By Bob Allen Louisiana College trustees met all day April 30 before voting to retain Joe Aguillard as president of the private school affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Convention. “After a long, thorough investigation, the board has exonerated Dr. Aguillard…
Beeson celebrates 25 years
By Bob Allen An interdenominational divinity school connected to an Alabama Baptist university celebrated its 25th anniversary in a chapel service April 23. “In the history of an institution, 25 years is not that long,” Beeson Divinity School Dean Timothy George…
Beeson celebrates 25 years
By Bob Allen An interdenominational divinity school connected to an Alabama Baptist university celebrated its 25th anniversary in a chapel service April 23. “In the history of an institution, 25 years is not that long,” Beeson Divinity School Dean Timothy…
Beeson celebrates 25 years
By Bob Allen An interdenominational divinity school connected to an Alabama Baptist university celebrated its 25th anniversary in a chapel service April 23. “In the history of an institution, 25 years is not that long,” Beeson Divinity School Dean Timothy…
Beeson celebrates 25 years
By Bob Allen An interdenominational divinity school connected to an Alabama Baptist university celebrated its 25th anniversary in a chapel service April 23. “In the history of an institution, 25 years is not that long,” Beeson Divinity School Dean Timothy…
Beeson celebrates 25 years
By Bob Allen An interdenominational divinity school connected to an Alabama Baptist university celebrated its 25th anniversary in a chapel service April 23. “In the history of an institution, 25 years is not that long,” Beeson Divinity School Dean Timothy…
Paynter, ‘CBF 2.0’ visit Fla. gathering
By Jeff Brumley The promise from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Florida during its spring meeting Friday and Saturday was to “Re-vision, Re-Imagine, Renew” the Fellowship – and Suzii Paynter delivered. In light-hearted and serious moments, CBF’s new executive coordinator…
Haiti trauma tool works in Newtown
By Bob Allen A tool designed to help pastors deal with trauma following the 2010 Haiti earthquakes is translating well into other cultures, said a Mercer University professor who used the storytelling-based exercise April 26 with clergy in the Newtown,…
Wayland fires CFO for alleged theft
By Bob Allen A Texas Baptist university has fired and sued its chief financial officer over alleged financial mismanagement. Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, filed a civil lawsuit April 24 against James E. Smith in Hale County District Court,…
CBF supports Newtown-area clergy
By Bob Allen Four-and-a-half months after the mass murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, Newtown-area chaplains, counselors and clergy gathered April 26 at a Baptist church in nearby Wilton for a conference…
What now for West, Texas?
By Marv Knox and Jeff Brumley The outpouring of sympathy and solidarity for West, Texas, has been immense since a fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 – including 12 first-responders – on April 17. Thursday’s memorial in nearby Waco underscored that by…
British faith groups reclaim St. George
By Bob Allen The Baptist Union of Great Britain joined other faith groups in a letter reclaiming St. George’s Day, celebrated April 23, from right-wing group’s using England’s patron saint to promote Islamophobia and hatred. “We want to promote a…