Churches joined thousands of other organizations across the Mid-Atlantic Monday in closing facilities and cancelling activities as Hurricane Sandy made landfall, leaving millions without power and flooding most coastal areas. Much of Ocean City, Md., was underwater as Hurricane Sandy…
D.C., N.Y. churches and pastors hunker down for storm
(ABP) — Baptist churches and ministries in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast were hunkered down and anxious Oct. 29 to see what happens when Hurricane Sandy arrives. “There’s been a heightened sense of anxiety because we are sitting here waiting,” said Amy…
Minister’s move from lucrative fundraising post to community gardening was ‘tectonic’ shift
DENTON, N.C. — When Don Durham speaks of the “shift” in his ministry, he’s talking more along the lines of a shift in tectonic plates that leads to an earthquake than of a routine change in jobs. In June 2010,…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
Baptists in Mid-Atlantic prepare for ‘Frankenstorm’
RICHMOND — Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic are preparing for the onslaught of “Frankenstorm,” as Hurricane Sandy barrels north from the Caribbean, a wintry storm moves in from the west and frigid air flows south from Canada — a dangerous hybrid…
Baptists in Mid-Atlantic prepare for ‘Frankenstorm’
RICHMOND — Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic are preparing for the onslaught of “Frankenstorm,” as Hurricane Sandy barrels north from the Caribbean, a wintry storm moves in from the west and frigid air flows south from Canada — a dangerous hybrid…
Baptists in Mid-Atlantic prepare for ‘Frankenstorm’
RICHMOND — Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic are preparing for the onslaught of “Frankenstorm,” as Hurricane Sandy barrels north from the Caribbean, a wintry storm moves in from the west and frigid air flows south from Canada — a dangerous hybrid…
WINN RECOMMENDS
A Little Book for New Theologians, Kelly Kapic (IVP) Decades ago, German theologian Helmut Thielicke wrote his wonderful A Little Exercise for Young Theologians. When I read it recently, I wished I’d had it before I went to seminary. I…
Baptists in Mid-Atlantic prepare for ‘Frankenstorm’
RICHMOND — Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic are preparing for the onslaught of “Frankenstorm,” as Hurricane Sandy barrels north from the Caribbean, a wintry storm moves in from the west and frigid air flows south from Canada — a dangerous hybrid…