FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Members of the Baptist World Alliance’s executive committee heard a sobering financial report detailing investment losses over the last year, agreed to slash the group’s budget, gave initial approval to organizational changes and met BWA’s new…
Trustees keep Liberty University gun-free
LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Liberty University will remain gun-free, trustees at the Baptist school founded by the late Jerry Falwell decided March 3. Last year, Liberty’s chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus asked university officials to change the…
Student newspaper, Catholic prof spar over indulgences revival
WACO, Texas (ABP) — A Baylor Lariat editorial critical of the Catholic Church’s newly revived practice of indulgences brought a strong rebuke from a prominent Catholic professor at the world’s largest Baptist university. The Feb. 27 editorial in Baylor’s student newspaper…
Mercer conference calls Christians to ‘creation care’
Left to Right: Meg Thomsen, program coordinator of Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, David Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer, and Judith Curry, Georgia Tech professor, listen during the plenary session of…
Christians, other torture opponents call for commission to investigate
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A coalition of religious leaders who oppose the United States’ use of torture in the fight against terrorism called March 3 for a “truth commission” to investigate government policy and allegations of inhumane actions against terrorism detainees…
Study: Churchgoers like porn, but don’t buy it on the Sabbath
BOSTON (ABP) — According to a new study, people who live in states with high church-attendance rates buy as much Internet pornography as their more secularized counterparts — but they are less likely to subscribe to an adult website on…
Senate scandal divides state Democrats over race
CHICAGO (ABP) — Calls for embattled Sen. Roland Burris to resign from the Senate are dividing his fellow Illinois Democrats along racial lines. Burris, the only black United States senator, is under fire for conflicting statements about his relationship with disgraced…
Faith-based leaders say budget is major shift in poverty policy
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Obama's first proposed budget signals a dramatic shift in prioritizing domestic poverty, centrist and liberal Christian leaders said in a teleconference with reporters March 2. Nonetheless, some expressed concerns that portions of the proposal did not…
Justices decline to upend decision barring N.J. coach from prayers
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A New Jersey high-school coach will not be able to participate in his football team’s prayers after the Supreme Court’s March 2 refusal to review a lower court’s decision. Opponents of government-sanctioned school prayers praised the justices’…
SECOND OPINION: Apologetics and apologies
Dwight L. Moody, the great 19th-century American evangelist, once said that of 100 people, one would read the Bible, and the other 99 would “read the Christian.” Let’s face it: Christianity has an image problem. When you hear the word…
EDITORIAL: Pewboy celebrates Lent (and Ash Wednesday)
Altarego: Hey, Pewboy, look at the mess you’re making. Pewboy: I know, but it’s got to be done. I don’t know why calendars have to designate a day to clean out our fireplaces, but there it is plain as day:…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
BTSR plans 20th anniversary banquet. To launch its 20th anniversary celebration, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will sponsor a banquet on Thursday, March 12 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The banquet, to be held in Lingle Hall on the BTSR campus, is…