BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — If Noel Manning were a betting man, he’d have an edge in predicting the winners at the Oscar awards ceremony Sunday night, Feb. 24. As a voting member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Manning evaluated…
Inaugural conference part of Missio Alliance’s goal to navigate changing religious landscape
RICHMOND — Missio Alliance, an evangelical coalition formed last year to help Christians navigate the changing religious landscape in America, will flesh out that goal at a three-day conference in April featuring a range of speakers from across the evangelical…
Inaugural conference part of Missio Alliance’s goal to navigate changing religious landscape
RICHMOND — Missio Alliance, an evangelical coalition formed last year to help Christians navigate the changing religious landscape in America, will flesh out that goal at a three-day conference in April featuring a range of speakers from across the evangelical…
OPINION: Finish it!
In a live performance there is always the possibility of messing up. Anyone who has been on stage in front of people has experienced that moment when the next words don’t come out or the sounds that do are all…
Inaugural conference part of Missio Alliance’s goal to navigate changing religious landscape
RICHMOND — Missio Alliance, an evangelical coalition formed last year to help Christians navigate the changing religious landscape in America, will flesh out that goal at a three-day conference in April featuring a range of speakers from across the evangelical…
VITAL SIGNS: The surrender principle
I’ve always been struck by the phrase from Luke 9: 51, 53 which describes Jesus as “turning his face toward Jerusalem.” It implies a resoluteness of intent and a high degree of commitment to a divine agenda. Nothing is going…
Drive-thru breakfasts help two Central Virginia churches engage their communities
Fast food restaurants have them, as do banks and pharmacies. So why not churches? That’s what two congregations in Central Virginia — Fork Union Baptist Church and Pioneer Baptist Church in Henrico — thought when they each developed drive-thru breakfasts…
Is God the missing character in ‘Downton Abbey’?
(RNS) — The third season of the megahit PBS series Downton Abbey wraps up on Feb. 17, capping another must-see run of ruin and redemption at Lord Grantham’s stately English manor. Yet some are still left puzzled over the absence…
Is God the missing character in ‘Downton Abbey’? The question puzzles some fans
(RNS) — The third season of the megahit PBS series Downton Abbey wraps up on Feb. 17, capping another must-see run of ruin and redemption at Lord Grantham’s stately English manor. Yet some are still left puzzled over the absence…
Campbell Divinity School professor wins prestigious international award for theological studies
BUIES CREEK, N.C. — David Moffitt, an assistant professor of New Testament and Greek at Campbell University Divinity School, is one of 10 young scholars from around the world named recipients of a prestigious international award for excellence in theological…
As Lent begins, Passport once more offers web-based resource to observe season
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Passport, a 20-year-old student ministry with ties to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, is again offering its “Journey to the Cross” Lenten series on its devotional website. Lent began on Feb. 13. The series, which will run through…
National Council of Churches, which includes 6 Baptist bodies, moves to D.C. in cost-saving measure
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The National Council of Churches is moving its headquarters from the historic “God Box” in New York City to Washington’s Capitol Hill — about a block from the offices of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty….