FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A Baptist pastor in the South Caucasus country of Azerbaijan has been found guilty of what supporters say are bogus weapons charges and given "a two-year corrective labor sentence," according to a worldwide Baptist group. The Virginia-based…
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Virginia Baptist Foundation awards grants to six ministries
RICHMOND—The Virginia Baptist Foundation has awarded grants totaling $40,000 to six Virginia Baptist ministry partners according to Ronald C. Hall, president and CEO of the foundation. “We are able to award these dollars due to the Christian stewardship of others,”…
Lutheran task force proposes process to allow gay relationships for clergy
CHICAGO (ABP) — An ad hoc panel for one of the nation’s largest Protestant bodies is recommending a four-part process to begin allowing members of its clergy to live openly in committed same-sex relationships. But both supporters and opponents of…
Columbia Church challenges members to ‘Spend Yourself’
Jim Baucom Although many pastors would be content if their churches met in three different congregations with 14 separate services using seven different languages, Jim Baucom, pastor of Columbia Baptist Church in Falls Church, challenged the church leaders to “take…