Boycott memory fades as Disney hosts baptisms
June 8, 2006
ORLANDO, Fla. — In the latest, and perhaps final, act of reconciliation between the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and the Walt Disney corporation, First Baptist
Garrard named to New Orleans Seminary post
June 8, 2006
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) President Chuck Kelley has named NOBTS alumnus Jerry Garrard as the new vice president for institutional
Central Baptist Seminary votes to change location
June 1, 2006
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — In the culmination of a process designed to improve the financial situation of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Kan.,
Kentucky Baptist board affirms dismissal of gay student
June 1, 2006
BAGDAD, Ky. — Members of the Kentucky Baptist Convention Mission Board have voted to affirm the decision by the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg,
New Orleans Seminary marks return to campus
May 25, 2006
NEW ORLEANS — After almost eight months away, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary closed its temporary administrative offices in Atlanta and returned home to New
NAMB cancels controversial aviation, public relations, Internet contracts
May 25, 2006
The North American Mission Board (NAMB) has canceled four controversial contracts initiated by former president Bob Reccord that critics said were wasting missions money. The
Alabamian appointed as missionary
May 25, 2006
The North American Mission Board recently appointed an Alabama native as a special ministries missionary to Tennessee. Elizabeth G. Sessions, originally from Montgomery, will serve
Tennessee Baptists likely to sue Belmont for control
May 25, 2006
Tennessee Baptists voted May 9 to reject an offer of $5 million from Nashville’s Belmont University that would have given the school power to elect
