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Thousands of churches along the Gulf Coast face years of recovery in aftermath o

‘I believe with all my heart that this is the redemptive moment in history for the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” Pastor Chuck Register told the displaced parishioners of First Baptist Church of Gulfport six days after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the church's…

New Orleans Baptist Seminary president hopes campus will reopen in summer 2006

Despite devastation on the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary campus, President Chuck Kelley said he plans for the main campus to be fully operational in August 2006 and is hopeful that some activities will be held on campus as early…

WMUV issues statement supporting evacuees

Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia issued the following statement Sept. 12: “As the advisory and trustee boards of Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia gather at CrossRoads Camp and Conference Center, Sept. 9-10, 2005, we issue this prayer of support to…

Church & People News for October 13, 2005

Staff Changes Stephen Turner, to Claybrook Church, Weems, as pastor. Ronnie L. Rogers, to New Hope Church, Appomattox, as pastor. Ashley Gatewood, to Laurel Hill Church, Verona, as minister of students. Mike Gibson, resigning as minister of music at Bethlehem…

American Baptists cutting staff, but ‘not collapsing,’ says Medley

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — The American Baptist Churches USA is shutting down its communications department — the latest step in budget cuts and restructuring brought on by declining funds and theological division in the denominational group. Although the ABC…

As disasters keep coming, relief groups respond in Pakistan, Guatemala

(ABP) — Rescue specialists from Hungarian Baptist Aid have joined the recovery effort in Pakistan, where the country's worst earthquake ever killed an estimated 41,000 people Oct. 8. Other Baptist organizations — including the Baptist World Alliance, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship…

Bible curriculum looks at poverty, racism in Katrina’s aftermath

ATLANTA (ABP) — A five-lesson Bible study course, published by two Baptist groups, is intended to help churches focus on poverty and racial issues that surfaced in the rubble of Hurricane Katrina. “Lessons on Poverty and Racism,” scheduled for release…

Kenyan, American students hold second joint Passport youth camp

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Alex Lowman, 15, didn't know if she would have anything in common with youth from Kenya. But a weeklong Passport youth camp just outside of Nairobi, Kenya, showed her the world is a smaller place than…

New trustees named for Shorter as long legal battle ends

ROME, Ga. (ABP) — Nelson Price, a leading conservative among Baptists in Georgia and the Southern Baptist Convention, was named acting trustee chair at Shorter College following a long legal battle that ended with the Georgia Baptist Convention retaining complete…

Justice is always coming

Not So Sorry explores the question: Should victims always forgive their abusers?

Did Trump voters know what they were getting? Pew surveys say yes

Ryan Walters orders all Oklahoma schoolchildren to pray for Trump