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…
Lottie Moon offering gains second-highest total
Southern Baptists contributed nearly $134 million to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering this year, the second-largest total in the offerings 115-year history. When the books closed on the 2004 offering May 31, Southern Baptists had given $133,886,221.58. The amount fell…
What does Henry know?
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…
Creator of Living Bible dies at 88
Kenneth Taylor, whose Living Bible made Scripture understandable for millions of people, died June 10 at the age of 88 at his home in Wheaton, Ill. Taylor based his Living Bible paraphrase, first published in 1971, on existing English Bible…
Keeping confidences
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…
Baptist legislator opposes New Jersey Devils’ mascot
A Baptist state legislator from New Jersey is taking issue with the satanic symbol and religious name of the New Jersey Devils. “This is an age where symbolism is very important,” state assemblyman Craig Stanley told the Associated Press. Stanley…
Letters for July 14, 2005
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…
U.S. missionaries attacked in India, sent back home
Christian groups in India are condemning attacks on four American missionaries in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on June 11. The four American missionaries-Philip Allan, Clover Edward, Craig Allen and Richard Jenal-are from a Church of Christ congregation in…
Church & People News for July 14, 2005
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…
Yearlong evangelistic effort will reveal health of SBC, says President Welch
By Greg Warner Sixteen months from now, Southern Baptists should know if they have been able to reverse their evangelistic decline-or if there is a deeper problem that will require a more drastic remedy-said Bobby Welch as he concluded a…
CBF clarifies partner status, elects new officers and missionaries
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…
Resources help churches celebrate freedom without ‘civil religion’
By Greg Warner Three Baptist organizations are teaming up to provide churches with the tools to celebrate American freedoms “without watering down their devotion to God with civil religion.” The First Freedoms Project-led by Associated Baptist Press, the Baptist Joint…