Due to a conversion to a new computer software program for church receipts, the BGAV will be unable to post church receipts (Cooperative Missions and designated gifts) during the first three weeks of May 2006 (May 1-19). Remittances will be…
Reccord affirmed in statement circulated by Baptist leaders
A statement signed by 41 pastors and various other Southrn Baptist leaders has been distributed affirming the integrity and achievements of Bob Reccord, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board. Reccord resigned April 17, citing “honest…
CBF nominates Robert Nash for top missions position
Robert Nash has received the nomination for the global missions coordinator position at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. CBF members will vote to approve the nomination at their annual meeting June 21 in Atlanta. The nomination comes after a year of…
CBF meeting features lunch for chaplains, pastoral counselors
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will sponsor a conference and luncheon for chaplains and pastoral counselors during its General Assembly June 22-23 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. As an auxiliary event preceding the Assembly, a conference will be…
Serbian president signs religion law
Despite openly recognizing that the controversial new religion law approved by parliament on April 20 violates the European Convention on Human Rights, Serbian president Boris Tadic signed it into law on April 27. He ordered parliament to amend the law…
‘Everyone Can’ to be focus of SBC meeting
With the focus on evangelism and the goal of winning and baptizing 1 million people in a year, the Southern Baptist Convention will gather at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C., June 13-14, for its annual meeting. It will be…
Trustee nominations, committees named for SBC entities
Nominees to serve on the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, the International Mission Board, the North American Mission Board, LifeWay Christian Resources GuideStone Financial Resources, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the six seminaries and the committee on order of…
SIDEBAR: The Gospel of Judas: What is it?
The manuscript know as the Gospel of Judas is a series of tattered and fragmented sheets of papyrus in Coptic, an Egyptian script, and is contained in a 66-page, leather-bound “codex” that the National Geographic Society unveiled April 6. Terry…
Upton joins other North American Baptists at meeting to transcend differences
Virginia Baptist leader John Upton was among other leaders of Baptist conventions and organizations comprising more than 20 million adherents in North America who explored “additional opportunities for fellowship and cooperation” in Atlanta April 10. President Jimmy Carter, a lifelong…