INDIANAPOLIS (ABP) — Citing Baptists' “belief in the autonomy of each local church,” a Southern Baptist Convention official announced May 10 that the denomination's Executive Committee would not support the creation of a database of sexual offenders in SBC churches….
Alma Hunt, missions advocate, dies
ROANOKE — Alma Hunt, one of Baptists' best-known missions advocates, died June 14 in a Roanoke hospital. She was 98. The Virginia native gained national recognition in 1948 when she became executive secretary of the Birmingham, Ala.-based Woman's Missionary Union,…
CBF expands anti-poverty initiative, launches process to determine group’s future
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An update on how the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is helping achieve the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals — a commitment the organization's decision-making body made last fall — topped the agenda of the CBF's annual general assembly…
Miss Alma Hunt: An Enduring Legacy
Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia and Virginia Baptist Mission Board mourn the loss of Alma Hunt. “Miss Alma,” as she was widely known in Baptist life, was loved by all who knew her. Her heart for missions and commitment to…
CBF Bible study generates debate
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's 18th annual General Assembly included among the more than 60 workshops a series of three Bible study sessions led by John Killinger, executive minister and theologian in residence at Marble Collegiate Church in…
FIRST PERSON: Alma Hunt — Just what the Lord made her
ROANOKE — A couple of hundred would-be mourners gathered at Rosalind Hills Baptist Church in Roanoke on Wednesday, June 18, to celebrate the distinguished life of Miss Alma Hunt at her funeral service. Because this faithful and energetic woman had…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for June 26, 2008
STAFF CHANGES • Eric and Jenny Howell, resigning as pastor and minister to children and youth, respectively, of Broadus Memorial Church, Charlottesville, effective the end of July. They will relocate to Waco, Texas, where she has been accepted into the…
Laura McDaniel nominated executive of Virginia WMU
RICHMOND — Laura S. McDaniel has been recommended to become executive director/treasurer of Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia. McDaniel, who has been WMUV's interim executive director/treasurer since February 2007, was selected by the organization's board of trustees on June 13….
Former ambassador says U.S. lacks political will to tackle food crisis
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As world leaders continue wrestling over what to do about the spiraling global food crisis, the former U.S. ambassador for humanitarian issues says he worries that Americans “have not yet developed the political and spiritual will” to…