Sandra James

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A Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina (WMU-NC) leader asked the Baptist State Convention (BSC) Executive Committee to help stop "rumors" and "falsehoods" being spread about WMU-NC.

Sandra James, president of WMU-NC, made the appeal for help during the WMU-NC report at the BSC Executive Committee meeting April 10 in Cary.

"I ask you, if you are part of this or you are being told these things, come to us for answers," she said.

RICHMOND, Va. - Faced with "worrisome" financial challenges, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (BTSR) will downsize its faculty and staff, the school's president announced April 8.

Brad Waggoner

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LEWISVILLE - An upcoming LifeWay Research study on small-church pastors reveals that the top challenge pastors face is finding enough hours in the day to do the Lord's work. Brad Waggoner, vice president of B&H Publishing Group, shared the findings at "Impact 2008," a conference for the small-church pastor held at Lewisville Baptist Church in March.

The giving plans study committee chaired by Ed Yount is seeking input from North Carolina Baptists.

Ruby Fulbright

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SNOW CAMP - There's no place like home. But for Siloam Missionary Homes, a non-profit ministry in Snow Camp providing housing to missionaries, they now have one more place to offer missionaries coming back to the United States.

Gretchen Allie, above left, seen on a mission trip to Brazil, has been named to the 2008 National Acteens Panel for the Woman's Missionary Union.

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BIRMINGHAM - A Charlotte teenager has been chosen to serve on a national Acteens panel. Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) has selected Gretchen Allie, 17, of Charlotte, to be a 2008 National Acteens Panelist. Her strong commitment and active involvement in missions and Acteens, coupled with exemplary leadership and involvement in her community and church, helped secure her place as one of six young women to receive this honor.

ELDORADO, Texas - A Baptist congregation housed about 80 women and children April 4-6 after a raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) near Eldorado, Texas.

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March marked the conclusion of a leadership experiment that temporarily put North Carolina Baptists at the head of the class in the eastern United States with the process called Sustaining Pastoral Excellence (SPE).

JERUSALEM - Two influential Israelis defended American evangelical John Hagee on April 4, after the head of the largest group of U.S. Jews called the Texas pastor an "extremist."

A federal court has dismissed a 10-year-old legal challenge brought by Kentucky taxpayers who questioned government funding of a Baptist social service agency.