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Woman banished from Westboro Baptist Church to publish memoir

Spiritual genius — an evening with Krista Tippett

Human beings are the earth’s most complex and perplexing creatures. The human creature remains a mystery that can’t yet be solved or understood in its many depths. Thus began Krista Tippett in her talk Tuesday evening at Luther Seminary in Saint…

Gay are called to bring message of redemption

I met Tommy (not his real name) back in the 1980s at our local church where I served as deacon and Sunday school teacher. We became close friends and talked about many things. Both of us being young and single,…

To fill positions on BGAVâ€™s committees and affiliated governing boards, committee asks for help

RICHMOND, Va. — Suggestions to fill positions on the Baptist General Association of Virginia’s standing committees and on governing boards of some affiliated organizations are being sought by the BGAV’s committee on boards and committees. The committee is seeking names…

Building bridges among leaders will mark Laura McDanielâ€™s new role with Spence Network

RICHMOND, Va. — Though she’ll miss her nearly 10 years on the staff of Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia, Laura McDaniel says she’s eager to begin a new role “building bridges” among leaders in the Spence Network. “We will be…

In what she calls a â€˜holy moment,â€™ ministerâ€™s father is first person she baptizes

VINTON, Va. — As Brittany Riddle stood in the baptismal waters at Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., on Dec. 30, she told the congregation that the last time she was in that baptistery was at 12 years of age…

First woman pastor of church with Lottie Moon ties finds inspiration in historical connection

SCOTTSVILLE, Va. — Scottsville Baptist Church, a Virginia congregation closely associated with iconic Baptist missionary Lottie Moon, called its first woman pastor — Katie McKown — last fall, continuing a long tradition of female leadership in the church. The church,…

Emancipation Proclamationâ€™s 150th is impetus for essay contest aimed at high school students

RICHMOND — The 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation has inspired an essay contest sponsored by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. Francis Bicknell Carpenter’s 1864 painting, First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons) “How…

Aging pushes congregations to fiscal brink

Things were looking bleak for Orange Grove Baptist Church and its aging membership when Greg Shoemaker arrived as its pastor about a year ago. Located just north of Pascagoula, Miss., the congregation and community around it had been hit hard…

Some aging churches are mergering with younger, multi-cultural congregations in order to stay alive

CBF churches in D.C., Md. offer â€˜great resourcesâ€™ for larger CBF movement, says regional leader

BOWIE, Md. — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship churches in Maryland and the District of Columbia have significant human and financial resources to share with the national CBF movement and they need to “tap into that” to impact the organization, members of…

Matthew Vines sets off a debate over what it means to be ‘queer’

Dear Mike Johnson, be careful what you ask for

What, to the white Christian, is America 250?

Four years later, anti-abortionists battle on other fronts

Woman banished from Westboro Baptist Church to publish memoir

Spiritual genius — an evening with Krista Tippett

To fill positions on BGAVâ€™s committees and affiliated governing boards, committee asks for help

Building bridges among leaders will mark Laura McDanielâ€™s new role with Spence Network

In what she calls a â€˜holy moment,â€™ ministerâ€™s father is first person she baptizes

First woman pastor of church with Lottie Moon ties finds inspiration in historical connection

Emancipation Proclamationâ€™s 150th is impetus for essay contest aimed at high school students

Aging pushes congregations to fiscal brink

Some aging churches are mergering with younger, multi-cultural congregations in order to stay alive

CBF churches in D.C., Md. offer â€˜great resourcesâ€™ for larger CBF movement, says regional leader

CBF churches in D.C., Md. offer â€˜great resourcesâ€™ for larger CBF movement, says regional leader

Pope promotes Italian nun to top migrant role in his first major appointment of a woman to Holy See

A Pastoral Response from BWA and UBLA

Amazon’s Second Season Of ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Reinvents Christian Redemption

Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began

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Matthew Vines sets off a debate over what it means to be ‘queer’

Dear Mike Johnson, be careful what you ask for

What, to the white Christian, is America 250?

Four years later, anti-abortionists battle on other fronts