GREENSBORO — About 80 percent of North Carolina’s 9.7 million people don’t attend church and reaching them will require a “mixed economy” of both existing congregations and new forms of church, a group of Baptist leaders was told Feb. 1….
Month of preaching represents opportunity to increase presence of women in pulpits
This month, women pastors in Baptist churches across the nation will celebrate their role in the pulpit and for many — like Bailey Edwards Nelson, senior pastor of Flat Rock Baptist Church in Mount Airy, N.C. — the annual Martha…
World religions expert George Braswell marches to different drum in life, witness
BUIES CREEK, N.C. — George Braswell grew up “marching to a different drum” and, at 77, he still does. Braswell — a highly-regarded Baptist expert on world religions — spent much of his early life on the “wrong” side of…
Fresh Expressions expands scope with launching of first learning communities in D.C., New Jersey
RICHMOND — Fresh Expressions, a movement which aims to help churches engage postmodern culture through new creative communities of faith, has taken the next step in its development with the launch this month of its first learning communities in the…
Mid-Atlantic leaders praise nomination of Suzii Paynter as next CBF executive coordinator
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship leaders in the Mid-Atlantic are praising the nomination of Suzii Paynter to be the next executive coordinator of the national CBF as it begins implementing a significant structural reorganization. Since 2001, Paynter, 62, has been director of…
K.H. Ting, leader credited with strengthening indigenous Christianity in China, dead at 97
(ABP) — K.H. Ting, an Anglican bishop prior to China’s Cultural Revolution who led a “post-denominational” re-emergence of Chinese Christianity in the 1970s and 1980s, died Nov. 22 after several years of poor health. Ting is credited with opening up…
‘Following the Star,’ Advent devotions developed by Passport, start Sunday, Dec. 2
(ABP) — This year’s Following the Star, daily online Advent devotionals offered free of charge by Passport, Inc., begins Sunday, Dec. 2, with daily meditations accessible at www.d365.org. Passport, a youth camping ministry formed in 1993, launched Following the Star…
Minister’s move from six-figure fundraising position to community gardening was ‘tectonic’ shi
Minister’s move from six-figure fundraising position to community gardening was ‘tectonic’ shift Linda Brinson DENTON, N.C. — When Don Durham speaks of the “shift” in of his ministry, he’s talking more along the lines of a shift in tectonic plates…
Baptist Joint Committee’s new center called a ‘leap forward’ in advancing religious liberty
WASHINGTON — The Baptist Joint Committee’s newly-renovated Center for Religious Liberty will be a “great leap forward” in advancing the agency’s mission to defend and extend religious liberty, its executive director said during an Oct. 1 reception to unveil the…