News: updated Tuesday, May 21, 2008

Updated Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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New BSC women's ministry to be named 'Embrace'

A new North Carolina Baptist ministry will be about "embracing women for Christ" according to Phyllis Foy, who chaired the task force to envision a Baptist State Convention women's ministry, which will be named "Embrace." read more ...

Exec Committee approves fifth group leader for BSC

The Baptist State Convention Executive Committee approved a fifth executive leader position to the BSC management structure during its meeting at Caraway Conference Center on May 20.

Texas megachurch minister charged in sex sting

A minister to married adults at Prestonwood Baptist Church, a prominent Dallas-area Southern Baptist megachurch, has resigned after being charged in an Internet sex sting.

Chris Schofield

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Biblical Recorder

Staff dedicates prayer room in BSC offices

In what he called "a significant day in the life of this Convention," Milton A. Hollifield Jr. led a dedication service May 14 for a prayer room in the Baptist State Convention office building in Cary.

Al Gilbert

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N.C. pastor to bring convention message

Al Gilbert will preach at the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting next month, becoming the first N.C. Baptist pastor in 45 years to bring the convention sermon.

N.C. Baptists to serve in SBC

Eleven N.C. Baptists have been nominated or named to serve on Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) boards or committees.

Economic downturn effects N.C. churches

While North Carolina Baptists feel effects of a slowing economy some areas feel the pinch more than others.

A man from Graffiti Church in New York works on an Operation Inasmuch project.

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New Yorkers Graffiti Caldwell association

Joining 28 other churches, Graffiti Church sent 11 men from New York City to work with Operation Inasmuch volunteers in Caldwell County.

"It was a wonderful time," said Larry Osborne, North Carolina native and missions director for Graffiti. "I saw the spiritual growth. For some of the guys it was their first time out of the city."

Churches reconsider bypassing BSC with mission funds

Some churches that for years bypassed the Baptist State Convention (BSC) by sending large portions of their mission money directly to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) are rethinking that strategy - and saying the BSC's conservative direction is prompting their move.

Abundant field of SBC candidates may signal relaxed political reins

INDIANAPOLIS - Candidates are lining up two-by-two for this year's Southern Baptist Convention presidency, like animals filing into Noah's Ark - two big-church pastors, two small-church pastors, two former missionaries.

Baptist aid workers enter Myanmar, China

Washington, D.C. - Members of Baptist World Aid (BWAid) Rescue24, a search, rescue and relief team, have been granted visas to enter Myanmar and China to assess the needs of those affected by disasters.

Evangelicals launch campaign against global warming 'alarmism'

WASHINGTON - Evangelical leaders who reject arguments that climate change is human-induced but are nevertheless concerned about the environment are trying to gather 1 million signatures of people who agree with them.

Forrest Pollock

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Prominent pastor, son killed in plane crash

ASHEVILLE - Florida pastor Forrest Pollock and a 13-year-old son were killed May 12 when the single-engine plane Pollock was flying crashed in North Carolina.

Tracy Tynette Eure gets a final hug from a Chowan University professor May 10 as she waits in line to ring the bell.

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Graduates urged to distinguish themselves

N.C. Baptist schools are awarding degrees to almost 4,000 graduates at ceremonies across the state this month. Continuing a tradition, Chowan University graduates rang a bell in the Susan Parker Kerr Gazebo immediately following the school's commencement ceremony.

N.C. Baptists to serve in SBC posts

Eleven N.C. Baptists have been nominated or named to serve on Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) boards or committees.

Les Puryear

Baptist Press

Les Puryear to be SBC president nominee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Les Puryear, pastor of Lewisville Baptist Church, will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) during the SBC's June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis, Dwight McKissic, senior pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, announced May 12.

Two Rivers members reverse vote, oust dissidents

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - One week after an effort to oust 71 members of Two Rivers Baptist Church failed by four votes, the Nashville megachurch voted again and this time removed the dissidents on a show-of-hands vote.

'Emerging church' too diverse for easy definition

NEW ORLEANS - The emerging church movement, much like postmodernism, is too diverse for easy definition, with participants scattered along a lengthy continuum, Ed Stetzer told a Baptist College Partnership meeting at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

Dottie Rambo

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Baptist Press

Dottie Rambo killed in bus accident

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gospel music legend Dottie Rambo died early May 11 when her tour bus veered from a Missouri highway and struck an embankment.

Narnia series hits theaters for the second time

NEW YORK - C.S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia" book series is so revered by Christian readers that adapting the books into film becomes a delicate tightrope. Changes risk alienating fans, but what works in the books doesn't always translate well to the big screen.

Caleb Courtney

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Life stays normal for reality contestant

When Caleb Courtney first appeared on "Endurance: Fiji," he thought the show might change his life.

"I have a couple of 9-year-old kids that think I'm the bomb," said Courtney, but other than that, life has continued as normal for the busy sophomore at Watauga High School in Boone.

Buddhists think bad karma may have caused Myanmar cyclone

After a natural disaster strikes in the United States, the question almost immediately arises: Where was God? Or, did God allow this to happen?

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