FARMVILLE — The Baptist Collegiate Ministries (formerly the Baptist Student Union) at Longwood University is forming an alumni association. Its first reunion will be held Saturday, April 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Heritage Baptist Church, 700 Milnwood…
Precious Children of India
• Children make up 30 % (348 million) of the Indian population • 158 million (75 million girls) are below the age of 7 • 190 million are between ages 7 and 14 • 59 million children have never seen…
Baptists provide opportunities to oft-shunned Roma people
ATLANTA (ABP) — Susan and Wes Craig learned early during their three-year assignment to Romania that most locals are disgusted by the minority Roma people, who are often called “gypsies.” And that's what made a particular church meeting so powerful….
EDITORIAL: Images of India
Images of India were etched on my mind during my recent trip there. Not just the traffic, vendors, multitudes, poverty and tropical vegetation — although those will long be remembered as well. Most of all, I will remember the children,…
Virginia mission leader Jerry Jones given doctor of divinity by Indian seminary
KOTTAYAM, India — As part of its fifth graduation exercises on Feb. 8, the India Baptist Theological Seminary awarded the doctor of divinity degree to Jerry Jones, team leader of the Virginia Baptists Mission Board's glocal missions and evangelism team….
Guest opinion: New Covenant may come in old wineskins
(ABP) — Many of my friends and ministerial colleagues recently returned from the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant in Atlanta full of enthusiasm. I myself have yet to feel much excitement. Not that I'm not happy to see African-American…
SECOND OPINION: Pursuing edification and discernment
I recently had the privilege of enjoying the hospitality of the Englewood Christian Church of Indianapolis. This congregation isn't as well known as Saddleback, nor has its pastor (Michael Bowling) ever been interviewed by Larry King, but its story is…
Indian pastors’ conference hears reports of persecution of Christian believers
KOTTYAM, India — On the evening of December 24, 2007, as Christians in the Kandhamal District of the Indian state of Orissa were preparing for Christmas, a well-orchestrated attack on Christian churches and homes began. For three days the rampage…
Pastor points to Muslims as source of Kenya violence; experts disagree
DALLAS (ABP) — Religious extremism prompted much of the violence surrounding Kenya's disputed presidential elections, according to a Kenyan expatriate and Baptist pastor who lost a bid for a seat in parliament. But international experts with contacts in the region…
Ed Young says he didn’t argue with Clinton about Bible literality
NEW YORK (ABP) — Bill Clinton may have had Ed Young confused with another Southern Baptist pastor or may simply have chosen to remember a 1993 encounter falsely when he spoke to a group of Baptists several weeks ago, according…
Opinion: Emerging evangelical center may decide 2008 election
Last summer I completed a book arguing that an evangelical center is emerging in American life and that it shows signs of displacing the vaunted but fading “Christian right” in the hearts and minds of American evangelicals–especially among younger and…
Post-Covenant criticism comes from left, right
NEW YORK (ABP) — Although organizers hailed a recent pan-Baptist gathering as a success, a handful of critics have leveled a wide array of charges against the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. The critics of the event, held in…