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Central Baptist Seminary fills two positions with three people

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (ABP) — Central Baptist Theological Seminary has filled two cabinet-level positions — one with a husband-wife team who will serve as dean and the other with a former administrator of the seminary. Dean and Lisa Allen will…

CBF offers sabbatical grants to 45 pastors in 2006

ATLANTA (ABP) – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will award 45 sabbatical grants for pastors in 2006. Made possible by a $1.9 million Lilly Endowment grant, the Initiative for Ministerial Excellence program awarded 20 grants in 2004 and an additional 35…

Congress intervenes in dispute

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Congress has now intervened in the emotional dispute over a brain-damaged Florida woman's fate. Doctors were scheduled to remove the feeding tube keeping Terri Schiavo alive March 18, unless Florida legislators pass their own bill aimed at…

Kerry, Santorum say they will reintroduce Workplace Religious Freedom Act

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Congressional supporters of religious freedom will try once again with an employees' religious rights bill they've been trying to get passed for more than eight years. At a Capitol press conference March 17, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.)…

Faith and Politics conference postponed due to Parham prolonged illness

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Due to the prolonged illness of Baptist Center for Ethics Executive Director Robert Parham, a scheduled conference on faith and politics has been postponed indefinitely. Parham was diagnosed late last week with acute leukemia. He is…

Peace activist, pastor Carman Sharp dies at 87

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Carman Sharp, longtime peace activist and Kentucky Baptist pastor, died March 14. He was 87. Sharp, who retired in 1984 after 23 years as pastor of Deer Park Baptist Church in Louisville, was founder of the…

Longtime Kentucky music leader dies one week after accident

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Eugene Quinn, retired director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention church music department, died March 9 as a result of injuries sustained in a fall at the KBC Evangelism Conference March 1. He was 84. Quinn suffered…

American Baptist missionaries will not be recalled, thanks to giving boost

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — American Baptists will not be forced to recall large numbers of foreign missionaries from their places of service, thanks to an increase in giving to an annual missions offering. “A dramatic increase in giving, combined…

Du Plessis elected in Richmond association

Peter L. du Plessis has been elected missions team leader for the Richmond Baptist Association. Du Plessis was elected to the position, which is the equivalent of director of missions, at a special called meeting of the association on March…

Miller named Eagle Eyrie director

Rod Miller had been named director of Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center. Miller, who has been acting director of Virginia Baptists' conference center near Lynchburg since September 2003, was elected by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board's executive committee during its…

INDIA & VIRGINIA BAPTISTS: Visit to India changes one’s perspective

By Kristen Fogg In our wealthy American society the words “back to school” refer to a time of consumerism at its finest. Parents shell out hundreds of dollars buying their children new clothes, new shoes, new backpacks, new notebooks, new…

Top 100 churches in total Virginia Cooperative Program gifts

First Baptist Church in Alexandria led churches affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia last year in contributions to the Virginia portion of the Cooperative Program. Rounding out the top 10 churches in total Virginia CP gifts were Beulah…

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