Virginia Baptists are continuing years of assistance to Liberia through “Seeds of Renewed Hope,” which will provide sustenance to people in that West African nation. Virginia Baptists are being encouraged to donate vegetable seeds of all kinds, as well as…
Accrediting agencies asked to probe seminary’s dismissal of female professor
A supporter of a professor who lost her job at a Southern Baptist seminary—allegedly due to gender discrimination—has filed complaints with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and Association of Theological Schools asking them to investigate “a serious breach”…
Virginia Baptists’ Upton shares ‘Covenant’ experience
Most Virginia Baptists respect the office of the U.S. presidency, so it comes as no surprise that when John Upton received a phone call from former president Jimmy Carter inviting him to attend a meeting of Baptists in April of…
IMB trustee investigation rejects allegations of board impropriety
The Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board, following an internal investigation, has rejected a trustee's accusations of impropriety and unauthorized tightening of doctrinal parameters. The board reportedly approved a report, based on its own executive committee's investigations into the charges,…
National WMU to suffer from more funding cuts
The Woman's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has seen its annual revenues drop precipitously in the last eight years, now stands to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars more from one of the two mission boards it…
CBF to hold joint session with ABC during assembly
There will be a historic gathering and celebration of Baptist unity and shared values during this year's Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, to be held June 28-29, 2007, in Washington, D.C., when the CBF and the American Baptist Churches, USA,…
Baptist churches more vulnerable to clergy sex abuse, say experts
A recent sex scandal involving two North Texas pastors and the women who accused them of molestation is unusual because the victims—by now beyond the statute of limitations for sex-abuse cases—urged authorities and media to publish their names in conjunction…
Committed to the congregation
Barely 16 years old, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond has grown from 37 students who matriculated in 1991 to a current enrollment of 291 students from 19 states and eight foreign countries. It began holding classes in facilities on the…
Politics not behind Carter plan to unite Baptists, says Underwood
An ambitious plan to unite Baptists in North America around the compassionate message of the gospel is not secretly a plan to get Baptists to elect Hillary Clinton as president, one of the plan's leaders said Jan. 23. Bill Underwood,…
Committed to the congregation
Barely 16 years old, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond has grown from 37 students who matriculated in 1991 to a current enrollment of 291 students from 19 states and eight foreign countries. It began holding classes in facilities on the…
Bush, genetic scientist call U.S. to prayer
President Bush and a prominent biologist called the United States and the world to prayer during the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 1. “You know, it's an amazing country, isn't it, when people from all walks of life gather to recognize…
Almost 1,000 attend 21-C to explore P.E.A.C.E. plan
More than nine hundred people from 10 states attended Virginia Baptists' “P.E.A.C.E in 21-C” conference Feb. 2-3 at The St. Paul's Baptist Church in Richmond. An annual event, the 21-C conference is intended to be a vision-casting experience for courageous…