For the next four years there will be many emphases upon the 150th anniversary of the Civil War; and unlike the Centennial in the 1960s, the emphasis often will include emancipation. The Centennial was marketed as a celebration and it…
EDITORIAL: Where arts and history converge
Never one to pass on an opportunity to mix business with pleasure, while traveling in Germany recently I visited the German village of Schwäbisch Hall. A quintessential German mountain town nearly 875 years old, it features narrow, winding cobblestone streets…
LETTER: Virginia Baptists and abortion
This is a letter to correct observations I made in a letter to the Religious Herald back in early 2005 concerning the position of Virginia Baptists on abortion. While I acknowledge the straight forward resolutions in the booklet “Truthfully Speaking”…
OUT LOUD
“To me the real moral of the story is that big-time college sports are a mess and a poor platform for the promotion of religious virtue.” Tom Krattenmaker The commentator, who writes on religion and sports, was speaking of the…
Opinion opens doors to guns in Va. churches, but some pastors are wary
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Virginians can carry firearms into churches and other places of worship, according to a legal opinion issued this spring, but some Baptist pastors in the state say they’re unsettled by the prospect of congregants with handguns….
Opinion opens doors to guns in Va. churches, but some pastors are wary
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginians can carry firearms into churches and other places of worship, according to a legal opinion issued this spring, but some Baptist pastors in the state say they’re unsettled by the prospect of congregants with handguns. Virginia…
BWA preparing for UN Earth Summit in 2012
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — The Baptist World Alliance is participating in preparatory meetings for the United Nations Earth Summit that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2012. The summit, nicknamed Rio+20, commemorates the 20th anniversary of…
Joplin pastor: Where do we go from here?
JOPLIN, Mo. (ABP) — Shortly after a monster tornado ravaged a third of Joplin, the large message sign at Forest Park Baptist Church in Joplin announced Pastor John Swadley’s morning message for the following Sunday: “Where Do We Go From Here?” With…
Baptist college hires female chaplain with ties to CBF
MARS HILL, N.C. (ABP) — Mars Hill College, located in the conservative mountains of an increasingly conservative North Carolina Baptist environment, has hired an ordained woman with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship ties as campus chaplain. Stephanie McLeskey Stephanie McLeskey comes to…
Mars Hill College hires female chaplain with ties to CBF
MARS HILL, N.C. (ABP) — Mars Hill College, located in the conservative mountains of an increasingly conservative North Carolina Baptist environment, has hired an ordained woman with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship ties as campus chaplain. Stephanie McLeskey comes to Mars…
Civil War, Civil Rights
CARBONDALE, Ill. (ABP) — One hundred and fifty years after Confederate artillery fired on Fort Sumter, S.C., and the Civil War began, reminders of the conflict that divided a nation remain fresh. Some see them any given Sunday morning when…
Caribbean Baptists voice solidarity with U.S. tornado victims
KINGSTON, Jamaica (ABP) – The head of the Caribbean Baptist Fellowship pledged prayers and solidarity with tornado victims in the United States. Everton Jackson, executive secretary-treasurer of the fellowship of about 15 active bodies in English, French/Creole and Spanish languages…