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Mid-Atlantic response teams distributing thousands of meals, others begin recovery operations

Baptist disaster response units from the Mid-Atlantic initiated feeding operations in earnest over the weekend as organizers began turning their attention to recovery efforts in the still-struggling Northeast a week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the region. Volunteers from North Carolina…

Keen sense of direction will serve new WMUV president well as she helps navigate groupâ€™s future

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Pat Wright was born with a keen sense of direction. A passionate traveler, she disdains GPS navigation systems, she says, relying instead on her instincts and familiarity with maps. That instinct will serve the Williamsburg, Va., woman…

Discipleship is risky adventure that requires crossing cultural boundaries, speaker tells women

LYNCHBURG, Va. — The journey to follow Christ is a risky adventure requiring those who embark on it to break the confines of their cultural boundaries, members of Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia were told Nov. 3. “In our encounter…

Faith and the arts to be the focus of forum hosted by Religious Herald in Roanoke

“When you embrace the arts of the community you embrace the community as well,” says Jay Smith, cultural architect for Convergence: A Creative Community of Faith. That conviction is at the heart of Convergence, a Baptist congregation in Alexandria, Va….

HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic

Accepted a new call? Been ordained? Church celebrating an anniversary? Mission trip or project that you would like highlighted on the HeraldBeat page? Send info to HeraldBeat editor Barbara Francis at [email protected]. Transitions ON THE MOVE Brian Hoffman, to Massaponax…

HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic

The conflict pandemic

By Bill Wilson Whenever I address a group about the work our organization does, I mention that one of our frequent calls is to help a congregation, staff, judicatory or organization manage conflict. Our conflict intervention calls are on the…

NJ churches damaged in storm

By Bob Allen Baptist leaders in New Jersey estimate between 20 percent and 30 percent of the state’s 280 American Baptist churches sustained damage from Hurricane Sandy. Lee Spitzer, regional pastor for the American Baptist Churches of New Jersey, described…

What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

Insufficient

6 ways the Reflecting Pool boondoggle mirrors Trump and MAGA

Pilate asked Jesus, ‘What is truth?’

Mid-Atlantic response teams distributing thousands of meals, others begin recovery operations

Keen sense of direction will serve new WMUV president well as she helps navigate groupâ€™s future

Discipleship is risky adventure that requires crossing cultural boundaries, speaker tells women

Faith and the arts to be the focus of forum hosted by Religious Herald in Roanoke

HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic

HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic

The conflict pandemic

NJ churches damaged in storm

Hawaii Democrat poised to be first Hindu in Congress

Rabbi and pop-culture star Shmuley Boteach adds political candidate to résumé

‘Viral video’ pastor says support has been incredible

Roughly a third of the way into Steven Spielberg’s new blockbuster film “Disclosure Day,” which focuses on the theoretical release of evidence documenting the existence of alien life, a conversation between the two main characters takes a sudden turn toward the spiritual.

Religious groups are more prepared for aliens than you think

Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions

NY gubernatorial candidate says Brad Lander would be a ‘camp guard’ for Nazis if he could

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What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

Insufficient

6 ways the Reflecting Pool boondoggle mirrors Trump and MAGA

Pilate asked Jesus, ‘What is truth?’