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Church start or church satellite? Decision can be difficult

Perhaps a congregation has discovered a neighborhood or nearby community with no evangelical or other church presence. Or maybe the church has found a demographic that isn’t being reached with the gospel. Church leaders believe God is leading their congregation…

Multisite ministry by any other name

LEWISVILLE, Texas — Before a church launches a multisite ministry, it must select and secure a site, assemble a leadership team, raise funds and work through logistical details. But Northview Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas, has discovered the most difficult…

Race relations: Progress slow but steady

ATLANTA (ABP) — Two men who have been in the fray a long time believe race relations have improved in the U.S. 150 years after the start of the Civil War — at least enough to justify encouragement. Carroll Baltimore,…

School district sued over religious activity

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit May 2 alleging a pattern of promoting Christianity at public schools in Sumner County. A complaint filed on behalf of nine students from four families…

Progress on race relations is slow but steady, say two longtime observers

Virginia’s oldest convention of black Baptist churches holds annual session

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Virginia Baptist State Convention — the oldest organization of African-American Baptist churches in the state — will focus on effective preaching during its annual meeting May 9-12 in Williamsburg, Va. “As society evolves and information dissemination…

Minister moms split their time between pulpit and potty training

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Every now and then, Amy Butler will find herself having to do a little simultaneous parenting and preaching from her pulpit at Calvary Baptist Church in downtown Washington. “My daughter, in particular, knows the look,” said Butler,…

Virginia’s oldest convention of African-American Baptist churches holds annual session

BJC says National Day of Prayer proclamation ‘unwise’

WASHINGTON (ABP) – Despite a recent court ruling that a law establishing a National Day of Prayer cannot be challenged in court, officials at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty said such official religious declarations are misguided and unnecessary….