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Signs of life rare in New Orleans, but some hardy souls staying put

Robert Marus/ABP Joe McKeever, executive director of the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans, addresses pastors and other church leaders from the association during their monthly support meeting Aug. 2. McKeever has been holding such meetings as a way to…

Alliance of Baptists fined $34,000 for ‘tourist’ activities in Cuba

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The government agency charged with enforcing the United States' ban on travel to Cuba has notified the Alliance of Baptists that it will be fined $34,000 for allegedly engaging in tourist activities while in Cuba for religious…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for August 3, 2006

STAFF CHANGES Ricky J. Jenkins, resigning as pastor of Pioneer Church, Richmond, to accept a position with the Good News Jail & Prison Ministry. Clayton Sweet, resigning as pastor of New Hope Chapel, Pulaski. He and his wife Wanda, who…

U.S. Baptist volunteers safe, thanks to Lebanese leader

As fighting between Israeli forces and Islamic radicals continued to decimate Lebanon July 24, groups of Baptist volunteers from the United States who had been trapped in Beirut were reported safely evacuated. The American Baptist News Service reported that Jennifer…

Virginia Baptists join other leaders in plea for peace

Four Virginia Baptists have joined other Baptist leaders in North America and Europe in calling for an end to violence in Lebanon. The leaders are asking prayer for: • “An end to the escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah.” •…

Fork Union, Oak Hill no longer on NCAA investigation list

Fork Union Military Academy and Oak Hill Academy are no longer the subjects of an NCAA investigation into so called “storefront schools” that give athletes the mantle of college eligibility while offering little in the way of education. Leaders at…

Rhonda Nash named Baptist campus minister at UMW

Rhonda Nash has been named Baptist campus minister at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. Nash, who has been interim campus minister for the past two years, assumed full-time responsibility on Aug. 1. The Wise, Va., native was associate…

Retired minister’s death investigated

The death of a retired Lutheran minister is under investigation after he died while at a residence hall of a college that was found to have had a buildup of carbon monoxide. Walter J. Vierling, 91, of Pearisburg died July…

Randell Everett to resign at Leland

Randell Everett will resign at the end of the year as president of the John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Arlington, where he has served for the past nine years. “These past nine years have been an incredible experience…

Study counts 1,600 ordained Baptist women in U.S.

Roughly 1,600 Baptist women in the United States have been ordained to the ministry, according to a new report released June 21 by Baptist Women in Ministry. The study reported that 60 Baptist women became ordained ministers in 2005. According…

Former Arizona foundation executives convicted of fraud, await sentencing

In what has been described as the largest case of fraud targeting a religious group, the former top executive and legal counsel for the Baptist Foundation of Arizona were convicted on multiple fraud-related counts July 24. A Maricopa County, Ariz.,…

Afghan religious, political leaders discuss religious liberty with BJC

Traveling on a U.S. State Department-sponsored program, a member of parliament and three religious leaders from Afghanistan met with Baptist Joint Committee Executive Director J. Brent Walker for a conversation about religious liberty at the BJC's offices July 20. The…

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