Listening to Susan Adams and David Harpe one gets the feeling that they really believe what they are saying: “We are here to help people!” Adams, president and CEO of a credit union established in the 1970s to serve the…
Correction
In the Aug. 15 story “Are secular newspapers ready for Christian cartoons?” please change the name of the comic strip to “Heaven's Love Thrift Shop.” It was initially listed as “Heaven's Love Gift Shop.”
Virginia pastor takes journey to Kenya through sabbatic
Tom Stocks, who has served as pastor for 17 years at Rosalind Hills Baptist Church in Roanoke, never thought he would need or take a sabbatical. But in January — after three church capital campaigns in the last five years,…
MID-ATLANTIC DIGEST
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Interns find ways to blend faith and policy. Maggie Machledt says she experiences God in her internship at Joseph's House, a community-based hospice for formerly homeless people. The recent Hope College graduate mops floors, does clerical work,…
On mission together: Jamaican Baptists join First, Richmond, for VBS
“More precious than gold, more lasting than diamonds, is the greatest treasure of all — God's love!” This theme for Vacation Bible School called Son Treasure Island captivated children from First Baptist Church, Richmond, held July 17-21. Studies based on…
On mission together: Jamaican Baptists join First, Richmond, for VBS
“More precious than gold, more lasting than diamonds, is the greatest treasure of all — God's love!” This theme for Vacation Bible School called Son Treasure Island captivated children from First Baptist Church, Richmond, held July 17-21. Studies based on…
The Church as a Community of Peace
The carnage in the Middle East has moved me toward the breaking point on the entire business of war. I am genuinely wondering whether as a Christian moral thinker, it is my place to offer support for war, even in…
Churches transformed by Katrina help rebuild New Orleans — house by house
Robert Marus/ABP Steven Meriwether, pastor of St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, places prefabricated flooring in a flooded home that volunteers from the church and others have worked to gut and renovate. NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — Hurricane Katrina…
Are secular newspapers ready for Christian cartoons?
DALLAS (ABP) — Christian cartoons are nothing new. They're everywhere from gospel tracts to Christian magazines and newsletters. But a Christian cartoon as a nationally syndicated feature in secular newspapers? That's almost unprecedented. Despite the fact cartoonist Kevin Frank's upcoming…
Legendary liberal W.W. Finlator fought segregation, poverty, war
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — One of the most outspoken and legendary liberals in Southern Baptist life has died. William Wallace Finlator “thought the German theologian Karl Barth was right that a preacher should preach with a Bible in one hand…
Bush picks low-profile leader to head faith-based office
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush has chosen a low-profile think-tank leader to head the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Bush announced Aug. 3 that he had tapped Jay Hein, currently president of the conservative Sagamore Institute for…
Alabama area, one year after storm, still relying on hope, volunteers
Robert Marus/ABP Amy Walker (seated) tearfully expresses thanks to community-service groups at a media-studded ceremony where she received the keys to a new mobile home provided through a collaboration between religious, commercial and government organizations. BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (ABP)…