January 20, 2003
___ WMU stalwart changes churches at 93. When First Baptist Church of Roanoke, Va., voted to leave the Baptist General Association of Virginia to align with the state's new fundamentalist alternative, the church lost one of its most prominent longtime members. Alma Hunt, former national president and national executive secretary of Woman's Missionary Union, responded by moving her membership to Rosalind Hills Baptist Church in Roanoke, a church aligned with the BGAV. Hunt, 93, was enrolled on the cradle roll at First Baptist Church after her birth, then rejoined the church in 1974 after moving back to Roanoke.
___ CBF chaplain chairs national network. Will Kinnaird of Hampton, Va., a chaplain endorsed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, has been elected chairman of COMISS Network, the nation's largest chaplaincy organization. Formerly known as the Coalition on Ministry in Specialized Settings, the COMISS Network is made up of 43 member groups and serves as the central agency for chaplain dialogue and advocacy. Kinnaird, who serves as associate director of the National Veterans Affairs Chaplain Center, was elected to a two-year term in December. He is a former clinical staff chaplain at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dallas.
___ Sacred Harp Sing scheduled. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth will hold its annual Sacred Harp Sing Jan. 25. from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the rotunda of Cowden Hall. Participants sit in a square and sing a cappella from "The Sacred Harp," a shape-note tune book first published in 1844. The sing is open to participants and observers. For more information or to make luncheon reservations, contact Tim Studstill at the Baptist General Convention of Texas, (214) 828-5238 or studstill@bgct.org.
___ Graham accepts San Diego invitation. Despite speculation that last fall's Metroplex Mission in Texas might have been the last large-scale crusade for Billy Graham, the evangelist has accepted an invitation to conduct a four-day crusade in San Diego in May. The event will be held at Qualcomm Stadium, site of this month's Super Bowl.
___ Annie Armstrong gets more. Southern Baptists contributed a record $49.25 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions in 2002, a 2 percent increase over the previous year. North American Mission Board President Bob Reccord called the amount "miraculous." The offering supplies more than 40 percent of NAMB's budget.
___ Casket found during church renovation. A backhoe operator discovered a small casket with the remains of a child Jan.7 while digging a trench for a renovation project at First Baptist Church of Hawkinsville, Ga. Research showed graves had been relocated from that site when the church bought the property in 1885. Apparently, the one small grave had been overlooked. With permission from a judge, the casket was buried in the Orange Hill Cemetery, where the other remains had been relocated more than 100 years earlier.
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