone well. Two just…

HERITAGE: Investments in the future

Norman Bennett’s earliest spiritual experiences were in the primary department at Orcutt Avenue Baptist Church in Newport News. At age 6 he memorized the 100th Psalm and received his first Bible. While in the junior department at First Baptist Church,…

OUT LOUD

“…[I]t says something about the character of religious life in this society when preachers, priests and other religious leaders will not address the profound and provocative proof that our character suffers from a cancer that glorifies white leadership — however…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war