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  Helms, ultra-conservative icon, steeped in moderate Baptist life

  Jesse Helms, the Baptist former senator who battled communist oppression but backed right-wing dictators and opposed abortion while appealing to racist sentiment, was a polarizing figure who was lionized by some conservatives and vilified by many liberals.

  07/08/2008 - By Administrator

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  CBF worker furthers education for children in Ethiopian town

  Dee Donaldson teaches children on the front porch of her home in Hossana, Ethiopia. (CBF photo)

  07/06/2008 - By Administrator

• Michael Clyburn assumes helm at Alderson-Broaddus College

  Michael Clyburn began his duties July 1 as president of Alderson-Broaddus College, an American Baptist school in Philippi, W. Va.

  07/06/2008 - By Administrator

• Defending minorities is very Baptist, Wright-Riggins tells BJC banquet

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptists, of all people, should defend the rights of minorities against the majority, an American Baptist leader told supporters of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty June 20.

  06/25/2008 - By Administrator

• Young CBFers, responding to Sherman, call for end to bitter anti-SBC rhetoric

  ATLANTA (ABP) — In response to controversial comments at the recent Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, a group of younger CBF supporters has called for an end to “old rhetoric” and for renewed attention to the world’s needs.

  06/25/2008 - By Administrator

• OBU trustees name social science school for longtime supporter

  ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (ABP) — In appreciation for “consistent and generous support” for Ouachita Baptist University, trustees named the Arkansas school’s social-science division for Buddy Sutton, a prominent Little Rock attorney.

  06/24/2008 - By Administrator

• Richmond seminary names Israel Galindo as dean

  RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Trustees of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond have elected Israel Galindo as the 19-year-old school’s new dean.

  06/24/2008 - By Administrator

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  BWIM celebrates 25 years of women in ministry

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptist supporters of women in church leadership looked back on 25 years of triumphs and setbacks June 18 as Baptist Women in Ministry celebrated its first quarter-century in Memphis, Tenn.

  06/23/2008 - By Administrator

• CBF expands anti-poverty initiative, launches process to determine group’s future

  An update on how the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is helping achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals—a commitment the organization’s decision-making body made last fall—topped the agenda of the CBF’s annual general assembly June 19-20.

  06/20/2008 - By Administrator

• Texas Baptists challenged to care for the vulnerable and powerless

  Texas Baptists must multiply their efforts to minister to “those the Bible singles out for special attention—widows, orphans and strangers,” Rick McClatchey challenged members of the Texas Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

  06/20/2008 - By Administrator

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  Civil-rights leader garners Whitsitt Courage Award

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Fred Shuttlesworth, one of the last remaining lions of the Civil Rights Movement, received the Whitsitt Courage Award at a meeting of Baptist historians in Memphis, Tenn., June 19.

  06/20/2008 - By admin

• Baptist Briefs

  Six Texas Baptists garnered spots among 30 heroes of the faith honored as the inaugural class of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists Hall of Faith.

  06/20/2008 - By admin