BTSR reorganizes development office. Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond has reorganized its development office to include include fund development, congregational relations, communications and alumni relations, new president Ron Crawford announced July 3. In addition, new staff members have been named…
MID-ATLANTIC BRIEFS
WFU dean receives Baptist Award. Bill J. Leonard, dean and professor of church history at the divinity school of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., has received the 2007 W. O. Carver Distinguished Service Award from the Baptist History and…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida confronts the INS
Dear Jimmy, Your poor uncle is as confused as a termite in a yo yo. We thought we were helping a young couple and at the same time gettin' some needed work done around the place, but now it seems…
California Baptists create competing state convention to support SBC
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (ABP)—Southern Baptists in California have started a new alternative state convention that will compete with the 67-year-old California Southern Baptist Convention for denominational loyalty. California is the fourth state to witness such a move, joining Texas, Missouri…
SECOND OPINION: What would Marlo do?
Marlo Rodriguez is a 24-year-old illegal immigrant in Virginia—euphemistically called “undocumented” by the press and other politically correct operatives. He came to Northern Virginia 16 years ago, when he was only 8. His parents, together with two younger siblings—who at…
BAPTIST BRIEFS
Vandals burn Israeli flag at Baptist church. A Baptist church that since last summer had flown the Israeli flag to show support for Israel fell victim to criminal activity July 17 when the star in the center of the flag…
FAITHSHAPERS: Eyes on the prize
In Philippians 3:14, Paul writes, “I press on toward the goal to win the prize ….” He is talking about his life as a Christian, but this passage came to mind as I thought about how to approach parenting from…
Baptists, other Christian leaders push for reform in farm bill
WASHINGTON (ABP)—Baptists and other Christian groups are asking Congress to seize an opportunity to reform the way the government relates to farmers — for the sake of the poor in the United States and around the globe, they say. A…
Women ministers’ progress: More theoretical than practical
WASHINGTON (ABP)—Moder-ate and progressive Baptists continue to grow in their theoretical support for women as pastors, but their churches remain far behind in practice. That's one conclusion from the second annual “State of Women in Baptist Life” report, released by…