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Unconventional seminary begins second year of instruction

ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — A seminary should create a “theological chain reaction,” Baptist educator Michael Quicke stressed during the inaugural convocation of the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute. The Carroll Institute, in its second academic year with 400 students, installed its…

Baptists Today taps Sherman for Judson-Rice Award

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — Cecil Sherman, the first national coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, will receive the sixth annual Judson-Rice Award at an April 21 dinner at First Baptist Church of Asheville, N.C. The event is sponsored by the…

Wrap-up: Alito gives few hints on Roe v. Wade, First Amendment

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In four days of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Bush's pick for a pivotal seat on the Supreme Court revealed little about how he may rule on the day's most controversial issues. But experts said…

Correction

In the Jan. 11 ABP story “IMB seeks removal of blogging trustee, accuses Wade Burleson of 'broken trust,'” the article incorrectly reported that the International Mission Board's new practice of getting trustee approval for news releases about trustee actions was…

Hispanic ministries meet needs in Virginia

Courtney Hodges CBF Communications Greg and Sue Smith have built their two-year-old ministry among Hispanics on a principle that has served the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship well-partnership. Two years ago, the CBF of Virginia appointed the Smiths as missionaries. After serving…

Church & People News for January 12, 2006

Staff Changes Mark Miller, to Shalom Church, Mechanicsville, as senior pastor, effective Feb. 1. Nicholas Pierce, to Piedmont Church, Amelia, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Jeff Sowers has joined the launch team of Real Life…

EDITORIAL: When a preacher sins

Editorial for January 12, 2006 By Jim White Someone once wrote that true love is “when someone falls from a pedestal on which you have put him-but you catch him.” Every Baptist, indeed every true Christian, was deeply grieved by…

Letters for January 12, 2006

It’s all about Christmas It’s Christmas. Pure, plain and simple, it is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. For the spokespersons at the Baptist Joint Committee [“Is there a war on Christmas?” Herald, Dec. 15] and their cousins…

A new beginning

Heritage Column for January 12, 2006 By Fred Anderson The death last fall of Rosa Parks, an icon of the civil rights movement, brought back memories of my own. Like anyone who ever lived in the South in the days…

Stories of hope and survival still fresh in chaplain’s mind

Although now back home in Livermore, Calif., disaster relief chaplain Naomi Paget is still moved by her experiences in the Gulf Coast region during the past two months. Following are selected entries from personal reflections she recorded during her temporary…

Catholics consider abolishing Limbo

A Roman Catholic tradition that has been around since the Middle Ages may soon be no more. Limbo, the place somewhere between heaven and hell reserved for unbaptized babies, was discussed among 30 top theologians last month at the Vatican…

Post-hurricane gifts are record breakers

The outpouring of private charity to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina and two sister storms now ranks as the most generous in American history, surpassing donations after Sept. 11, according to researchers who track philanthropy. Americans have donated about…

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