Jefferson City — What began as a relaxing break from mission work in El Salvador turned into tragedy when Keith Ward of Chaffee, a member of Fruitland Community Church near Cape Girardeau, drowned off a Pacific Ocean beach on April 21. A mission
IRMO, S.C. (ABP) - Messengers to a special meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention April 26 voted without opposition to elect conservative Jim Austin as the new executive director-treasurer of the state convention. The vote, taken at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Irmo,
Douglas Gene Aldridge, 37, Buckner, died April 19. The funeral will take place at 1 p.m., Tuesday, April 24 at the First Baptist Church of Buckner; interment at Mt.Washington Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday at the church. In lieu
The David Clippard era ended abruptly on April 10 and — as of press time — the firing of the Missouri Baptist Convention executive director may have left more questions than answers. Some are asking if Clippard’s termination actually was the result of poor
Jefferson City — When the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board tapped David Tolliver as its interim executive director upon the firing of David Clippard on April 10, it turned to one of the best-known activists in conservatives’ efforts to control the convention. Tolliver, 56, served
By Vicki Brown Jefferson City (ABP) — In a split 44-7 vote, the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board fired its top administrator, David Clippard, April 10. Clippard, who assumed duties as executive director Sept. 9, 2002, was terminated in a four-hour, closed-door