GREENVILLE, N.C.—A Baptist disaster relief assessment team was in eastern North Carolina July 2, evaluating damage from a severe thunderstorm that knocked out power and downed trees the night before—only 48 hours after similar storms spread havoc across much of…
Team begins food distribution, despite travel challenges
WARM SPRINGS, Va.—Despite mechanical troubles along the way, a Virginia Baptist Mission Board feeding unit arrived in storm-damaged Bath County, Va., in the early hours of July 2 and by 1 p.m. had set up operations in time to distribute…
Mid-Atlantic Baptists respond as storm knocks 2 million in area out of power in record-breaking heat
RICHMOND, Va.—In the aftermath of furious thunderstorms that swept the Mid-Atlantic June 29, leaving nearly 2 million households without power in the midst of record-breaking heat, Baptists in the region were initiating feeding and cleanup services in stricken areas. The…
Mid-Atlantic Baptists respond as storm knocks 2 million in area out of power in record-breaking heat
RICHMOND, Va.—In the aftermath of furious thunderstorms that swept the Mid-Atlantic June 29, leaving nearly 2 million households without power in the midst of record-breaking heat, Baptists in the region were initiating feeding and cleanup services in stricken areas. The…
Mid-Atlantic Baptists respond as storm knocks 2 million in area out of power in record-breaking heat
RICHMOND, Va.—In the aftermath of furious thunderstorms that swept the Mid-Atlantic June 29, leaving nearly 2 million households without power in the midst of record-breaking heat, Baptists in the region were initiating feeding and cleanup services in stricken areas. The…
Mid-Atlantic Baptists respond as storm knocks 2 million in area out of power in record-breaking heat
RICHMOND, Va.—In the aftermath of furious thunderstorms that swept the Mid-Atlantic June 29, leaving nearly 2 million households without power in the midst of record-breaking heat, Baptists in the region were initiating feeding and cleanup services in stricken areas. The…
BTSR goes ‘boothless’ at CBF General Assembly
RICHMOND, Va—Alumni of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond searched in vain this year for a booth in the exhibit hall at last week’s Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly in Fort Worth, Texas, but their alma mater was far from invisible….
BTSR goes ‘boothless’ in Fort Worth
By Bob Allen Alumni of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond searched in vain this year for a booth in the exhibit hall at last week’s Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly in Fort Worth, Texas, but their alma mater was far…
Mural is tangible sign of Virginia art students’ ministry
BUCHAREST, Romania—Art was the medium five Virginia college students used this spring to share their faith with Roma (Gypsy) children in Romania—leaving behind an 83-foot-wide mural at the Baptist-affiliated Ruth School, which provides education to the marginalized and disadvantaged. For…
Be true to religious liberty, Baptists urged
By Bob Allen As early defenders of religious liberty for all, Baptists today should celebrate religious pluralism even as Protestant privilege wanes in American culture, Baptist historian Bill Leonard said June 22 at a luncheon in Fort Worth, Texas, during…
With ruling, contraceptive debate goes on
By Bob Allen Critics of the Obama administration’s requirement that faith-based employers include mandatory contraceptive coverage in their health-care plans for women voiced disappointment June 28 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld key portions of the Affordable Health Care Act…
Trial for alleged peeping preacher delayed
By Bob Allen A criminal trial scheduled June 25 for a former traveling Southern Baptist evangelist and popular youth speaker charged with video voyeurism has been postponed until July 30, according to a court document obtained recently by Associated Baptist…