ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has awarded a $50,000 grant to Mercer University to provide affordable prostheses for Haiti, where thousands of people lost limbs in the January 2010 earthquake. The grant, one of several Haiti-relief projects announced…
CBF teams with Mercer to provide prostheses for Haitian amputees
{youtube}keUpyrBuGbk{/youtube} ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has awarded a $50,000 grant to Mercer University to provide affordable prostheses for Haiti, where thousands of people lost limbs in the January 2010 earthquake. The grant, one of several Haiti-relief projects…
OPINION: Everything you say about China is true somewhere in China
It was a privilege to visit China recently and follow in the steps of each Baptist World Alliance president since the early 1980s, who has made an official visit. Our gracious hosts, the China Christian Council, have been represented at…
CBF Haiti relief donations top $1.1 million; recovery projects continue
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has collected more than $1.1 million for earthquake relief in Haiti, the Atlanta-based organization reported April 13. Contributions to the Fellowship's disaster-response effort include a $600,000 anonymous gift and donations from churches as…
Va. church becomes second in area to give facilities to black congregation
PETERSBURG, Va. (ABP) — In 1957, 30 years after its founding, Elm Street Baptist Church in Petersburg, Va., expressed its confidence in the future by building a new 400-seat sanctuary. But within a few years things were beginning to change…
Church-critic blogger exposed by officials can proceed with lawsuit
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — A federal judge says a lawsuit may proceed against a sheriff and assistant prosecutor for using their authority to reveal the name of an anonymous blogger critical of a prominent Baptist church. U.S. District Judge Marcia…
Barna: Four in 10 ‘unchurched’ have been hurt by churches
VENTURA, Calif. (ABP) — Nearly four of every 10 "unchurched" Americans avoid worship because of negative past experiences in churches or with church people, according to new research by The Barna Group. The research firm that tracks the role of…
Gospel is both local and viral, say contributors to newly-released book
RICHMOND, Va. — The gospel is universal but it takes new shapes in new settings — and spreads in ways that can only be called “viral.” That’s the assessment of a just-released book featuring the insights of 50 youngish leaders…
VITAL SIGNS: What do you lie to yourself about?
My seminary-student son recently told me about a website called soulpancake.com. Specifically, he mentioned a thread of responses to the question “What do you lie to yourself about?” When I went to the site and began to read the anonymous…
OUT LOUD
“The hierarchy, not the faith, is in jeopardy. The pope need not resign. He must do something far more difficult: convert.” Timothy Shriver The chair of the Special Olympics was writing in the Washington Post on the Catholic Church’s sexual…
HERITAGE: Black and white in Buckingham
This columnist was the anniversary speaker for Sharon Baptist Church in Buckingham County for its 150th and again on Palm Sunday, March 28, for its 175th. I think it would be wise for the anniversary planning committee to begin lining…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
History meetings will focus on ‘peace-bearing.’ Peace-bearing is the theme of two events set for May 18 at Second Baptist Church in Richmond. At 7:30 p.m. the Virginia Baptist Historical Society will host its annual meeting with keynote speakers Karen…