Welch retires from 32-year Florida pastorate
September 7, 2006
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Bobby Welch’s 32-year pastorate at First Baptist Church, Daytona Beach, Fla., came to an end Aug. 27, focusing attention on the
Texas Baptist CLC names first female director
September 7, 2006
DALLAS — Suzii Paynter has been named director of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission (CLC) — the first woman to hold the influential position.
Church dismisses female Sunday School teacher
September 7, 2006
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — A Baptist church in Watertown, N.Y., has dismissed an 81-year-old female adult Sunday School teacher, citing a biblical passage that prohibits women from
Progressive Baptists name new president
September 7, 2006
CINCINNATI — The Progressive National Baptist Convention has named T. DeWitt Smith as its new president. Elected at the convention’s annual summer session, Smith will
Residents get keys to homes built by Habitat, Baptists
August 31, 2006
Holding their keys high for all to see, 30 New Orleans families celebrated the joy of home ownership Aug. 19. The brightly painted new homes
Baptists among ‘most influential’ churches
August 24, 2006
CHICAGO — Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago is the most influential church in America, according to The Church Report magazine. But two Southern
NAMB appoints Alabama natives as missionaries in Dothan
August 24, 2006
Alabama natives John and Dana Gunter have been appointed by the North American Mission Board as church-planting missionaries in Dothan. Prior to being appointed to
Missouri Baptists ordered to pursue mediation
August 24, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Baptist Convention and Missouri Baptist University must sit down and discuss possible solutions to their ongoing legal battle. In
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