ASHEVILLE, N.C.—Evangelist Billy Graham was hospitalized Aug. 11 for a suspected case of bronchitis, according to news reports over the weekend. It’s the second time in less than a year the 93-year-old Graham has been taken to Mission Hospital in…
Camp given to HopeTree Family Services will enhance developmental disabled ministry, say officials
SALEM, Va.—A 40-year-old camp providing summer activities for the developmentally disabled has been donated to HopeTree Family Services, which is exploring ways the 90-acre facility can enhance the agency’s own ministries to intellectually-disabled adults. Dare to Care Charities, which has…
BTSR receives $1 million gift from Baugh Foundation
RICHMOND, Va.—Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond has received a gift of $1 million to be distributed over five years from the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation of San Antonio, Texas, the seminary announced in an Aug. 7 press release….
Colorado tragedy affects Texas Baptist family
AURORA, Colo. (ABP)—The impact of a shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater was felt as far away as Texas, where a Baptist family mourned the loss of a brother and son. Texas native Gordon Cowden, 51, the oldest of…
HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic
Transitions ON THE MOVE Scott Curtis, to Providence Baptist Church, Red House, Va., as pastor. Stephen Foss, to Plymouth Haven Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va., as senior pastor. Trent Sessoms, to Kingdale (N.C.) Baptist Church, as pastor. Joe McDowell, to Aarons…
WINN RECOMMENDS
The Transgression of the Integrity of God, by Craig Keen (Cascade) Craig Keen has been described as a “theologian who knows how to whistle.” I need hear no more; I’m in. In this series of essays and addresses, Keen argues…
EDITORIAL: It’s time for the dreaded ‘talk’
Like a procrastinating parent reluctant to have “the talk,” I’ve been putting off a conversation I knew we needed to have. It’s the old “good news-bad news” conundrum. First, the bad news: Beginning October 1, we are having to raise…
Richmond-area churches use summer’s bounty to transform food ministries and reach neighbors
MECHANICSVILLE, Va.—President Obama isn’t the only person who has been spotted buying Hanover tomatoes in Mechanicsville this summer. The well-loved tomatoes from Central Virginia’s Hanover County are also popular at a church-sponsored communty farmer’s market. The mid-week market launched by…
SBCs’ top public policy spokesman Richard Land to retire
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP)—Richard Land, Southern Baptists’ top public-policy spokesman, announced July 31 that he will retire next year. Land, 65, plans to step down Oct. 23, 2013, from the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, 25 years to…
Christians turn to public education as call to service
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP)—A new kind of “school choice” agenda is gaining ground as more and more young adults’—including Christians concerned about social justice—choose teaching in public schools over more lucrative and less challenging careers. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan…
Churches aid students with food backpacks
GREENSBORO, N.C.—Before long, youngsters toting backpacks back and forth to school will be a common sight. But for about 40 students at Peck Elementary School in Greensboro, N.C., they will carry something more vital than just notebooks and pencils. They…
HERITAGE: Only Boys Aloud
In 2010 a choir for boys ages 14 to 19 was formed in Wales. This year the choir, dubbed Only Boys Aloud, placed third in Britain’s Got Talent television show. The choir has about 133 boys and their perfect voices…