News Articles by Herb Hollinger

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Calling the Southern Baptist Convention’s fiscal year 1998-99 “another extraordinary year” and a “year of abundant blessings,” Morris H. Chapman, president and chief executive officer of the SBC Executive Committee announced the final distribution to SBC agencies of the year’s CP gifts. “The Executive Committee received and distributed $167,996,385 [during 1998-99], surpassing last […]

PHOENIX (BP)–An Internet website for questions from investors has been developed by the troubled Baptist Foundation of Arizona which also said it was “drawing close to finalizing the restructuring plan.” In a recent letter to more than 13,000 investors, BFA said the restructuring plan will be communicated to investors later in October. Terms and conditions […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Journalist Bill Moyers called Southern Baptist Convention leadership “theological Stalinists” and charged the leaders have exploited “an unsuspecting laity’s” reverence for the Bible. Four SBC leaders vigorously challenged his remarks. Moyers, best known for his TV specials on the Public Broadcasting System, made his remarks at an Oct. 4 banquet honoring James Dunn, […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–For the sixth consecutive year, the Southern Baptist Convention ended its fiscal year with record Cooperative Program gifts, nearly $168 million, surpassing last year’s record by more than $8 million and the yearly budget by nearly $13 million, according to Morris H. Chapman, president and chief executive officer of the SBC Executive Committee. […]

PHOENIX (BP)–The troubled Baptist Foundation of Arizona has created an Investors’ Committee to meet and negotiate with the BFA on behalf “of their fellows,” according to a BFA report Sept. 25. In a letter sent to more than 13,000 investors, BFA officials gave an update on the progress made in the work being done to […]

PHOENIX (BP)–A Baptist pastor has added the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention, and one of its chief executives, to his lawsuit against the Baptist Foundation of Arizona in an attempt to regain his $100,000 investment in the troubled foundation. Richard A. Kimsey, pastor of Desert Valley Baptist Church in the Phoenix area, filed a suit against […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Forget envelopes, stamps and checkbooks. Giving to the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund just got easier. The SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission recently introduced a system of accepting direct bank debit authorization from donors desiring to give monthly support for the hunger fund. Although debit payments are used more commonly by families […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Friends and families of the seven people killed in the deadly shooting Sept. 15 at Wedgwood Baptist Church, Fort Worth, remembered those slain while the gunman’s brother called Larry Gene Ashbrook a “paranoid schizophrenic.” Two students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, and a former student were among the seven killed […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–A society that too many times expresses violence and hostility were cited in expressions of concern and sorrow by two Southern Baptist Convention officials and the executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. “The tragedy at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth is another reminder that we live in a time […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–A gunman entered a Fort Worth Baptist church during an evening prayer rally Sept. 15, killing seven people, including three Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students, before he sat down on a back pew and killed himself. The long-haired man dressed in jeans and a black jacket, spouting obscenities and cursing worshippers opened […]