RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Police have charged a Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary student with sexually abusing a 10-year-old child at an after-hours YMCA program, re-emphasizing the growing problem of sex abuse among Southern Baptist clergy. It's not the first time…
Al Gore named ‘Baptist of the Year’
(RNS) Former Vice President Al Gore has been named “Baptist of the Year” by EthicsDaily.com, the Web site of the Baptist Center for Ethics. “He has pressed for the global good with a compelling message about the danger of climate…
CBF to lease former Ga. Baptist building
ATLANTA (ABP) — A leading moderate Baptist group has signed a 10-year lease with Mercer University for offices previously occupied by the conservative Georgia Baptist Convention. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will lease much of the building from Mercer University, which…
Religion writers name evangelicals in election as last year’s top story
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The nation's religion writers considered political grappling of evangelicals for a GOP presidential candidate the top religion story of 2007. Members of the Religion Newswriters Association named their Top 10 list of religion stories for the year….
New Baptist Covenant, Huckabee rank as top stories in ’07, journalists say
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The biggest news story among Baptists in 2007 was about an event that has not even happened yet — the announcement of an unprecedented meeting of Baptists from across North America — according to an informal survey…
Students in Southwest Virginia find ministry on campuses
GATE CITY — Look up “emerging leader” in your Virginia Baptist Kingdom Advance Unabridged Dictionary and you will find pictures of Mark Estepp and Jessica Roloff. Both are students at the University of Virginia's College at Wise and are active…
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“Ultimately, it is Muslims who must excise the scourge of radicalism from Islam. From within. We can help by behaving like the generous, just and benevolent society moderate Muslims once considered us to be.” Oliver “Buzz” Thomas The minister and…
Mayors’ report says cities seeing more emergency food requests
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A majority of U.S. cities participating in a recent survey have seen an increase in the number of requests for emergency food assistance, the U.S. Conference of Mayors reports. The Washington-based conference recently issued its annual Hunger…
Register to include focus on hymns
RICHMOND — The forthcoming issue of the Virginia Baptist Register includes the address delivered by Milburn Price at a music convocation sponsored by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies and held last May. Price, the recently retired dean of…
College students’ spiritual interests increase; worship attendance drops
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Though college students' attendance at worship services declines, their interest in spiritual matters grows during their time on campus, a new UCLA study shows. UCLA's Higher Education Re-search Institute compared the views of students who were…
Prayer heals honest Brit’s legs but cannot cure bureaucracy with no ‘miracle’ button
LONDON (RNS) — A British pastor's wife who claims the power of prayer cured her injuries was told her incapacity benefits could not be stopped because the government's computers didn't have a “miracle” button. As a result, June Clarke of…
VBMB announces members of Virginia Baptist all-state choirs
RICHMOND — Children and youth in grades 4-12 who have been accepted into the 2008 Virginia Baptist All-State Choirs have been announced. The singers were nominated and auditioned to participate, according to Tom Ingram, worship and spiritual development consultant at…