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When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...

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Saying goodbye

I conducted a memorial service recently for a friend who passed away after a lengthy illness.  The service was a time of celebration among family and friends for a life well lived.  Despite the lengthy illness of the deceased, she…

The new apostasy: Staying put

By John Chandler My colleague and friend J.R. Woodward, author of Creating a Missional Culture and leader of the V3 church planting movement, was recently leading a “Community of Practice” — a collection of church pastors and leaders working over…

Forever asking, what’s the next right thing?

Quite often, over the course of numerous conversations unfolding inside the circled wagons of wounded American evangelicalism, there develops this almost liturgically repetitious refrain among the faithful: Our best years are behind us. Whether it’s wistfully recounting the size of…

CBF of Virginia has bright future, officers say

By Robert Dilday A bright financial picture and new facilities for its staff contributed to an upbeat General Assembly for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia Sept. 19. “We are in the best financial situation this organization has been in…