BOWIE, Md. — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship churches in Maryland and the District of Columbia have significant human and financial resources to share with the national CBF movement and they need to “tap into that” to impact the organization, members of…
In what she calls a ‘holy moment,’ minister’s father is first person she baptizes
VINTON, Va. — As Brittany Riddle stood in the baptismal waters at Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., on Dec. 30, she told the congregation that the last time she was in that baptistery was at 12 years of age…
CBF churches in D.C., Md. offer ‘great resources’ for larger CBF movement, says regional leader
BOWIE, Md. — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship churches in Maryland and the District of Columbia have significant human and financial resources to share with the national CBF movement and they need to “tap into that” to impact the organization, members of…
Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th is impetus for essay contest aimed at high school students
RICHMOND — The 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation has inspired an essay contest sponsored by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. Francis Bicknell Carpenter’s 1864 painting, First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons) “How…
Some aging churches are mergering with younger, multi-cultural congregations in order to stay alive
Things were looking bleak for Orange Grove Baptist Church and its aging membership when Greg Shoemaker arrived as its pastor about a year ago. Located just north of Pascagoula, Miss., the congregation and community around it had been hit hard…
CBF churches in D.C., Md. offer ‘great resources’ for larger CBF movement, says regional leader
BOWIE, Md. — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship churches in Maryland and the District of Columbia have significant human and financial resources to share with the national CBF movement and they need to “tap into that” to impact the organization, members of…
Aging pushes congregations to fiscal brink
Things were looking bleak for Orange Grove Baptist Church and its aging membership when Greg Shoemaker arrived as its pastor about a year ago. Located just north of Pascagoula, Miss., the congregation and community around it had been hit hard…
U.S. House funds disaster aid for churches
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The U.S. House of Represen-tatives overwhelmingly ap-proved a bill Feb. 13 to allow houses of worship damaged by Hurricane Sandy to receive disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, despite warnings by advocacy groups that the…
The gospel roots of the ‘Godmother of rock ‘n’ roll’
(RNS) — Before Elvis and Chuck Berry and Johnny Cash. Before Aretha and Whitney and Beyonce. Before the blues met gospel and conceived rock ‘n’ roll, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The first gospel superstar, Tharpe was a guitar hero…