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N.C. Baptists cut WMU funding, loosen ties to colleges, retirement home

GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — Messengers changed the face of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, loosening ties to its five colleges and retirement home, cutting funding to its women's auxiliary, and expelling a church that accepts gays in leadership…

N.C. colleges provide scholarships for CBF missionary children

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Seven historically Baptist colleges and universities in North Carolina will offer undergraduate tuition scholarships for children of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship global missions field personnel. The schools are Campbell University in Buies Creek, Chowan University in Murfreesboro, Gardner-Webb…

Mid-Atlantic CBF missions day unites churches in ministry to poor

WASHINGTON — Since 2006, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel Brandon and Tirzah Turner have been serving in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., ministering among the poor and encouraging local CBF partner churches to do the same. On Nov. 3, the…

Campbell Divinity School opens World Religions and Global Cultures Center

BUIES CREEK, N.C. — Campbell University Divinity School has opened a new World Religions and Global Cultures Center to enhance students' understanding of other cultures and religious beliefs. Michael Cogdill, dean of the Campbell Divinity School and George Braswell, director…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for November 22, 2007

STAFF CHANGES • Larry Cheek, to First Church, Collinsville, as pastor. • Derik W. Hamby, to Randolph Memorial Church, Madison Heights, as full-time pastor. • Tom Parker, resigning as pastor of Oak Grove Church, Cana. • Greg Compton, resigning as…

Correction

In the Nov. 19 ABP story “Critics: Doctrinal standard leaves evangelical society ‘exposed',” please change the 23rd paragraph to the following: “So far, Beckwith, who is no longer a member of the society, has not commented publicly on the proposed…

California Baptists adopt budget, reject bill related to Baptist Faith and Message

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (ABP) — Messengers to the California Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting Nov. 13-14 adopted an $11.6 million budget, turned down a constitutional amendment related to the Baptist Faith and Message and re-elected the body's president. “Connecting to…

Opinion: Getting past reaction in shaping the Baptist future

One of the enduring tendencies in human life is reaction. Unhappy with the prevailing tendencies of a person or group we oppose, especially in situations of sharp conflict, we swing sharply in the other direction. Oftentimes when we do so…

Child killed in Mexico after accident with Baptist volunteers

DALLAS (ABP) — A Baptist team of volunteers on their way to feed flood victims in Southern Mexico accidentally killed a child in a traffic accident Nov. 15. Members of Texas Baptist Men, a men's missions organization, were driving through…

Georgia Baptist resolution criticizes Baptist blogs

AUGUSTA, Ga. (ABP) — Georgia Baptists approved a record budget and a controversial resolution against blogging during their annual meeting Nov. 12-13. Gathering in Augusta, more than 1,400 messengers attended the Georgia Baptist Convention meeting, themed “Back to the Basics.”…

State resolutions focus on alcohol, gambling, homosexuality, abuse

WASHINTON (ABP) — The pleasures of the flesh — specifically liquor and sex — were among the most popular subjects of resolutions passed by Southern Baptist-affiliated state conventions this fall. Although many state conventions avoided resolutions on controversial issues of…

Mississippi Baptists enjoy peaceful annual meeting

JACKSON, Miss. (ABP) — Messengers to the 2007 annual meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Convention elected a president by acclamation for the fifth year in a row and adopted a record budget Oct. 30-31. Meeting at First Baptist Church of…

Islamophobia is the next bogeyman

The Black Church cannot remain America’s emergency moral infrastructure

We are manna

Webinar explores religious context of America’s Founders