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Interim seminary head praises progress against Ebola in Liberia

By Bob Allen Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced Nov. 13 the end of national state of emergency, citing progress in the fight against Ebola. Richard Wilson, a Mercer University professor forced to leave his temporary appointment as president of…

Pope Francis may visit New York City during 2015 U.S. tour

Rock legend Patti Smith to perform at Vatican Christmas concert

Pope Francis to build showers for homeless in St. Peter’s Square

Catholic Church losing ground in Latin America

In wake of Ferguson, a bid to make St. Louis a more ‘compassionate’ city

Soar past tithing on your way to becoming wildly generous

Should we forget tithing? Is it passé? Does it set up an artificial target on which too few people actually agree? Tithing seems like an obvious principle–10 percent of your income–yet too often it becomes a negative point for confusion,…

No longer singing alone

By Amy Butler Last Sunday I stood at the front of the church, as I do most weeks, to welcome the community to worship. After I finished my remarks, I made my way to my seat on the side of…

Connection between parents, children is at heart of ‘Interstellar’

By Michael Parnell Movies are often greater than the sum of their parts. We watch the story unfold and, as we do, there is something more there than just the pictures and the actors’ words. The auteur theory of filmmaking…

Choctaws in rural Mississippi find ‘open arms’ in church

By Jennifer Ferry A Cooperative Baptist church is leveraging trust and service as a way to carry the gospel message to a close-knit and highly impoverished Native American community in Mississippi. In the rural town of Decatur, located in one…

Evangelicals already working to mobilize vote in 2016

By Bob Allen Bolstered by success in the recent 2014 elections, an under-the-radar campaign to mobilize evangelical voters is asking 63,000 pastors to consider running for public office in 2016. CBN News chief political correspondent David Brody recently published an…

Vote inaugurates far-reaching governance change for BGAV

By Robert Dilday A far-reaching shift in governance of the 191-year-old Baptist General Association of Virginia went into effect Nov. 12 when messengers at the group’s annual meeting adopted a set of constitutional and bylaw changes implementing a proposal adopted…

Paxton dodges ethics questions while claiming Talarico isn’t Christian

Restored Voices Collective gets GRACE report on former board member

‘CatsOnACouch’ influencer sues over First Amendment rights

Court finds Trump and Blanche conspired to create sham IRS lawsuit