By Bob Allen Timed nearest to the anniversary of the Dec. 10, 1948, adoption of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, Human Rights Day has been sponsored for more than 20 years by the Baptist World Alliance. This year the…
Nigerian Baptist pastors killed in bombing
By Bob Allen The head of the Baptist World Alliance protested continuing violence in Nigeria that recently claimed the lives of two Baptist pastors. BWA General Secretary Neville Callam said Nov. 30 he is “deeply concerned about the continuing attacks…
Advent devotions start Sunday
By Bob Allen 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…
Baptist university reports theft
By Bob Allen A Missouri Baptist University employee has been charged with embezzling about $107,000 since being promoted to the university controller’s position in 2009. St. Louis County prosecutors charged 48-year-old Melinda Okai of O’Fallon, Mo., with theft of more…
Baptists respond to Congo crisis
By Bob Allen Baptists in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo appealed to the global Baptist community for help in responding to a humanitarian catastrophe caused by fighting between government and rebel forces in the…
Virginia seminary names dean
By Robert Dilday A veteran professor and administrator at a community college in Texas has been elected dean of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Timothy Gilbert, a professor of philosophy at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas, for nearly…
Virginia seminary names dean
By Robert Dilday A veteran professor and administrator at a community college in Texas has been elected dean of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Timothy Gilbert, a professor of philosophy at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas, for nearly…
Baptists write Obama about Burma
By Bob Allen American Baptist leaders wrote President Obama Nov. 12, voicing human-rights concerns in advance of his scheduled Nov. 19 visit to Myanmar. The Board of General Ministries of American Baptist Churches USA voted Nov. 10 to authorize ABC/USA…
Ministry: Abuse suit harms confidentiality
By Bob Allen A network of Reformed church plants accused in a class-action lawsuit of covering up sexual abuse of children appealed to a First Amendment defense in a statement Nov. 14. Sovereign Grace Ministries, which recently relocated from Maryland…