Historical drama Pressure clears the air on speaking truth to power

Kaye Miller of Little Rock, Ark., was elected June 20 as the new president of the national Woman's Missionary Union. Miller, who has served as president of Arkansas WMU since 2002, succeeds Janet Hoffman of Farmerville, La., national WMU's president…

A number of Baptists from Virginia were elected to committees and boards of trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention last week: COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES • Ronnie C. Brown, Swift Creek Baptist Church, Midlothian (Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia) • William…

President Bush told Southern Baptists June 21 their belief in a “free church in a free state” requires establishing a culture of compassion. Southern Baptists “know that freedom is a divine gift that carries serious responsibilities,” the president said from…

Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention elected Bobby Welch to a second term as president of the denomination. During their annual meeting last week, they also urged parents to investigate public schools and ended its eight-year boycott against the Disney…

Editorial for July 14, 2005 By Jim White I'll tell you the story of a man I'll call Henry because that's his name. He's a crusty old Texan who, despite his rough exterior and years of herding a big rig…

Heritage Column for July 14, 2005 By Fred Anderson Audrey Ferrell has sat at the front door of the Fredericksburg Baptist Church for 40 years. That's not exactly true. When she became church secretary on July 1, 1965, she and…

A spirit of cooperation Your editorial in the June 30 issue of the Herald, “Recognizing the truth when we hear it”, properly acknowledges the call to evangelism by SBC president Bobby Welch and calls attention to John Upton's similar efforts…

Staff Changes David Brinkley, to Cullen Church, Cullen, as pastor. Charles Lumpkin, to Oak Level Church, Bassett, as pastor. Michael K. Cheuk, to Farmville Church, Farmville, as senior pastor. Norman Burnes, to Bon Air Church, Richmond, as interim senior associate…

By Ken Camp and Greg Warner The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship July 1 affirmed a long-awaited proposal for how the moderate group relates to its “partner” institutions and organizations-one of several key actions taken during the Fellowship's annual general assembly in…

The leaders of one of America's most historic Christian denominations voted overwhelmingly July 4 to endorse same-sex civil marriage and encourage their local congregations to extend religious marriage to gay couples. Meeting July 4 in Atlanta, about 1,000 delegates to…

As Pentagon officials appointed a rabbi to a new post overseeing the Air Force's religious environment, members of Congress and religious leaders disagreed over the extent of religious problems that have created a stir at the branch's academy in Colorado….

Twelve conservative Baptists from Europe met with nine Southern Baptist leaders July 1-2 in Warsaw, Poland, in what one participant said could be a precursor to a new international organization of “like-minded” Baptists. The participants said their intent was not…