CULPEPER — The Supreme Court of Virginia will hear the appeal of Virginia Baptist Homes in its case related to the suit brought against it by Botetourt County for the payment of property taxes on The Glebe, the Homes' newest…
SBC president asks for help for Union
JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) — Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page called for Southern Baptist churches to give generously to Union University as the campus seeks to recover from more than $40 million in damages sustained in a Feb. 5 tornado….
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida sets them straight
Dear Jimmy, I've given away so many pieces of my mind your Uncle Orley is certain I must be empty-headed by now. But I just can't help it. Just last Sunday after church we went with a few other folks…
FIRST-PERSON: Moving beyond Feb. 5
JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) — C.S. Lewis in The Problem of Pain says that God often uses the experiences of suffering as a megaphone to awaken us. Suffering and pain, Lewis said, are often the essential means by which God brings…
Wellsprings of centrist evangelicalism
Discussion of the concept of an emerging evangelical center (or some other label for an alternative to the Christian Right) has taken off in recent months — indeed, in recent weeks. Hardly a day goes by without some news article…
FIRST HAND: Persecution continues in India’s Orissa state
Loving greetings in the name of Jesus Christ from the Kandhamal, Orissa, where your brethren are undergoing much persecution and need your prayer and encouragement. The effected brethren are still in fear and despair in their own villages. Several of…
On her own
Virginia Pilcher Provence, pushing 90 at the time, went on her own to the Baptist World Alliance's Centennial Congress in Birmingham, England, in the summer of 2005. She investigated and learned that dorm rooms were available at a college. She…
Thanks for partnership
I am glad to know that you are safely back to home and at your place of work. I do not want to say just a thank you. It is more than that. Your presence, message in the mission week…
On March 4, Catholics boost Clinton; evangelicals can’t save Huckabee
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In the March 4 election contests, Hillary Clinton reestablished her previous support among Catholic Democrats while continued evangelical support wasn't enough to keep Mike Huckabee in the GOP race. The upshot of religious voters' effect in the…
Correction
In the March 4 story titled “Kidnapped worker, Afghan driver apparently dead in Afghanistan,” please change the 19th graph to: According to an April 10, 1997, BP story, the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center, led by Palmer, launched ARLDF, which…
Correction
There was an error the March 4 ABP story, “Kidnapped worker, Afghan driver apparently dead in Afghanistan.” Baptist Global Response did not found the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center or the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation, but is led by…
Catholics, others denounce McCain for courting Hagee
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Arizona Sen. John McCain may have imperiled his chances with one important religious constituency by appealing to another. Democratic leaders and conservative Catholic groups alike have criticized the Republican presidential candidate for courting an endorsement from Texas…