By Bob Allen Former Cooperative Baptist Fellowship moderator Keith Herron will step down Sept. 21 as pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., to move to a St. Louis church affiliated with the United Church of Christ. Last…
Preacher returns to pulpit after son’s suicide
By Bob Allen Less than two weeks after the suicide of his 15-year-old son, a Baptist college president and popular circuit preacher returned to the pulpit Aug. 10. “This is muscle memory for me, and being in God’s house among…
Culpepper stepping down after 20 years as McAfee dean
By Bob Allen Alan Culpepper, founding dean of Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology, is stepping down after nearly two decades at the end of the current academic year. After a sabbatical, he plans to teach full time on the…
‘Don’t eat alone’ is metaphor for healthy Christian life, says minister-chef
By Norman Jameson Forty-two years ago Milton Brasher-Cunningham first heard the words that rescued him, like a strong arm lifting a drowning person to safety. He was 16 and the new missionary kid from Africa in a big Houston school,…
Pastor repents for interaction with suicidal teen
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist pastor, blogger and radio host accused of cyberbullying in the weeks since the death by suicide of a Texas teenager said in a lengthy confession read to his church on Sunday the controversy has left…
Search for lobbyist’s wife enters second month
By Bob Allen The search for a Missouri Baptist lobbyist’s wife continues a month after she disappeared without a trace from her home on a 270-acre family farm an hour south of St. Louis. Lynn Messer, 52, was reported missing…
Baptist leader in Missouri arrested for seeking sex with animal
By Vicki Brown Windermere Baptist Conference Center in Missouri will choose a new executive following the arrest of Jerald “Jerry” Hill on charges of soliciting sex with an animal, its board chair said Aug. 7. According to several news reports,…
Trial date set for accused molester
By Bob Allen A trial date has been set in the case of a North Carolina man charged with taking indecent liberties with four boys while acting as chaperone of a group attending a Baptist church camp. Clyde Wesley Way…
Baptist school mourns loss of president’s son
By Bob Allen A Baptist college in Georgia fighting the possible loss of accreditation turned to mourning July 30 with news that President Ergun Caner’s 15-year-old son had died unexpectedly. Braxton Paige Caner, a rising sophomore at Aledo High School…