By Robert Dilday Melissa Cheliras, Baptist campus minister at the University of Richmond, died Feb. 10, following a four-month battle with esophageal cancer. She was 33. Melissa Cheliras Cheliras had been part-time collegiate minister at UR since last summer. She…
Campus minister dies following battle with cancer
RICHMOND, Va. — Melissa Cheliras, Baptist campus minister at the University of Richmond, died Feb. 10, following a four-month battle with esophageal cancer. She was 33. Cheliras had been part-time collegiate minister at UR since last summer. She also served…
Baptist leaders welcome adjustment to birth control coverage rule
By Bob Allen Baptist leaders applauded President Obama’s Feb. 10 announcement that insurance companies must pay for birth-control services for women who work for religious institutions that object to paying for them on moral grounds. “This is a positive step in…
SBC insurance provider not satisfied with Obama compromise
President Obama’s compromise plan for mandatory coverage of contraceptives does not solve religious liberty concerns for the Southern Baptist Convention’s insurance provider, GuideStone Financial Resources President O.S. Hawkins said in a statement Feb. 10. GuideStone’s medical plan is self-funded, Hawkins…
Baptist leaders welcome birth-control compromise
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Baptist leaders based in the Mid-Atlantic applauded President Obama’s Feb. 10 announcement that insurance companies must pay for birth-control services for women who work for religious institutions that object to paying for them on moral grounds. “This…
Baptist leaders welcome birth-control compromise
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Baptist leaders based in the Mid-Atlantic applauded President Obama’s Feb. 10 announcement that insurance companies must pay for birth-control services for women who work for religious institutions that object to paying for them on moral grounds. “This…
Baptist leaders welcome birth-control compromise
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Baptist leaders based in the Mid-Atlantic applauded President Obama’s Feb. 10 announcement that insurance companies must pay for birth-control services for women who work for religious institutions that object to paying for them on moral grounds. “This…
Baptist leader says contraceptive mandate should be revised
Brent Walker By Bob Allen The head of a Baptist religious liberty watchdog group said Feb. 8 that the Obama administration should return new health-care regulations to the drawing board to address religious liberty concerns. The Affordable Care Act, also…
Criticism of contraceptive coverage policy grows
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new policy requiring some religious institutions to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives has drawn additional criticism, this time from both the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and — in a rare display of disagreement…
Criticism of contraceptive coverage policy grows
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new policy requiring some religious institutions to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives has drawn additional criticism, this time from both the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and — in a rare display of disagreement…
Till death (or illness or dementia) us do part?
LYNCHBURG, Va. (RNS) — Philip Weeks fondly remembers the days when his wife of 56 years, June, was a nurse and an artist whose paintings were compared to Rembrandt’s. Her paintings still hang in their home in Lynchburg, Va., but…
Virginia Intermont equestrians win 13th IHSA contest
BRISTOL, Va. — On the heels of winning Reserve Championship in the 2012 Overall Tournament of Champions National Series, Virginia Intermont College equestrians took first place in both home shows Feb. 4-5. VI’s Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Riding Team achieved…