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Going for the gold

Editorial for February 16, 2006 By Jim White Like millions of other Americans, I have been watching the winter Olympics. I have been looking for an athlete with whom I can identify. You know, mid-50s, out of shape and in…

Farewell to a born fixer

Heritage Column for February 16, 2006 By Fred Anderson Joyce Journey signed on with one of those temporary job agencies; and one day they told her that they needed to place her in an office job with Virginia Baptists. “We…

Giving not yet showing fatigue some feared would occur

News reports and televised images of suffering by South Asia tsunami victims or hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast residents prompted Americans to reach deep into their pocketbooks to give last year. Americans gave more than $2.7 billion to aid Gulf Coast hurricane…

Mercer leaders ponder role as national Baptist university

By John Pierce and Greg Warner Associated Baptist Press Can Baptists build and sustain a national Baptist university? It hasn't been done yet, said top leaders at Mercer University, but Mercer has as good a chance as anyone. “Mercer may…

IMB trustees tried power of press to silence dissent, Burleson says

By Greg Warner Associated Baptist Press A new staff policy, which gives trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board power to censor news stories about their work, reportedly was used Jan. 11 to try to persuade a trustee…

N.C. agency to elect its own trustees

The Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina has adopted bylaw amendments that allow the corporation's trustees to elect their own successors. Previously the bylaws called for trustees to be elected by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, which also…

N.C. panel taps consensus candidate

Leaders of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina have nominated a candidate with support from both moderates and conservatives to the fractious statewide body's executive post. The convention's board of directors voted, without opposition, Jan. 24 to recommend Milton…

10th Alabama Baptist church burns as authorities speculate

BEAVERTON, Ala. (ABP) — A day after another rural Baptist church in Alabama burned Feb. 11, authorities were speculating that the rash of 10 arsons in 10 days is the work of a pair who may be “bosom buddies.” This…

Focus on the Family supports Colo. bill to offer some rights to gay couples

WASHINGTON (ABP) — As the political battle over same-sex marriage heats up again in Washington, an unusual debate over gay rights is raising some eyebrows in Colorado. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) announced Feb. 10 he would schedule a…

Mark Noll leaving Wheaton for post at Notre Dame

WHEATON, Ill. (ABP) — One of evangelical Christianity's premier scholars will leave one of its premier institutions of higher learning for a position at a premier Catholic university, according to news reports. The website of the magazine Christianity Today reported…

Wenzao Han, prominent Chinese Christian leader, dies at 83

NANJING, China (ABP) — One of China's most prominent modern-day Christian leaders has died at the age of 83. Wenzao Han died Feb. 3 in Nanjing. He served from 1996 to 2002 as president of the China Christian Council, and…

Phil Strickland, head of Texas Baptist moral-concerns agency, dies at 64

DALLAS (ABP) — Phil Strickland, who served nearly a quarter century as director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas' Christian Life Commission, died Feb. 11 at age 64. According to his colleagues, Strickland believed his mission was to provide…

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone