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Leader who warned of Islamic takeover hired to aid SBC’s world mission effort

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — David Clippard, the former Missouri Baptist Convention executive who earned national headlines when he said Islam has a plan to “conquer and occupy” the United States, was hired Dec. 10 by the Southern Baptist Convention's world…

Insurer of churches won’t pay disputes

DES MOINES, Iowa (ABP) — One of the nation's three largest insurers of congregations has backed away from covering lawsuits filed as a result of church splits and denominational disputes. Since July, GuideOne Insurance of West Des Moines, Iowa, has…

Virginia Baptist Foundation awards 12 grants to ministry partners

RICHMOND — The Virginia Baptist Foundation has awarded 12 grants totaling over $100,000 to 11 Virginia Baptist ministry partners, according to Ronald C. Hall, president and CEO of the Foundation. Hall announced the following recipients, which were awarded grants by…

Surgery leads Mohler to bow out of SBC race

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, will bow out of the race to head the Southern Baptist Convention, according to a Feb. 14 statement. Mohler will undergo surgery for a pre-cancerous tumor in his…

Music collaboration to benefit African school

RICHMOND — American Youth Harp Ensemble and Richmond area choirs will join forces next month to present “Amani Peace Concert,” an African music collaboration benefiting the Grace Baptist Institute in Liberia. The performance takes place on Sunday, May 4, at…

CORRECTION

The chair of the Baptist General Association of Virginia's Christian life committee is David Roberts, not Bill Nieporte as reported in last week's Herald.

Black Baptist denominations to help hurricane-ravaged churches rebuild

(RNS) — Three of the nation's largest black Baptist denominations have announced plans to help ruined churches and their church members across the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast. The National Baptist Convention USA, the National Baptist Convention of America and the Progressive…

IMB critics propose resolution affirming right of dissent

(ABP) — A Dallas-area pastor says he will introduce a resolution “on Baptist dissent” — apparently aimed at controversial actions by some Southern Baptist Convention agency trustees — during this summer's SBC annual meeting. Benjamin Cole, a leading critic of…

Who is the enemy?

I enjoyed your editorial on bumper sticker wars (June 15), but I was dismayed to see those who display the fish with legs referred to as “the enemy.” Does this mean that Christians who believe in evolution are “the enemy?”…

Blackaby resigns as seminary president

(BP) — Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary President Richard Blackaby announced his resignation from the seminary presidency in early June to become president of Blackaby Ministries International. In a meeting with his staff and faculty, Blackaby said though he always felt…

Wayne Coley, longtime Virginia Baptist leader, dies following illness

RICHMOND—Wayne Coley, a longtime Virginia Baptist leader in children’s ministries, died Jan. 14 in Richmond following a long illness. He was 67. For a total of 23 years, Coley was on the staff of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, where…

BGAV, VBMB committee chairs named for 2009

Baptist General Association of Virginia president Jeff Bloomer, who also serves as chair of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, has appointed chairs for several committees for 2009. The commitees and their chairs are: • BGAV Budget Committee: Tom McCann, Richmond…

Trump is lying — again — about the Kennedy Center

CBF and Alliance join others in promoting safe and fair elections

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