My grandmother often used a word to describe herself or other people. It was the word “ill.” She did not use it to describe someone who was sick with a cold or the flu. She used it to describe an…
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Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context, Glen H. Stassen and David P. Gushee (IVP) Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount has long fueled Christian imagination and social rebellion. The Sermon offers Jesus’ tangible expression of what the Good Life in…
Washington’s National Cathedral needs millions in quake repairs
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Washington National Cathedral will need “tens of millions of dollars” over “numerous years” to repair extensive damage to the nation’s second-largest church following an Aug. 23 earthquake, church officials said Oct. 4. The landmark church requires…
The Blue Ridge Mountains thunder again as motorcyclists gather for rally
LYNCHBURG, Va. — When 85-year old Bruce Heilman spoke to the motorcyclists who gathered at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center Sept. 30-Oct. 1, they listened with interest. When they discovered that he had ridden his own Harley to the event,…
Richmond, Va., church cancels services, packs meals for children
RICHMOND, Va. — On an overcast Sunday morning in Richmond, 500 volunteers gathered at Gayton Baptist Church in the city’s western suburbs to make a difference a half a world away, preparing healthy meals to feed 277 malnourished children a…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Unique opportunity
Chaplain Service Prison Ministry of Virginia Inc. is the official agency that provides chaplains to Virginia’s state prisons and juvenile correctional centers. Virginia is unique in that its prison chaplains are not state employees. They are not compensated by the…
Trew Home at Buckner Retirement Village scheduled to close
DALLAS—The Mary E. Trew Home at Buckner Retirement Village in East Dallas will close effective Dec. 1 due to regulatory requirements for campus improvements that cannot be met, Buckner Retirement Services officials announced Oct. 12. The closure will affect 51…
Baptist groups denounce transgender attacks
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Three Baptist groups released a joint statement Oct. 11 calling for action to stop a series of shootings and violent attacks targeting transgender victims in Washington, D.C. Leaders of the Alliance of Baptists, the Association of Welcoming…
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Woman admits to embezzling funds from Baptist nursing school
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (ABP) – A Missouri woman pleaded guilty in federal court Oct. 11 to embezzling more than $717,000 from a nursing school operated jointly by a Baptist university and a Catholic hospital. Amy Phillips, 39, waivcd her right to…
Baptist camp director charged with online solicitation of a minor
MINDEN, La. (ABP) — A Louisiana Baptist camp director was arrested Oct. 7 for allegedly soliciting sexual favors and sending inappropriate photos of himself to a minor online. Michael P. Latham, 45, faces charges of indecent behavior with a juvenile…
Faith motivates young Christians working in Washington
ATLANTA (ABP) — There was no heated rhetoric, and only a few talking points, when two savvy 30-something Christians — a Democrat and a Republican — came to Mercer University to speak about their faith and their work inside the…