Seminar focuses on churches and leadership

March 23, 2000

Strengthening leadership skills of individuals involved with Alabama’s churches is the focus of an April conference set in Birmingham. Scheduled April 17-18 at First

Study: divorce highest among Baptists

March 23, 2000

A California researcher is defending conclusions he made in a study on divorce that concludes Christians are more likely to go through a divorce

Belmont University names fourth president

March 9, 2000

NASHVILLE — Trustees of Belmont University have tapped a new president: Robert C. Fisher, vice president for academic affairs at Arkansas State University since 1996.

New congregations demonstrate diversity

March 9, 2000

ATLANTA — More than half of the new congregations added to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in 1999 were predominantly ethnic or African-American. “For so

Gardner-Webb University receives accredidation

March 9, 2000

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — A Baptist-affiliated divinity school in North Carolina has won accreditation by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). In January the ATS

Kentucky Senate addresses renting rights

March 9, 2000

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill allowing organizations to refuse to rent facilities to groups on the basis of religious concerns has gained approval in the

Operation Rescue founder denounced by pastor

March 9, 2000

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Claiming onetime member and Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry has behaved “unbiblically” and is guilty of conduct “far short of Christian standards