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Churches in Mid-Atlantic lashed as Sandy makes landfall, leaving millions flooded, without power

Churches joined thousands of other organizations across the Mid-Atlantic Monday in closing facilities and cancelling activities as Hurricane Sandy made landfall, leaving millions without power and flooding most coastal areas. Much of Ocean City, Md., was underwater as Hurricane Sandy…

Power outages in Mid-Atlantic, Northeast delay Passport camp bookings

TEASER: Passport, Inc. will delay its annual Nov. 1 registration start date by one week due to massive power outages along the eastern seaboard. Registration for next summer’s camps is now scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 7. Bob Allen BIRMINGHAM,…

Looking for an undecided voter? Check the pulpit

(RNS) — Pollsters and politicians hunting for the rare and elusive undecided voter might want to train their sights on the pulpit. A whopping 22 percent of Protestant pastors haven’t settled on a presidential candidate, according to a survey released…

Pitfalls of worship

By Bob Burroughs There are some pitfalls in worship. Sometimes, things go wrong at the right time. We try hard to overcome these obstacles as they appear and try to patch them as best we can with temporary solutions, but…

NY, DC churches hunker down for Sandy

By Jeff Brumley Baptist churches and ministries in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast were hunkered down and anxious Oct. 29 to see what happens when Hurricane Sandy arrives. “There’s been a heightened sense of anxiety because we are sitting here waiting,” said Amy…

Family Research Council shooter charged with terrorism

‘Anti’-gay Missouri pastor goes viral

In Obama’s first term, an evolving Christian faith and a more evangelical style

SBC’s Richard Land endorses Romney

Churches issue calls to get out the vote

Sandy disrupts D.C. convention

By Robert Dilday As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting. The D.C. convention, which includes about 140 congregations in Washington and suburban Maryland and Virginia, put…

Seven Reasons Why Christians Should Celebrate ‘Halloween’

Is celebrating a holiday that honors ghouls, demons, ghosts, and everything that goes bump in the night dangerous or even evil? Somewhere, in the halls of history, Halloween or All Hallows Eve, got hijacked. What started as a day to…

What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

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6 ways the Reflecting Pool boondoggle mirrors Trump and MAGA

Pilate asked Jesus, ‘What is truth?’