WASHINGTON (RNS) — As Congress debates whether to mandate health insurance for all Americans, several Christian ministries whose members share each other’s medical costs are hoping the final version of health care reform doesn’t put them out of business. Officials…
Faith-based providers propose models for health reform, fill gaps in system
Faith-based health care providers can lead the way in developing new models that emphasize wellness and prevention — and create accountable-care organizations focused on the needs of patients and their families, the president of Baylor Health Care System believes. Eighty…
Ethicists view health care as basic right, not a luxury commodity
Human beings are fragile creatures needing health care to flourish and — in many cases — survive, said David Gushee, distinguished university professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University. And that universal need for health care makes it a human…
FAITHSHAPERS: Family ministry
In my last article I suggested visiting nursing homes with children as a teaching method. There are many other forms of service ministry that children can participate in and learn from. Two major problems often keep us from giving our…
A New Voice Media Group series on Christians and health-care reform
Morris Chapman announces plans to retire from Executive Committee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Morris Chapman, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, announced plans Sept. 21 to retire at the end of September 2010. Morris Chapman announces retirement plans to the SBC Executive Committee. Chapman, a…
Healing the Sick: Ethicists view health care as a basic right
ATLANTA (ABP) — Human beings are fragile creatures needing health care to flourish and — in many cases — survive, said David Gushee, distinguished university professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta. And that…
Nilson Fanini, former BWA president, dies at 77
BEDFORD, Texas (ABP) — Nilson Fanini, a Brazilian pastor and evangelist who served as president of the Baptist World Alliance from 1995 to 2000, died Sept. 19 of complications following a stroke. He was 77. During his term as BWA…
Baptists offer ministry in memory of 9/11
RICHMOND — Seven members of First Baptist Church in Danville were installing shelving in the laundry room at the House of Hope homeless shelter on Saturday, Sept. 12. In Norfolk a team from Freemason Street Baptist Church were rebuilding the…
Bluefield’s enrollment up
BLUEFIELD — Bluefield College began the fall 2009 semester with a 22 percent increase in new student enrollment and the highest new traditional student figures since the fall of 2006. Traditional new student numbers at BC — including new freshmen,…
Healing the Sick: Religious groups fighting to prevent reform debacle
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The last time a president attempted comprehensive reform of America’s health-insurance system, it went over like the proverbial lead balloon — and conservative religious groups were prominent in the coalition that helped sink the plan. President Clinton’s…
Nilson Fanini, former Baptist World Alliance president, dies at 77
BEDFORD, Texas — Nilson Fanini, Brazilian pastor and evangelist who served as president of the Baptist World Alliance from 1995 to 2000, died Sept. 19. He was 77. During his term as BWA president, Fanini viewed the BWA’s primary role…