Updated Friday, Oct. 21, 2005
Richard Headrick, right, talks with SEBTS trustee Jim Goldston a short while after Headrick resigned.
SEBTS trustee resigns
WAKE FOREST - A Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) trustee resigned Oct. 11 shortly after he had questioned a proposal to name an academic building rather than a student center after Paige and Dorothy Patterson. ... (read more of this story)Missouri Baptists will vote again on local-church loyalty to SBC
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - No congregation could be a Missouri Baptist Convention church without cooperating with the Southern Baptist Convention, if a constitution amendment is passed next week. ... (read more of this story)Cummings likely to become interim executive director
Mike Cummings, director of missions for the Burnt Swamp Association and a past president of the Baptist State Convention (BSC), will be recommended to become acting executive director-treasurer of the BSC, provided the convention's Executive Committee approves a process for electing a new interim executive during a called meeting on Oct. 27.
... (read more of this story) (Published 10/20/2005 )
Conservatives need to stay strong, CCB leader says
WAKE FOREST -Conservatives were urged to keep fighting for control of the Baptist State Convention (BSC) despite signs moderates in the state have given up. ... (read more of this story) (Published 10/20/2005 )CCB president wants specific anti-homosexual guidelines (updated Oct. 20)
The president of Conservative Carolina Baptists (CCB) will ask the Baptist State Convention (BSC) to make specific a prohibition against churches that affirm homosexuality. ... (read more of this story) (Published 10/20/2005 )'Narnia' fuels fascination of C.S. Lewis
LOS ANGELES - When 8-year-old Douglas Gresham met C.S. Lewis, the man who would become his stepfather, he was disappointed. ... (read more of this story) (Published 10/14/2005 )<
N.C. Baptists continue tsunami aid
Within four days of the most cataclysmic event in a century to literally rock the world, North Carolina Baptists were working with a contact in decimated Sri Lanka to send relief. By Jan. 6, the first North Carolina Baptist relief team was on its way. ... (read more of this story)'Fill 'er Up!' theme for BSU convention
About 200 students from 20 N.C. colleges and universities gathered Sept. 23-25 to get their spiritual tanks filled. ... (read more of this story)Summer program has local, global impact
Mary Sumner has no regrets over her investment. "The institute is worth every penny," said the Carolina alumna bound for graduate study at N.C. State. ... (read more of this story) (Published 10/11/2005 )
Reading the Baptist book
"It's time we realized that we're not on the same page," the writers often conclude, "so we should just admit it and go our separate ways." ... (read more of this story)Turning wheels and cotton fields
When I was a boy, I liked the song about "them old cotton fields back home." There wasn't really much cotton still being grown around my hometown in those days, but I do recall seeing big cotton bales stacked up at the old gin, and I remember when they tore the place down. ... (read more of this story)
WMU proposal shows need for control
This letter is regarding the conversation about whether the Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) should be part of the SBC. ... (read more of this story) (Published 10/20/2005 )Proposal would make BSC board 'sin police'
Look out BSC churches that accept gluttonous members! If Bill Sanderson's proposed amendment of the Baptist State Convention's (BSC) Articles of Incorporation is approved then the Board of Directors of the BSC can boot churches receiving fat members. ... (read more of this story) (Published 10/20/2005 )Crusade to reclaim colleges misguided
I am writing in response to the Friday, Oct. 14 Baptist news segment on 10 questions posed to the three announced candidates running for Baptist State Convention (BSC) offices. Of particular concern is a comment attributed to Barry Nealy, candidate for the convention's second vice president. ... (read more of this story) (Published 10/20/2005 )Giving plans mask division
Occasionally, a commentator or public official makes a statement or offers a proposal that hits the nail on the head. Their action goes against the standards or accepted norms of the day and very often lands them in a firestorm of controversy. Yet, deep down inside we say, "That is exactly how I feel or I wish I had the courage to say that." ... (read more of this story) (Published 10/18/2005 )
FaithSoaring is about strengthening relationships
It appears the first decade of the 21st century will find its gravity in the midst of building relationships and community rather than in tasks and maintaining isolation. People want to come together face-to-face. ... (read more of this story)
Reaction is not leadership
Posted by Norman Jameson at Editor's JournalTiming is everything in news and comedy. Sometimes we are lucky enough that the news is the laugh line. I gained a nice chuckle in learning May 15 that The Institute on Religion and Democracy launched its We Get It! campaign that shows it doesn't -- get it, that is. [More] ...
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Cove to mark 2 decades of fulfilling Grahams' dreams: When the Cove first came into being, it wasn't exactly ready for the big time. "We had just a handful of staff, and the chapel was still in the process of being built," said Executive Director Scott Holmquist.
- The Asheville Citizen-Times - Franklin Graham speaking in China: N.C.-based evangelist Franklin Graham is globe-trotting again.
- The Charlotte Observer
