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BWA Tour

BWA TOUR Baptist World Alliance general secretary Neville Callam (right) ended his several-weeks tour to meet Baptists across the nation with a visit to Richmond, where he was greeted at a luncheon. Joining him was John Upton, executive director of…

Proposed BGAV budget for 2008 alters funding for schools, colleges

RICHMOND — Virginia Baptists will be asked this week to approve a 2008 budget that offers a new way to fund their educational institutions. The changes are part of the proposed Baptist General Association of Virginia budget of $14,360,000 —…

SECOND OPINION: A truly evangelical Baptist future

In moving this summer from Union University to Mercer University I transitioned from a school that moves in the orbit of the Southern Baptist Convention to an institution that moves in the orbit of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. And so…

Generations

For nearly 180 years, across five generations, the Religious Herald has arrived uninterrupted in the homes of the Ryland family of Virginia. Samuel Peachey Ryland subscribed when the first issue of the Herald came off the press in January 1828….

A devastating 1969 hurricane spawned Virginia Baptists’ far-reaching disaster relief ministry

During the night of Aug. 19-20, 1969, the remnants of Hurricane Camille inundated parts of southwest Virginia's Nelson County, producing devastating floods and mudslides. For Virginia Baptists' disaster relief ministry — and for key leaders of the ministry such as…

Alabama Baptists, in quiet meeting, adopt record $44.6 million budget

MOBILE, Ala. (ABP) — Messengers to the Alabama Baptist State Convention's annual meeting Nov. 13-14 quietly adopted a record budget and re-elected their officers. Members of the state's largest religious group also moved forward with work toward a future relocation…

Evangelical scholars discuss justification by faith, may change doctrinal statement

SAN DIEGO (ABP) – As hundreds of scholars, pastors and theologians gathered Nov. 14 for the opening day of the 59th annual conference of the Evangelical Theological Society, a question loomed over their heads: How narrowly to define who qualifies…

N.C. Baptists cut WMU funding, loosen ties with colleges, take stand on gays

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…

Moderates, conservatives each get mixed bag during Tenn. convention

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (ABP) – Neither an organized conservative group nor a coalition of moderates and unaligned conservatives were the clear-cut winners during the Tennessee Baptist Convention annual meeting, held Nov. 13-14 in Kingsport, Tenn. Messengers elected presidential and vice presidential…

Moderates lose officer, other votes at Tennessee Baptist meeting

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (ABP) — An organized conservative group defeated a coalition of moderates and unaligned conservatives during the Tennessee Baptist Convention annual meeting Nov. 13-14 in Kingsport, Tenn. Messengers elected presidential and vice-presidential candidates endorsed by Concerned Tennessee Baptists, whose…

Opinion: The power of choosing what we remember

Like other American holidays -– such as Labor, Memorial and Presidents days -– Veterans' Day has lost much of its original significance for a considerable part of our population and has become the occasion for yet one more three-day weekend….

Belmont and Tennessee Baptists reach settlement, ending lawsuit

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (ABP) — Belmont University and Tennessee Baptists have reached an agreement that will end a crucial lawsuit, messengers at the Tennessee Baptist Convention annual meeting were told Nov. 13. The agreement means that Belmont will provide the Tennessee…

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