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Killer of Baptist workers executed in Yemen

A Muslim militant connected to the 2002 murders of three Southern Baptist medical workers in Yemen was executed Nov. 27. Ali al-Jarallah was blindfolded and shot in the courtyard of the central prison in San’a, Yemen’s capital, according to the…

Azerbaijan Baptists want property back

Baptists and Baha’is in Azerbaijan have both told Forum 18 News Service of their concerns about buildings, confiscated from them in the Soviet period, which they want returned. Both communities have had evasive replies from the state. The Baptists want…

American Baptist leader pledges to seek unity

The re-elected leader of American Baptists says his denomination's divide over homosexuality “tears my soul.” “I tell you from the bottom of my heart that this rupture tears my soul, and that I pledge before you, by God's grace, that…

Da Vinci Code to be topic of seminary conference

Some of the nation's foremost biblical scholars will converge at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Feb. 3-4 to lead the second annual 20/20 Collegiate Conference. Headlining this year's conference are keynote speakers Norman Geisler, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte,…

Virginia Baptist Mission Board, Foundation launch endowment partnership

Cover Story for December 8, 2005 By Robert Dilday Associate Editor Virginia Baptist leaders said Nov. 30 they expect a new partnership between the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and Virginia Baptist Foundation to result in significantly more funding for Virginia…

Church & People News for December 8, 2005

Christmas Music & Drama Azalea Church, “An Old-Fashioned Christmas,” Dec. 11 at 11 a.m. Beaver Dam Church, Troy; “One Bethlehem Night,” Dec. 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. Bedford Church, Bedford; “A Great and…

‘Lion, Witch and Wardrobe’ carries message for those who want to see it

(ABP) — Lights! Camera! Allegory? Whether viewers find a distinctly Christian message in the new movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” depends on whether they found one in the C.S. Lewis fantasy novel it's…

Defenders call for support of evangelicals convicted of 1997 Mexican massacre

SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico (ABP) — Sixteen men, mostly evangelical Christians, implicated in the 1997 Acteal massacre in southern Mexico now face 36 years in prison after their final appeal was denied by a three-judge panel Nov. 30. Sergio Nafare, defense…

Arkansas college president leads field of candidates at Samford University

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Andrew Westmoreland, president of Arkansas Baptists' Ouachita Baptist University, is the leading candidate to become president of Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Westmoreland visited the Samford campus Dec. 6 to meet with three constituent panels —…

Underwood elected Mercer president, promises to strengthen Baptist identity

MACON, Ga. (ABP) — Bill Underwood, interim president of Baylor University, was elected president of Mercer University Dec. 2, promising to retain the school's historic Baptist identity despite a recent break with the Georgia Baptist Convention. “I'm a Baptist,” the…

Yemen executes man convicted of 2002 SBC missionary murders

SAN'A, Yemen (ABP) — A Muslim man convicted of plotting the December 2002 terror attack that killed three Southern Baptist missionaries in Yemen was executed Nov. 27, according to several news reports. Ali al-Jarallah died at the hands of a…

South Africa becomes 5th country to legalize gay marriage nationwide

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (ABP) — South Africa's highest court said Dec. 1 that the nation's constitution requires it to legalize same-sex marriage. The Constitutional Court delayed its ruling for a year to give Parliament time to rewrite the nation's 1961…

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