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ANALYSIS: Baptist history on alcohol not totally teetotaling

Question: Why do you always take two Baptists with you when you go fishing? Answer: Because if you only bring one, he'll drink all your beer. Most everybody who grew up in the South has a favorite Baptists-and-alcohol joke, usually…

ANALYSIS: SBC surprise not a coup, but maybe a course correction

With the election of an outsider president who had strong support from reform-minded pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention may be changing in tone. But substantive changes are still a ways off, say denominational observers. While there were surprises, messengers to…

At the front door

Hazel Mallory died Saturday, June 24, from cancer. Her funeral was on Wednesday, June 28, at Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church in Richmond. For 31 years Hazel Mallory sat at the front door of Virginia Baptist life. As the administrative assistant…

EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida’s witnessing technique

Dear Jimmy, Since its been a spell since I've written, and since your Uncle Orley ain't around to distract me, I figured I'd drop you a line or two. Orley has gone with some of his farmer friends over to…

Rejected

In the May 4 issue of the Herald there was an insert, Caring Times, from the Virginia Baptist Children's Homes and Family Services which I enjoyed very much. I am glad these homes exist for the children, both Baptist and…

Time will tell

Let me be among the first to congratulate you on the straight-talk editorial, “Time Will Tell.” in the June 22 issue of the Herald. You cited four significant lessons learned from the Southern Baptist Convention held in Greensboro: Don't mess…

Baptism meanings and methods spark debate among some Baptists

Disputes about baptism are troubling the waters among some Baptists. From a controversial policy of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board, which narrows the definition of an acceptable baptism of a new missionary, to churches that wrestle with the…

Quiet CBF assembly leaves time for exhortations, declarations

Editor's note: This is compiled from previous ABP stories. ATLANTA (ABP) — News from speakers, workshops and auxiliary meetings during the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly included: — CBF Coordinating Council members unanimously elected Rob Nash as global missions coordinator…

Two Gardner-Webb University administrators die in one week

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (ABP) — Gardner-Webb University, a Baptist school in North Carolina, is mourning the loss of two members of its development staff who died within a week. David Boan, the school's vice president for development, died after a…

Hispanic university joins 3 groups in church-starting partnership

ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — The Baptist University of the Americas has joined a 3-year-old partnership with other Baptist groups to start Spanish-language churches across the United States. The San Antonio, Texas, school signed on to the partnership with the Hispanic…

Anti-poverty reformers seek consensus among political, religious groups

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Christian anti-poverty advocates are promoting a “Covenant for a New America” that calls for policy changes to build consensus across the political aisle and across denominations. The document outlines three “fundamental commitments”: — “Work must work and…

Don’t be afraid of evangelicals, Obama tells other progressives

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Speaking to a group of Christians rallying in Washington, a possible contender for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination said it's time for progressives and liberals to talk about faith, but only if they can speak authentically. “Nothing's…

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children