(RNS) — North Carolina lawmakers approved a bill July 24 to prohibit judges from considering “foreign laws” in their decisions, but nearly everyone agrees that “foreign laws” really means Shariah, or Islamic law. North Carolina now joins six other states…
Concert at Campbell University Divinity School’s OASIS event draws largest crowd in conference’s his
BUIES CREEK, N.C. — “Who says worship can’t be fun?” Jim Davidson asked with a smile and a wink, talking about his experience at last month’s Carnegie at the Creek concert at Butler Chapel. “You have this wonderful time of…
HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic
Accepted a new call? Been ordained? Church celebrating an anniversary? Mission trip or project that you would like highlighted on the HeraldBeat page? Send info to HeraldBeat editor Barbara Francis at [email protected]. Transitions ON THE MOVE Ronnie Kiehm, to Farmville…
OPINION: Slow-walking the faith-based rules
Remember the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (OFANP)? Well, it’s probably because the White House doesn’t really want you to. On Aug. 2, the press was notified that the director of the Office of Management and Budget…
Muslims hope Gov. McCrory will veto bill prohibiting state’s judges from considering ‘foreign law’
(RNS) — North Carolina Muslims hope they can persuade Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, to veto a bill that prohibits state judges from considering “foreign law.” “It’s going to be tough,” said Rose Hamid of Charlotte. “But I do believe…
N.C. educator to be president of Kentucky’s Georgetown College
(ABP) — Longtime North Carolina educator M. Dwaine Greene has been named president of Georgetown (Ky.) College. Greene, 56, has been academic vice president and provost since 2001 at Campbell University. He succeeds former president Bill Crouch, who retired June…
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Resurrection Year, by Sheridan Voysey (Thomas Nelson) After long, agonizing rounds of IVF and with no pregnancy to show for it, Sheridan and Merryn Voysey recognized that their hope for a child would not be realized. Voysey tells their…
Thunder rolls on for motorcycle riders as annual gathering plans mountain event
Can you hear it? It’s thunder rolling through the hills and valleys of central Virginia. Virginia Baptist motorcycle riders and their friends will gather Oct. 4-6 at Watermarks Camp in Scottsville, Va., for the 2013 edition of Thunder in the…
Festival aims to overcome theological differences, address social issues
HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (ABP) — The third-annual Wild Goose Festival opened in early August in the mountains of North Carolina, with organizers and many participants hoping the outdoor gathering will heal divisions between conservative, progressive and moderate Christians. National leaders…