Although it is often messier than our present and at times even more uncertain than our future, the past must never be forgotten. Where would we be today without such champions of Baptist life as Roger Williams, Walter Rauschenbusch and…
LETTER: Women proclaiming the good news
I noted with interest, in the Feb. 6 issue of the Herald, the listing of churches participating in the Martha Stearns Marshall Month of Preaching by having a woman preach during the month of February. I salute all 19 Mid-Atlantic…
OPINION: Looking into Glass
When is having a repetitive song playing over and over again in your head for days not completely annoying? When it is the music of Phillip Glass’s opera Orphee. It is haunting and tragic with a spark of hope, beckoning…
LETTER: Obeying prohibitions against killing
One of the Ten Commandments says, “Do not kill.” I believe this has been revised in some later editions to, “Do not murder.” During the 14th and 15th centuries, those who disagreed with the Christian church were burned at the…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE Morgan J. Browning, to Hillcrest Baptist Church, Ridgeway, Va., as pastor. Charity Roberson, to Sharon Baptist Church, Smithfield, N.C., as pastor, effective April 1. Skip Irby, to Big Island (Va.) Baptist Church, as intentional interim pastor….
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Transitions ON THE MOVE Morgan J. Browning, to Hillcrest Baptist Church, Ridgeway, Va., as pastor. Charity Roberson, to Sharon Baptist Church, Smithfield, N.C., as pastor, effective April 1. Skip Irby, to Big Island (Va.) Baptist Church, as intentional interim pastor….
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Transitions ON THE MOVE Morgan J. Browning, to Hillcrest Baptist Church, Ridgeway, Va., as pastor. Charity Roberson, to Sharon Baptist Church, Smithfield, N.C., as pastor, effective April 1. Skip Irby, to Big Island (Va.) Baptist Church, as intentional interim pastor….
HeraldBeat
Transitions ON THE MOVE Morgan J. Browning, to Hillcrest Baptist Church, Ridgeway, Va., as pastor. Charity Roberson, to Sharon Baptist Church, Smithfield, N.C., as pastor, effective April 1. Skip Irby, to Big Island (Va.) Baptist Church, as intentional interim pastor….
Deal seriously with violent biblical texts, historian says
By Ken Camp Before characterizing Islam as inherently violent based on selected passages in the Quran, Christians should consider violent verses in the Holy Bible, historian Philip Jenkins told a recent gathering at Baylor University. Philip Jenkins of Baylor’s Institute…
NC Baptists square off over gay marriage
By Bob Allen Baptists are lining up on opposing sides of an upcoming ballot referendum to amend North Carolina’s constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina is on record…
Kentucky church leaves association
By Bob Allen A Baptist church in Kentucky has severed ties with its local association of churches, saying doctrinal uniformity has trumped cooperative missions in the Southern Baptist Convention. : “All are welcomed here,” proclaims the Central Baptist Church website….
British Christians say no to nukes
By Bob Allen Baptists and other Christian leaders in the United Kingdom are urging the government to scrap plans to replace its fleet of nuclear-armed submarines. The Baptist Union of Great Britain joined the Methodist Church and the United Reformed…