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Due to a conversion to a new computer software program for church receipts, the BGAV will be unable to post church receipts (Cooperative Missions and designated gifts) during the first three weeks of May 2006 (May 1-19). Remittances will be…

A statement signed by 41 pastors and various other Southrn Baptist leaders has been distributed affirming the integrity and achievements of Bob Reccord, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board. Reccord resigned April 17, citing “honest…

Robert Nash has received the nomination for the global missions coordinator position at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. CBF members will vote to approve the nomination at their annual meeting June 21 in Atlanta. The nomination comes after a year of…

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will sponsor a conference and luncheon for chaplains and pastoral counselors during its General Assembly June 22-23 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. As an auxiliary event preceding the Assembly, a conference will be…

Despite openly recognizing that the controversial new religion law approved by parliament on April 20 violates the European Convention on Human Rights, Serbian president Boris Tadic signed it into law on April 27. He ordered parliament to amend the law…

With the focus on evangelism and the goal of winning and baptizing 1 million people in a year, the Southern Baptist Convention will gather at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C., June 13-14, for its annual meeting. It will be…

Nominees to serve on the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, the International Mission Board, the North American Mission Board, LifeWay Christian Resources GuideStone Financial Resources, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the six seminaries and the committee on order of…

The Vatican renewed its attack on The Da Vinci Code on April 28, with a high-ranking official calling Catholics to boycott a forthcoming film version of the runaway best-seller. Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the Congregation of the Doctrine of…

A prominent Southern Baptist leader on April 27 advocated Christian support of immigrants but stressed that lawbreakers should be punished and newcomers should work hard to assimilate. “Put the emphasis on the American part of Hispanic-American and you are welcome,”…