Faulls replaces Fox as NAMB search chairman

October 5, 2006

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Greg Faulls, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church, Owensboro, Ky., has been named the new chairman of the North American Mission Board’s presidential

Baptist group ousts college for SBC ties

September 28, 2006

Although the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has established itself as a stalwart among conservatives, one group of Baptists thinks it’s not conservative enough. The General

Richmond seminary president plans retirement

September 21, 2006

RICHMOND, Va. — Thomas Graves, president of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (BTSR) since 1991, has announced plans to retire next year. Citing health reasons,

Gardner-Webb gets $1 million for overseas study

September 21, 2006

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — A businesswoman’s contribution of more than $1 million to Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C., will allow students of the university’s

‘Tongues’ debate surfaces again in SBC setting

September 21, 2006

FORT WORTH, Texas — When Dwight McKissic, a Southern Baptist pastor and trustee at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, spoke in a chapel on the Fort

N.C. Baptist youth, 17, dies in fall during retreat

September 21, 2006

OXFORD, N.C. — A Baptist teenager from North Carolina died Sept. 9 in an apparent accident at a church youth retreat. Ozzie Vargas Jr., 17,

August CP giving down from same month in 2005

September 14, 2006

NASHVILLE — Contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) for August 2006 were $15,521,035.75. This is 1.65 percent, or $260,632.53, below the