By Bob Allen The former chief financial officer at Wayland Baptist University received five years in prison after pleading guilty to using university funds for personal expenses. The Amarillo Globe-News reported April 22 that James E. Smith, fired last year…
CBF to announce new global missions coordinator April 30
By ABPnews/Herald staff The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will announce its new coordinator for global missions next week, filling a position vacant since June 2012, when Rob Nash became a mission professor at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology. Since then,…
Merger plans collapse for struggling Virginia college
By Robert Dilday Plans for Virginia Intermont College to merge with a large Florida university have collapsed, leaving the struggling Baptist-affiliated school “financially distressed,” its president said. Earlier this year the Bristol, Va., college said it had initiated discussions to…
Baptist disaster recovery gears up for summer
By Jeff Brumley Baptists with a combined hankering for travel and hard work are in luck as denominational disaster recovery organizations are beginning to issue their calls for help this spring and summer. American Baptist Churches USA has posted three…
Louisiana College to seek new president
By Bob Allen Rather than losing his job or getting a contract extension, an embattled Baptist college president in Louisiana will return to the classroom with an honorary title and trustees will search for a new president to replace him….
In Haiti, response to earthquake becomes a mission game-changer
By Jeff Brumley Like thousands of other faith-based groups, Virginia Baptists responded in big ways to the 2010 earthquake that ravaged Haiti. The $1 million they quickly raised was turned into aid that Baptists used to meet an array of…
Get outside the walls, Virginia leader tells churches
By Paige Peak Congregations affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia must move beyond their walls to be a fresh expression of church in their communities, members of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board were told April 8-9. “Millions upon…
Mission service is key focus of Tennessee CBF meeting
By Dan Lattimore Mission service topped the agenda of the Tennessee Cooperative Baptist Fellowship as more than 220 participants at the annual meeting in Memphis April 11-12 engaged in 14 projects across the city. Enfleshing the meeting’s theme — “Be,…
Golden Gate seminary selling campus, moving
By Bob Allen Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary is selling its 126-acre campus with sweeping views of San Francisco Bay for an undisclosed price, the seminary’s president told faculty, staff and students April 1. President Jeff Iorg said the school,…