RICHMOND —For the first time in Virginia Baptist history, the Virginia Baptist Annual will be offered in an electronic CD format. “By providing this publication on a CD, we will have tremendous cost savings,” says Paige Peak, assistant executive director…
North American Baptists meet in Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana—Like the other regions represented in the Baptist World Alliance, the North American Baptist Fellowship met July 4 in Ghana as part of the BWA annual gathering. The Fellowship, headed by its executive director Alan Stanford, is a network…
BWA celebrates freedom in Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana (ABP)—Representatives attending the Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering in Accra, Ghana, celebrated freedom during a plenary session July 4. BWA President David Coffey of England noted the near-concurrence of America's Independence Day, Ghana's Republic Day (July 1), and…
Mission Board awards 58 scholarships
The ministerial education committee of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board awarded 58 scholarships to ministerial-seeking students for the 2007-2008 academic year. These recipients represent 50 Baptist General Association of Virginia churches, six colleges and six seminaries. Preparing emerging leaders for…
BWA promotes unity theme during meeting
ACCRA, Ghana – “Mu, mu, mu!” they sang—“Well done, well done, well done!” The Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering got off to a rousing start July 2 as more than 500 participants joined a choir from Calvary Baptist Church in…
EDITORIAL: The new slave trade
If I had ever learned of the Cape Coast Castle and Dungeon on what was then called the Gold Coast of Africa, I didn't remember it long after the exam. So when I arrived at the castle with 10 busloads…
CBF governing council endorses New Baptist Covenant
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABP)—Leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship endorsed the New Baptist Covenant, saying the mission of the diverse Covenant coalition is consistent with the Fellowship's core values. The New Baptist Covenant, launched by former president and Baptist layman Jimmy…
SECOND OPINION: Think about immigration and Jesus
Don't you wish America's political leadership had an ounce of moral imagination? The Senate's failure to improve our immigration system represents a new low in legislative ineffectiveness. (Coming from someone who's watched the Texas Legislature at un-work, that's a mouthful.)…
CBF considers U.N. campaign to fight poverty, hunger, disease
WASHINGTON (ABP)—The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship at its general assembly took the first step toward joining the United Nations' campaign against global poverty and disease, called the Millennium Development goals. In a break from business-as-usual during the Fellowship's national meeting, participants…