Transitions ON THE MOVE Katie McKown, to Scottsville (Va.) Baptist Church, as pastor. Joe Holland, to Hunton Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va., as interim pastor. Horace Scruggs, to Effort (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim worship pastor. Chris Kurtz, resigning as…
Groups support people with disabilities
By Bob Allen As values voters both left and right weigh in on special interests from immigration reform to same-sex marriage in an election season, a lesser-known religious coalition is speaking up for Americans with disabilities. The Interfaith Disability Advocacy…
Grandparenting: Grand or grind?
By Vicki Brown “I want to be a good grandmother (father) but I want to live my life, too.” The refrain echoes around the country as more grandparents assume responsibility for their grandchildren. One in 10 children lives with a…
Grandparenting: Grand or grind?
By Vicki Brown “I want to be a good grandmother (father) but I want to live my life, too.” The refrain echoes around the country as more grandparents assume responsibility for their grandchildren. One in 10 children lives with a…
Grandparenting: Grand or grind?
By Vicki Brown “I want to be a good grandmother (father) but I want to live my life, too.” The refrain echoes around the country as more grandparents assume responsibility for their grandchildren. One in 10 children lives with a…
Churches can help grandparents
By Vicki Brown “The church building is not a monument. It’s an instrument for God,” Timothy Williams, pastor of Bethsaida Missionary Baptist Church in Mexia, Texas, believes. His wife, Cheryl, director of apartment ministries for Buckner International, is praying her church…
Counselor sees grandparenting challenge
By Bill Martin As a counselor at STARRY, Jessica Kilpatrick often is asked to help grandparents who are rearing their grandchildren navigate through communications, discipline and relationship issues. For her, it’s an issue that hits close to home. After bringing…
Houston Baptists transform lives in Peru
By Jeff Brumley There’s what people can imagine, Houston cardiologist Luis Campos says, and then there’s what God can imagine. The 67-year-old South Main Baptist Church member said he has witnessed that repeatedly in almost a decade of ministry with…
OPINION: Loving Libya (and everyone else)
As I journey onward in discovering a distinctly Baptist expression of faith that is both ancient and futuristic, I continue to marvel at the lectionary’s ability to serve as a bridge between the two. Rooted in the liturgical calendar, the…
Non-profit ministries gain popularity as Baptist pastors and congregations seek to impact community
RICHMOND (ABP) — Travis Collins doesn’t need church health experts to know ego and fear can kill creativity and risk-taking in ministry. Collins, senior pastor at Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond, said he had a “big time” gut reaction…
Faith groups aim to fight sex trafficking in Wilmington
WILMINGTON, N.C. (RNS) — Just 13. That’s the average age UNICEF reports that girls enter the commercial sex trade in the U.S. And while many Americans might think of sex trafficking as an international problem, it often starts in the…
To draw people to church, offer them something bigger than themselves, seminary prof tells CBFVA
ASHLAND, Va. — The No. 1 reason people join churches today is because someone asked them to be part of something bigger than themselves, a specialist in ministry to youth and young adults told the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia…