HONOLULU — Baptists from across Canada and the United States examined seven key “shifts” July 29 that have impacted the North American Baptist Fellowship. The NABF includes Baptists from the two predominantly English-speaking nations in North America. It held its…
Listen to the Spirit, receive the Spirit’s anointing, Coffey urges
HONOLULU — Human effort and creative strategies lead to futility apart from an anointing by God’s Holy Spirit, British Baptist leader David Coffey told the opening session of the Baptist World Congress, July 28 in Honolulu. Coffey, who completes his…
U.S. denies visas to about 1,000 hoping to attend World Congress
HONOLULU — As many as 1,000 people who had registered for the Baptist World Alliance’s Congress this year were unable to attend because they were denied visas by the U.S. government, leaders of the global Baptist organization said July 28….
Vietnamese churches join Baptist World Alliance following vote
HONOLULU — Some of the globe’s most persecuted Christians found an international home when the Baptist World Alliance admitted the Baptist Churches in Vietnam into the global organization. The BWA’s General Council voted full membership July 28 to the Vietnamese…
Preach good news, proclaim freedom, seminary president urges Baptists
HONOLULU — Preach Christ’s good news and proclaim freedom, seminary president Pablo Deiros challenged participants at the 20th Baptist World Congress in Honolulu July 29. “As Baptists, we need to realize the proclamation of the good news is the central…
Physical and spiritual exercise meet in NIA, divinity student says
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Claire McKeever, a Baylor University graduate studying for the ministry at Vanderbilt Divinity School, preaches that worship isn’t just for the soul. McKeever teaches NIA, Neuromuscular Integrative Action, at the Green Hills YMCA in Nashville, Tenn….
Faith & Fitness: Exercise good, but only in moderation
NEW YORK (ABP) — The sixth chapter of First Corinthians describes the body as “a temple of the Holy Spirit.” For many Christians that means what they do with their body matters to God, including physical fitness. A few, however,…
Poverty-medicine clinic preaches the gospel of fitness
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Fitness can, literally, be a life-and-death issue for people in underprivileged communities. So a Christian medical ministry in one of the nation’s poorest big cities is preaching the gospel of fitness through local churches. Minister and…
South Africa to host continent’s first Baptist World Congress in 2015
HONOLULU (ABP) — For the first time, the Baptist World Congress will be held in Africa in 2015, according to a July 27 announcement from Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Neville Callam. Speaking on the eve of the 20th Baptist…
Bluefield College names football coach
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College president David Olive announced in a press conference July 23 that Mike Gravier has been named to resurrect Bluefield’s football program after a 69-year absence. Gravier, a Michigan native, coached on the high school level…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Brent Kimlick, to Franklin Church, Franklin, as pastor, effective in September. • Clarke Hawkins, to Hillcrest Church, Mechanicsville, as pastor. • Lee Cooper, to Hunting Creek Church, Nathalie, as pastor. • Tom Stocks, to Buena Vista Church,…
Chesapeake woman secures new sense of dignity through ministry
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Dianne Seymore surveyed her backyard turned construction site as a World Changers crew made up of high school students and adults tackled a stack of lumber that would soon become a handicap ramp. The 42-year-old resident said…