Baptist News Global

The marriage amendment

I view with curiosity and bewilderment an amendment to “protect the institution of marriage” in the Commonwealth. As a former pastor of 26 years, a current professor of marriage and family life at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, as a…

Almost Baptist!

Growing up in Georgia, I devoured collards, cornbread and the columns by Louie D. Newton in the weekly issues of The Christian Index, the Georgia Baptist newspaper. Newton was a well-known pastor, former editor of the Index, and a denominational…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for November 9, 2006

STAFF CHANGES Ben Munford, to Oak Hall Church, Sandston, as pastor. Kirby Smith, to Oak Forest Church, Chesterfield, as pastor. Jim Graham, to Wallers Church, Partlow, as pastor. Russell H. Dilday, to First Church, Richmond, as interim pastor, effective Jan….

Arkansans approve bingo for religious, charitable causes

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., (ABP) — An Arkansas constitutional amendment legalizing charitable bingo and raffles passed Nov. 7, despite the efforts of Baptists to defeat it. Amendment 1, which passed with 69 percent of the vote, will allow non-profit organizations to…

Dallas church provides teaching ground for young ministers learning the ropes

DALLAS (ABP) — Lying in a hospital bed, Wilshire Baptist Church's pastor emeritus Bruce McIver told a close friend something he'd thought about for a long time. “Two months before he died, we talked about his desire to see more…

CBF names first coordinator for U.S. disaster response

ATLANTA (ABP) — Charles Ray, a long-time Little Rock, Ark., resident, has been named the first coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's U.S.-based disaster response team. He'll begin his new position Jan. 1, 2007. The two-year position was created through…

Supreme Court tackles ‘partial-birth’ abortion again — with 2 new justices

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The man who may cast the deciding vote in the Supreme Court's first major abortion cases in six years tipped his hand little during oral arguments Nov. 8. Justice Anthony Kennedy asked a cascade of highly technical…

South Dakota voters overturn nation’s strictest abortion ban

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (ABP) — Voters in South Dakota overturned the nation's most stringent abortion ban Nov. 7 — 55 percent to 45 percent. Supporters of the ban had hoped to use it to challenge the 33-year-old Roe v. Wade…

By slim margin, Missourians approve stem-cell research within the state

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (ABP) — Voters in Missouri Nov. 7 narrowly approved a constitutional amendment protecting stem-cell research in the state, causing opponents to cite deception and propaganda as the reason for their loss. Preliminary results show the amendment passed…

Arizona voters nation’s first to reject amendment banning gay marriage

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Gay-rights supporters and opponents both claimed victory after the Nov. 7 midterm elections, with voters in seven states approving gay-marriage bans and Arizona becoming the first state in the country to reject such an amendment. Although 27…

Democrats retake House, probably Senate thanks to moderate candidates, disaffection

Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP Senate candidate Jim Webb, D-Va., addresses his supporters after watching election day results in Vienna, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006. WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush extended Democrats a rhetorical olive branch Nov. 8, just hours after the…

Opinion: You are what you eat

If you've never been to a “McDonald's Night,” consider yourself lucky. Now in theory, this is a “win-win” proposition: a fundraiser for my children's school and a night out of the kitchen. It has never been truer, alas, that the…

PNBC plans ‘Freedom Sunday’ this weekend

Christian nationalism is neither Christian nor patriotic

High court says feds can deny reentry to Green Card holders

BNG introduces ‘Bible Divas’ podcast