WACO, Texas — Eighty years ago, an 11-year-old African-American boy walked in the dark on an Alabama country road, listening for the sound of his uncle’s truck and waiting for a promised ride home. But someone else came along, and…
Passport receives Lilly grant for new initiative
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — An international student ministry and historical partner of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has received a $750,000 Lilly Endowment grant to help theologically moderate churches discover God's calling for both clergy and laity. The grant will support…
Tornado stirs up unity at North Carolina church after damaging hit
ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. — Members of Elizabethtown Baptist Church are thanking God and cleaning up after a tornado April 16 demolished much of its campus in this southeastern North Carolina town. Church volunteers had spent the day cleaning up the buildings…
Susan Stratton, wife of BGAV treasurer, dies after battling cancer
RICHMOND, Va. — Susan Stratton, wife of Baptist General Association of Virginia treasurer Eddie Stratton, died April 22 following a long battle with cancer. Stratton had lived in Richmond since 2002, when her husband became treasurer of the BGAV and…