WASHINGTON (ABP) — After impassioned debate on the separation of church and state Sept. 26, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it harder to sue the government for violations of church-state separation. House members voted 244-173…
British Baptist minister leads environmental protest at airport
NOTTINGHAM, England (ABP) — Twenty-four environmental protesters, led by a British Baptist minister, were arrested Sept. 24 for breaching the security perimeter at the Nottingham East Midlands airport. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, the protesters cut through fences around…
Church fights turn high-tech: Web is new weapon of choice
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Bellevue Baptist Church is on the cutting edge of a growing trend — at least when it comes to conflict. Like members from several other prominent churches nationwide, congregants at the Memphis-area megachurch are using web…
American Baptists will move historical collections to Atlanta
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — The American Baptist Historical Society, which claims the largest collection of Baptist resources in the world, is moving to the heart of the Deep South — Atlanta. The collection will have a new home on…
Tutu says apartheid, sin shattered when humans gather together with God
Speaking to an overflow crowd at a Dallas Episcopal church Sept. 13, Desmond Tutu, the Nobel laureate and former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, said his nation's victory over the “ghastliness of apartheid” would not have happened without support from…
All Church Challenge
I attend Derbyshire Baptist Church, my fiancée attends Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh N.C., and I worked on the pool house. I wish I could start getting Richmond churches involved. The kids camp is incredible. Children in Helena need…
Thanks to Graves
President Graves offered strength and determination to the dream of creating a free and faithful theological institution during troubled times in Baptist life, and, thanks to his courage and devotion to that cause, led the Baptist Theological Seminary from conception…
Not talking about it
Was it simply serendipity that the facing age of your editorial contained Fred's Heritage column entitled “Now it can be told”—or editorial irony? Allow me to share a few anecdotes from my experience with “the dilemma of reporting the facts.”…
God’s plan
If anyone knows why God made a plan to take the lives of so many people or his reason, please let me know. I just lost a grandson on Aug. 26. Let me know why and the reason so I…
Saving the General Association!
“You are acquainted with how its missionaries are suffering and its wants disregarded. [The General Association] must be more liberally supported than it has been for a year or two past. For it to go down would seriously injure our…
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CHURCH POSITIONS PART-TIME MINISTER OF MUSIC. Hillcrest Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, Va., is seeking a part-time minister of music. Candidates should have the leadership skills necessary to grow and direct a comprehensive music ministry. They must also demonstrate good communication…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for September 21, 2006
Staff changes Ben Laird, to Trinity Church, Martinsville, as pastor. Chris and Karen Harbin, to Central Church, Lowesville, as co-pastors. Ronnie Campbell, to Bethany Church, Baskersville, as pastor. Gregory Todd Randall, to Clarksville Church, Clarksville, as senior pastor. Richard L….