RUSTBURG, Va. (BP) — A Virginia woman who allegedly suffocated her newborn baby hasn’t been charged with murder because the umbilical cord was still attached to the placenta which was still in the mother. According to Captain L.T. Guthrie of…
Study says majority of world’s population faces religious restriction
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Nearly 70 percent of the world’s 6.8 billion people live in countries with high restrictions on religion, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. Titled Global Restrictions on…
Dobson plans new radio ministry, to focus on same themes
COLORADO SPRINGS (RNS) — Religious broadcaster James Dobson will leave the “Focus on the Family” radio program in late February but will continue on the airwaves through a new ministry. Officials at the Colorado-based ministry that Dobson founded three decades…
Once more, Georgia Baptists poised to cut ties to church with woman pastor
ATLANTA (ABP) — For the second straight year, the Georgia Baptist Convention is poised to cut ties with a church over the issue of women in ministry. Graham Walker, co-pastor of Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta, said March 18…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
Virginia Baptist scholarship applications available. Applications for Baptist General Association of Virginia Scholarships and ministerial educational funds for the 2010-2011 academic year are available online at www.vbmb.org/ scholarships and are due by April 1, 2010. Through Cooperative Missions dollars, the…
Bluefield College board honors donors, elects officers
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College’s board of trustees recognized two alumni for their contributions to the school and elected officers and new trustees during its recent annual fall meeting. During a ceremony in Harman Chapel, the board paid tribute to…
BGCT takes action against church suspected of affirming gays
DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas said March 17 it was asking Royal Lane Baptist Church in Dallas to remove mention of its affiliation with the state convention from church publications and would hold any funds received…
Mercer program teaches church members to deliver end-of-life care
ATLANTA (ABP) — The nursing school of a Baptist university in Georgia has taken on a mission beyond its walls: To teach people in local churches how to care for loved ones as they face the ends of their earthly…
Nigerian Baptist leader says clashes political, not religious
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A Nigerian Baptist leader says politics is the driving force behind recent religious massacres and riots in central Nigeria. Solomon Ishola "Religion is being used as a veneer or as a front or cover in…
Most church websites ineffective, technology firm’s study finds
DIDCOT, England (ABP) — Churches, by and large, still haven’t entered the digital age when it comes to evangelism — but those who have are reaping huge rewards, according to a new survey. A poll conducted by Christian technology company…
FIRST PERSON: God’s little surprises
BELMOPAN, Belize — I never dreamed that I would perform my first baptisms in the Caribbean Sea. Nor did I imagine that a mission trip to Belize to work with children would offer such an opportunity. But that’s exactly what…
HERITAGE: Oysters and Baptists
This month is the centennial of an important event. Exactly a century ago, on Feb. 8, the trustees of Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) met to consider relocating the school from its campus located close to the city…