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BGCT board calls session to respond to Rio Grande funds mismanagement

DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board will meet in executive session Nov. 13 to consider its response to the report about mismanaged and misused funds in the Rio Grande Valley. The meeting at the Dallas…

Updated: Westmoreland stresses building on strengths at inauguration

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Samford University president Andrew Westmoreland, speaking during his inauguration Nov. 2 as the school's 18th president, shared his vision for Samford and affirmed that he would do his best to lead the Baptist school with “a…

Top evangelical Haggard steps down after allegations from gay prostitute

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (ABP) — Ted Haggard, head of the National Association of Evangelicals and a prominent opponent of gay rights, resigned Nov. 2, after a Colorado man came forward with allegations that Haggard paid him for sex and drugs….

Mercer announces scholarship for kids of CBF missionaries

ATLANTA (ABP) — In an effort to alleviate the stress missionary parents can feel in trying to finance a college education for their children, Mercer University has announced it will provide undergraduate tuition scholarships for children of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship…

Divorce a tragedy, time with loved ones important, Albom tells Dallas church

DALLAS (ABP) — Divorce is insidious, but time with loved ones is precious, author Mitch Albom told an audience as part of a Dallas church's lecture series Nov. 1. Divorce does terrible things to kids, he says, even when they…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for November 2, 2006

Staff Changes Robert Johansen, to Spring Creek Church, Darlington Heights, as pastor. Matthew Straw, resigning as pastor of Westhampton Church, Richmond. Judy Barger, to Grandin Court Church, Roanoke, as interim minister of music. Dan Foss, to Chestnut Hill Church, Lynchburg,…

Virginia Baptists assist Europeans in supporting church planters

Virginia Baptists are partnering with Baptists in Europe to support church planters across that continent as well as in war-torn Iraq. Approximately 60 indigenous church planters in 21 countries in Eastern Europe and the Middle East are being supported by…

Chaplain Service job seems made to order

When a prison inmate requests a special diet for religious reasons, is it really part of the inmate's faith? It's Randy Myers's job to find the answer. It's the kind of question Myers will grapple with in his new job…

Virginians help dreams come true in African ministry

Nineteen volunteers from Community Heights Baptist Church of Cedar Bluff, Va., went to Kyela, Tanzania, for two weeks in July. Hundreds of churches take mission trips—what makes this one different is that it began 15 years ago. Pastor Allen Jessee…

Breakout sessions at BGAV to focus on RASNet

Five breakout sessions at this year's annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia will focus on the Ray and Ann Spence Network for Congregational Leadership, RASNet's director Bob Dale told Paige Peak, communications officer for the Virginia Baptist…

Evangelical Forum to hold 5th annual meeting

The Evangelical Forum will host its fifth annual meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Green Run Baptist Church in Virginia Beach. The meeting is being held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia….

New issue of Heritage Seekers is released

Sam Houston and Texas Baptists are featured in the new issue of Heritage Seekers, the magazine for children and families published by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. The theme of this issue is on the spirit of individualism,…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church