BLUEFIELD — Bluefield College began the fall 2009 semester with a 22 percent increase in new student enrollment and the highest new traditional student figures since the fall of 2006. Traditional new student numbers at BC — including new freshmen,…
Connecting the dots
The comment by Jim Wallis in your Aug. 27 edition is mean-spirited and over-the-top [Out Loud]. Let’s connect the dots. The March 12 Darfur editorial maligns former President Bush, but that editorial had nothing to do with him. The Jan….
FAITH DIGEST
Overseas Mormon missionaries won’t count. Mormon missionaries serving abroad will not be counted in the 2010 U.S. census, despite the hopes of Utah congressmen that the missionaries would be included, the Census Bureau said. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, has led…
Future of mission includes direct church role, says retiring IMB chief
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Baptist congregations will increasingly take on more direct responsibility for international mission, freeing full-time missionaries to focus their energies in countries that restrict Christian evangelism, says the retiring executive of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board….
Open mission positions may be ‘God moment,’ says SBC task force chair
ROGERS, Ark. — Impending vacancies in the top leadership positions of the Southern Baptist Convention’s two mission boards offer unique opportunities for the denomination as it considers new ways to engage its mission enterprise, says the chair of a task…
Jerry Rankin to retire as IMB president in July 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jerry Rankin announced Sept. 16 he will retire as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board this summer, ending a 17-year tenure as head of the mission agency. Rankin will be 68 when he retires…
Cecil Sherman honored as ABP’s Religious Freedom Award recipient
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Cecil Sherman, a pivotal figure in moderate Baptist life for the past half century, was recognized Sept. 10 for his fierce commitment to religious freedom as Associated Baptist Press presented him one of its top awards…
Scandal-plagued pastor loses bid to regain National Baptist presidency
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Despite a highly publicized effort to regain the presidency of the nation's largest African-American Baptist denomination, disgraced pastor Henry Lyons overwhelmingly lost his election bid Sept. 10. Henry Lyons, a former president of the National Baptist Convention…
Virginia Baptist Mission Board seeking to fill long-term mission posts
A Venturer teaching English at a college in China. RICHMOND – The Virginia Baptist Mission Board is seeking to fill more than 20 long-term national and international mission positions in its Venturers program, a board leader announced Sept. 8. The…