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…
UCC is first denomination to endorse gay marriage
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…
New book on Southern Baptist martyrs looks at lives of remarkable ministers
By Jesse Lyautey Eight Southern Baptist workers have given their lives over the last three years to follow the call of God to reach the lost peoples of the world. A just-released book, Lives Given, Not Taken: 21st Century Southern…