AMARILLO, Texas (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas approved a flat $33.85 million budget for 2012, while rejecting an attempt to restore more than $890,000 Baylor University loses next year. Meanwhile, messengers to the Oct. 24-26 annual meeting in…
Pair charged with theft from Baptist church
MARIETTA, Ga. (ABP) – A Georgia couple is accused of stealing more than $88,000 from an Atlanta-area Southern Baptist church. Cobb County police arrested Susan Summers, 50, and James Street, 51, who share an address in Adairsville, Ga., Oct. 22,…
BGCT approves renegotiated agreement with Baylor University
AMARILLO, Texas (ABP) — Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting approved a renegotiated agreement with Baylor University, replacing a 20-year old agreement that sets the terms for the relationship between the university and the state convention….
Mayor proclaims day of service in memory of Baptist crash victim
SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) – The mayor of Shreveport, La., has proclaimed Saturday, Oct. 29, “Maggie Lee for Good Day,” honoring the memory of a 12-year-old girl who died three years ago from injuries in a bus accident while traveling to…
CBF task force suggests organizational change
TUCKER, Ga. (ABP) – A blue-ribbon task force studying the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s organizational structure suggests a smaller governing board than the current 63-member Coordinating Council, along with creation of two new councils to focus on cooperation and global missions….
Richmond seminary marks 20 years since first classes began
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — As Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond moved past the halfway mark in a $500,000 matching gift campaign, the seminary community continued a two-and-a half-year celebration of its 20th anniversary at an Oct. 17 dinner. The dinner,…
CBF officers narrowing list of nominees for coordinator search committee
TUCKER, Ga. (ABP) – Officers of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship are sorting through some 200 names submitted by rank-and-file CBF supporters to appoint a nine-member search committee to nominate a successor to Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal, who retires after 15…
Social justice apart from the church not ‘kingdom work,’ author says
WACO, Texas (ABP) — A rising generation of Christians intent on working for social justice must not confuse that effort with "kingdom work," award-winning Christian author Scot McKnight said during the Parchman Endowed Lectures series at Baylor University's Truett Theological…
Master’s in Christian leadership for Hispanics created by DBU & BUA
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ABP) — A graduate degree in leadership, focused on the Hispanic Christian community, will launch in January through the cooperative efforts of Dallas Baptist University and Baptist University of the Américas. The two schools formally agreed Oct….