By Bob Allen The driver of an SUV that crashed into a church van killing two people in east Tennessee Sept. 16 has been indicted on 36 counts including vehicular homicide and drug possession. Police believe Tyler Schaeffer, 21, of…
Longtime pastor John Dunaway dies
By Bob Allen John Dunaway, 79, a longtime Kentucky pastor who helped name the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, died Oct. 18 at his home in Huntsville, Ala., following a long illness. A constitution offered at the inaugural CBF gathering proposed the…
Arkansas CBF mourns student’s murder
By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Arkansas joined the campus community of a historically African-American college in Little Rock in mourning the senseless murder of a student Sept. 27. Derek Olivier, 19, a freshman from New Iberia, La.,…
Church van crash kills two
By Bob Allen Two people were killed and 12 others injured Sunday morning when a van carrying youth from Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Maryville, Tenn., collided head-on with an SUV while returning from a weekend retreat in Gatlinburg. The…
Calvin Miller, author, professor dies
By Bob Allen Calvin Miller, a longtime pastor, author and seminary professor, died Aug. 19, of complications from heart failure. Miller, 75, research professor of divinity and distinguished writer in residence at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Ala., since 2007,…
Saying goodbye to a mentor and friend
By Roger Olson When I look back over my life and career, I can confidently say there was no more important influence on my theological development than Dr. Ralph Powell who passed away at age 96 on Aug. 7 in…
Saying goodbye to a mentor and friend
By Roger Olson When I look back over my life and career, I can confidently say there was no more important influence on my theological development than Dr. Ralph Powell who passed away at age 96 on August 7 in…
Saying goodbye to a mentor and friend
By Roger Olson When I look back over my life and career, I can confidently say there was no more important influence on my theological development than Dr. Ralph Powell who passed away at age 96 on August 7 in…
Saying goodbye to a mentor and friend
By Roger Olson When I look back over my life and career, I can confidently say there was no more important influence on my theological development than Dr. Ralph Powell who passed away at age 96 on August 7 in…
Longtime SC editor John Roberts dies
By Bob Allen John Roberts, the longest-serving editor in the history of The Baptist Courier, died Aug. 15, the South Carolina Baptist Convention news journal has reported. Roberts, 85, died at the Rolling Green Retirement Community in Greenville, S.C., following…
Longtime SC editor John Roberts dies
By Bob Allen John Roberts, the longest-serving editor in the history of The Baptist Courier, died Aug. 15, the South Carolina Baptist Convention news journal has reported. Roberts, 85, died at the Rolling Green Retirement Community in Greenville, S.C., following…
Longtime SC editor John Roberts dies
By Bob Allen John Roberts, the longest-serving editor in the history of The Baptist Courier, died Aug. 15, the South Carolina Baptist Convention news journal has reported. Roberts, 85, died at the Rolling Green Retirement Community in Greenville, S.C., following…