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Jackson, Drake win vice president spots

(BP)Messengers elected Jimmy Jackson, pastor of Whitesburg Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ala., as first vice president and Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., as second vice president in contested elections last week. In the…

Abstinence resolution calls for trustees to be teetotalers

Declaring “our total opposition to the … consuming of alcoholic beverages,” Southern Baptist Convention messengers adopted a strongly worded resolution on the issue June 14. Messengers adopted 15 resolutions presented by the SBC Resolutions Committee on issues ranging from genocide…

SBC sends issue back to trustees

The SBC's International Mission Board will get a chance to resolve its own trustee dispute, despite a plea for outside arbitration. Trustee Wade Burleson asked SBC messengers to authorize the convention's Executive Committee to create a special committee to study…

Condi Rice tells messengers U.S.’s job is to spread freedom

In an address that was received like a campaign stump speech, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, exhorting her listeners to support the United States in spreading freedom around the globe. After a…

Rogers’ widow warns of narrowing parameters in SBC

(ABP) — Adrian Rogers' widow captured unexpected attention at the Southern Baptist Pastors Conference by asserting her husband would not approve of narrowing parameters of fellowship in the Southern Baptist Convention. Joyce Rogers, whose deceased husband was a former Southern…

Seminary presidents Mohler and Patterson debate Calvinism

Baptist seminary presidents Paige Patterson and Albert Mohler may have philosophical differences on the subject of divine election as interpreted by Calvinism, but those differences have small practical effect, an hour-long dialogue between the two revealed. Patterson and Mohler discussed…

SBC dedicates statue of Billy Graham at annual meeting

Billy Graham's impact on the Southern Baptist Convention will last for generations, and a bronze sculpture unveiled June 14 at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention will likewise cement forever the famous evangelist and his gospel message for…

Leland Center fully accreditated

The John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Arlington has received full accreditation from the Association of Theological Schools. ATS, the premier agency for seminary accreditation in North America, granted the accreditation at its June 14 board meeting. “Full accreditation…

Foundation issues $50,000 challenge to Oak Hill Academy

The board of trustees of the Virginia Baptist Foundation has approved up to a $50,000 in a matching scholarship endowment grant to Oak Hill Academy. These scholarship endowment funds will remain under the perpetual management care of the Foundation. Announcing…

Harton is interim dean at BTSR

R. Michael Harton became interim dean of the faculty at Baptist Theological Seminary Richmond on June 1. Harton will serve in the interim position for one year. He replaces Richard Vinson, who stepped down May 31. Vinson will continue in…

WMUV executive taking sabbatical

Earlene Jessee, executive director of Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia, is taking a sabbatical to address medical issues, as well as focus on academic projects. Jessee said she expects to return to her position Sept. 1. In the meantime, day-to-day…

CBF to hold 16th annual General Assembly in Atlanta

The 16th Annual Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, held June 21-24 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, was expected to engage the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, receive a challenging message of social justice from a South African minister, engage…

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

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