By Bob Allen The moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship denounced plans by Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., to picket a vigil for victims of Friday’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. “The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, of which I am…
UK Baptist school gets new leader
By Bob Allen Spurgeon’s College, the largest of seven colleges affiliated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain, has chosen a new principal to succeed Nigel Wright, who is retiring next August after 13 years in the post. He will…
Huckabee blames tragedy on God’s absence
By Bob Allen Former presidential candidate turned talk-show host Mike Huckabee stood by controversial comments blaming the deadly Dec. 14 shootings in Connecticut on the lack of religion in public schools. The day 27 people, including 20 children, died in…
LETTER: History of discrimination repeats itself
I usually find the opinion column by Lisa Cole Smith to be “cutting edge” and quite insightful. Her “Missing the forest for the trees” is no less so, except for her statement that (as Virginia Baptists) “we missed an…
Poll: More than one-third of Americans see signs of end times in extreme weather
WASHINGTON (RNS) — More than a third of Americans believe the severity of recent natural disasters is evidence that we are in the “end times” described in the New Testament — a period of turmoil preceding Jesus’ Second Coming and…
OPINION: Emmanuel, God with us — no matter what
The lectionary epistle reading for last Sunday contained this well-known verse from Philippians: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say rejoice!” In light of the school shooting that took place in Newtown, Conn., Friday morning, Paul’s words almost seem…
Volunteers from Tappahannock, Va., church make impact with $100 given for ‘Kingdom Assignment’
TAPPAHANNOCK, Va. — Has your pastor ever given away $5,000 in cash following a Sunday worship service? It happened on Sept. 30 at Beale Memorial Baptist Church in Tappahannock, Va., when 50 volunteers were handed a crisp $100 bill by…
Does extreme weather signal the apocalypse?
WASHINGTON (RNS) — More than a third of Americans believe the severity of recent natural disasters is evidence that we are in the “end times” described in the New Testament — a period of turmoil preceding Jesus’ Second Coming and…
Baptist teams from Mid-Atlantic continue disaster response in N.Y, N.J. seven weeks after hurricane
Just a week before Christmas, Baptist disaster response teams from the Mid-Atlantic remain at work in New York and New Jersey, assisting residents still impacted by Hurricane Sandy’s landfall there on Oct. 29. In the past seven weeks, Virginia Baptist…
Baptist teams from Mid-Atlantic continue disaster response in N.Y, N.J. seven weeks after hurricane
Just a week before Christmas, Baptist disaster response teams from the Mid-Atlantic remain at work in New York and New Jersey, assisting residents still impacted by Hurricane Sandy’s landfall there on Oct. 29. In the past seven weeks, Virginia Baptist…
Baptist teams from Mid-Atlantic continue disaster response in N.Y, N.J. seven weeks after hurricane
Just a week before Christmas, Baptist disaster response teams from the Mid-Atlantic remain at work in New York and New Jersey, assisting residents still impacted by Hurricane Sandy’s landfall there on Oct. 29. In the past seven weeks, Virginia Baptist…
For ministers in early years, CBF’s Fellows program helps them lead ‘from who they are’
It might be having an understanding person to talk to. It might be help putting frustrations into perspective. Or it might be a gentle reminder that nobody, not even the pastor, can do everything — and probably shouldn’t try. But…