By Robert Dilday David Olive will resign July 31 as president of Baptist-affiliated Bluefield College in Virginia to become executive vice president of Charleston Southern University, a Baptist institution in South Carolina. Olive, who has led the college in Bluefield,…
Memorial Day can evoke painful memories for military chaplains, former Navy officer says
By Jeff Brumley Gerry Hutchinson attended a Memorial Day ceremony with state officials in Georgia last week, leaving him free to enjoy the holiday weekend with family. But Hutchinson, who oversees chaplains and pastoral counselors for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship,…
Hinson-Merton friendship continues impact on Baptist spirituality
By Carrie McGuffin and Jeff Brumley The late Catholic monk, author and interfaith pioneer Thomas Merton is far more than a distant historical figure because the body of his work can actually improve the spirituality of Baptists even today, Baptist…
Rex Horne stepping down from Ouachita
By Bob Allen President Bill Clinton’s former pastor Rex Horne is stepping down after nine years as president of Ouachita Baptist University. Horne, who came to the Arkansas Baptist State Convention-affiliated school in Arkadelphia, Ark., in 2006 after 16 years…
Watching wives face criticism toughest part of marriage to ministers, husbands say
By Jeff Brumley The toughest part of being the spouse of a woman minister isn’t assuming a quiet, secondary role at church or even having to take care of the kids while pastor mom is preaching or attending finance committee…
Book tells story of love in the time of Ebola
By Marv Knox When Ebola arrived in America in the autumn of 2014, fear spread faster and further than the deadly virus. But hope sustained the family at the epicenter of the hysteria. My Spirit Took You In: The Romance…
Former Baptist leader Winfred Moore dies
By Bob Allen Two-time failed Southern Baptist Convention presidential candidate Winfred Moore — a Texas pastor who ran on a centrist platform aimed at depoliticizing the denomination in the 1980s — died May 8 in Amarillo, Texas. He was 95. Moore, pastor…
Evidence released against Baptist minister charged with murder
By Bob Allen A Baptist minister’s wife murdered in her Alabama home in July 2013 knew about her husband’s secret homosexual orientation and romantic relationships with out-of-state paramours, according to a court document filed May 6. Prosecutors also claim Richard…
Baptist minister mourns executions of ‘Bali 9’ members
By Jeff Brumley Tina Bailey took to Facebook May 3 to appeal for prayer. For a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel like Bailey, that’s not all that unusual. But this post was particularly painful. “On this Sunday morning wherever you…
Missional ethic propels Baptist pastor from inner-city pulpit to seaside resort
By Jeff Brumley Tony Lankford is about to make what may seem, on the surface at least, a drastic change in preaching jobs. For the past decade, Lankford has been lead pastor at Park Avenue Baptist Church in Atlanta. It’s…
Missional ethic propels Baptist pastor from inner city pulpit to seaside resort
By Jeff Brumley Tony Lankford is about to make what may seem, on the surface at least, like a drastic change in preaching jobs. For the past decade, Lankford has been lead pastor at Park Avenue Baptist Church in Atlanta….
Bible translator, teacher Roger Omanson dies
By Bob Allen Roger Omanson, who except for teaching eight years at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary devoted his career to Bible translation with the United Bible Societies, died April 30 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 68….