by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 2, 2008 | Opinion
My students think I talk fast – or they did, until some of them heard Charles G. Adams preach. Adams, pastor of Hartford Baptist Church in Detroit, read most of his alluringly alliterated sermon, but read it so rapidly and so impressively that the congregation sat...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 1, 2008 | Opinion
For friends of Campbell University, I offer these photos of students and others enjoying the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. The group shot (taken by Steve DeVane) includes students, alumni, faculty and staff — and there are others who weren’t...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 1, 2008 | Opinion
Former president Jimmy Carter said there have been many successes and he’s had no disappointments during the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant meeting, held Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in Atlanta.“We’ve been excited, pleased, and gratified at the participation,” he said,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 1, 2008 | Opinion
What is the historical significance of the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant, an unprecedented gathering of diverse Baptists in America? No one is better equipped to handle that question than Buddy Shurden, a prominent Baptist historian who was founding director...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 1, 2008 | Opinion
Randall Lolley, former president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, was honored Feb. 1 at a breakfast co-sponsored by the Mainstream Baptist Network, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina, and the Candler School of Theology at Emory...
