Administration | December 6, 2011
First Baptist Church pulls out of Surry associationMount Airy NewsTwo-thirds of the congregation attending the Sunday morning worship service at First Baptist Church voted to pull out of the Surry Baptist Association in the wake of its expulsion of another church that appointed a female pastor. …Community Calendar for Monday, December 5, 2011Elizabethton Star all [...]
Administration | December 6, 2011
DigitalJournal.com Kentucky Baptist Church overturns ban on interracial couplesDigitalJournal.comPikeville – Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church voted Sunday to overturn its recent and controversial ban on mixed-race couples joining the congregation. After the firestorm generated by its refusal to accept interracial couples joining church activities, …Should the Church Determine Who You Marry?Huffington Post (blog)Kentucky Church Overturns [...]
Administration | December 6, 2011
USA Today Embattled megachurch in Georgia at a crossroads after its pastor Eddie Long …Washington PostLong announced Sunday at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church that he needed a break from preaching to focus on his family. The hiatus leaves New Birth, which once boasted 25000 members, at a crossroads, its reputation battered and membership dwindling. [...]
Administration | December 6, 2011
USA Today Westboro Baptist Church doesn't show for protest at SyracuseUSA TodaySYRACUSE, NY – In the end, members of the Westboro Baptist Church did not show up at Syracuse. By Chris Janjic, The Daily Orange Demonstrators gather outside the Carrier Dome prior the men's basketball game …Protesters rally against Westboro Baptist Church before men's basketball [...]
Administration | December 6, 2011
OregonLive.com Morningstar Baptist Church site in Northeast Portland under constructionOregonLive.comBy Larry Bingham, The Oregonian View full sizeLarry Bingham/The OregonianConstruction is under way at the site of the former Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church in Northeast Portland. The townhome community planned for the site of the former … and more »
Administration | December 6, 2011
al.com (blog) ASU, First Baptist Church mark 56th anniversary of Montgomery bus boycottal.com (blog)(Birmingham News file) MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Alabama State University and the First Baptist Church on North Ripley Street will mark the 56th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott tonight. The Rev. Calvin Butts of Abyssinian Baptist Church in New …Montgomery Bus Boycott [...]
Administration | December 6, 2011
Indy church plant buoyed by partnershipsBP NewsThat's when one of the church plant's partners, Highview Baptist Church from Louisville, Ky., pitched in to help. "We sent young couples from our church on a family mission trip to help Tony put together a marriage conference," Corey Abney, … and more »
Administration | December 6, 2011
Liberty Baptist Church to host celebration of two Festivals of LightShawnee News Star9, Liberty Baptist Church, 711 E. Federal, will host a celebration of the two Festivals of Light — Christmas and Chanukkah. Three musical groups from the church will lead the music and worship. The Adoration Choir meets each Monday evening to sing …
Administration | December 6, 2011
Ex-pastor quits board of universityConcord MonitorThe former pastor of Trinity Baptist Church resigned from the board of Bob Jones University on Friday after alumni demanded he be removed for the way he handled the rape of a teenage church member in 1997. The Rev. … and more »