When my wife and I got engaged, we decided that in addition to planning for the wedding, we would also start working out together. She had been a member at a gym near her house, and I had been working…
New lives for CBF missionaries
By Jeff Brumley The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in October announced its six newest field personnel. In June, they’ll be commissioned and most will leave for their assignments in the fall. But all of them are already intensely working to raise the…
Former minister pleads guilty to abuse
By Bob Allen John Langworthy, 50, former associate pastor of music and ministries at Morrison Heights Baptist Church in Clinton, Miss., pleaded guilty in Hinds County Circuit Court to five of eight felony counts of gratification of lust against young…
In the midst of a cold winter, churches’ firewood ministries warm hearts and homes
Power saws whine and sawdust flies on Wednesday mornings in Appomattox, Va., when the firewood team from Grace Hills Baptist Church is cutting and splitting wood for residents with limited resources to heat their homes. This ministry began six years…
For those without increasingly essential photo IDs, Baptist ministry provides solutions
RICHMOND — Russell Caine wanted a job. He had applied at numerous businesses but could not get an interview without valid identification. Without a driver’s license, Caine needed a photo ID, but he did not have money to purchase one…
In faith-infused event, Obama extols a biblical vision of equality for all in second inaugural
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A presidential inauguration is by tradition the grandest ritual of America’s civil religion, but President Obama took the oath of office on Jan. 21 in a ceremony that was explicit in joining theology to the nation’s destiny…
DC Baptists celebrate inaugural
By Leah Grundset Davis As District of Columbia Baptist churches considered an appropriate mission project to celebrate inauguration weekend, they decided on collecting food for those in need. The D.C. Baptist Convention asked its 150 churches to participate in a…
On Inauguration Day, Baptists in D.C. engage in service activities, prepare for huge crowds
As public ceremonies for the second inauguration of President Barack Obama begin today, District of Columbia Baptists are engaging the events in different ways. This is the second of a two-part series on D.C Baptists and their involvement with politics…
CBF of Virginia launches relocation process following impending sale of seminary buildings
RICHMOND — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia has launched a search for new office space in the wake of an impending sale of two buildings on Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond’s campus, where the organization has been housed since…
OPINION: An epistle of truth for all ages — MLK’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’
Today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I re-read King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Every so often I need to be reminded of deep truths so eloquently and timelessly expressed. King had traveled to Birmingham to lead a non-violent demonstration…
OPINION: Put your heart into it!
Recently, our staff was talking about things our parents would tell us that we find ourselves repeating to our children or ourselves. We had to admit that we increasingly sound like those voices we vowed never to imitate. Some of…
OPINION: A place for Panamanian pandemonium
This winter break I found myself in Panama with a group of seven individuals from Rock 17, the young adult group from Virginia’s Peninsula Baptist Association. Our travels were spurred by the partnership between Virginia Baptists and the Panamanian Baptist…