(ABP) — Help Build Hope Haiti organizers envision mobilizing Christians — and other people of good will — in the United States to provide permanent housing for Haitian families, many of whom lost their homes to an earthquake that devastated…
Leaders call for prayer, aid as Sudan votes on future
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) – With southern Sudan likely to vote for independence from the Muslim-dominated north of the country in a Jan. 9 referendum, Baptist and other Christian leaders have repeated calls for prayer and international assistance to ensure…
Filmmaker discusses forgiveness on NBC
NEW YORK (ABP) — A former Oklahoma state senator turned Hollywood filmmaker who plays his father in a new movie said a scene re-enacting his parents' murder 31 years ago was harder than he expected but worth it. Brooks Douglass,…
Mo. convention cites ‘immoral behavior’ in exec’s resignation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Convention issued a press release early on the afternoon of Jan. 7 announcing the resignation of MBC Executive Director David Tolliver. “With deep regret we announce Dr. David Tolliver has resigned as…
Baptist leader calls on Nigeria’s president to ensure safety
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — The head of the Baptist World Alliance called on Nigeria's president to take action to prevent further violence like an attack that killed the pastor and several members of a Baptist church on Christmas Eve….
Women are told they are God’s masterpiece during WMUV getaway
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Nearly one thousand women gathered at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center for fellowship, worship and learning at the annual WMUV Women’s Get-Away, Nov. 6-8. The theme for this year’s Get-Away, “Masterpiece in the Making,” was centered on…
SECOND OPINION: Will your congregation exist in 10 years?
North America has at least 350,000 religious congregations. Every year about one percent of them die. That means that 10 years from now, 35,000 congregations will no longer exist. Will your church be one of them? What is the “survivability…
OUT LOUD
“They may get the stuff, but we’ll get the souls. They may get the past, but we’ve got the future.” Anglican Bishop Robert Duncan Bishop Duncan, who has split with the Episcopal Church and formed the Anglican Church in North…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Robert Edwards, to New Bridge Church, Sandston, as senior pastor. INSTALLATION: Timothy Neal Madison was installed as the third pastor of Mechanicsville Baptist Church on Oct. 18. He had served as pastor of the Madison Heights Baptist…
EDITORIAL: Which crown would you want?
In my opinion, Carrie Prejean is an example of what is wrong with American Christianity. Two weeks ago if you had asked me, “Who is Carrie Prejean?,” I’m not sure I could have remembered. But last Tuesday morning, before I…
HERITAGE: Glad times in Charlotte
When court is in session, there must be some folks walking about in Charlotte Courthouse, Va.; but otherwise there are not many reasons to produce a crowd. There’s a drug store, a convenience store, a large public school, a few…
Students prove ‘Change Matters’
RICHMOND, Va. — Change matters. It really does. Just ask the hundreds of Virginia Baptist students who dropped the change in their pockets into 5-gallon water containers during student events this year and collectively raised $7,660.21 to support ‘clean water’…