Why coercive religious politics undermine Christianity and democracy

This is the ninth in a BNG series of articles on Christianity and democracy that will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The series has been curated by Carol McEntyre, senior minister at First Baptist Church of...

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EDITORIAL: Itâ€™s not just about autonomy

In recent days passions have been stirred. Ginter Park’s decision to ordain a gay man to the gospel ministry, along with the Virginia Baptist Mission Board executive committee action asking the church to voluntarily withdraw from the Baptist General Association…

OPINION: A church of sinners or a church of saints

Have we as Virginia Baptists reverted to the early church schismatic movement of Donatism? Perhaps it is not surprising since early Anabaptists were accused of the very same. It was the Donatist schism that emerged in the early fourth century…

LETTER: We could not call â€˜uncleanâ€™ what God had called â€˜cleanâ€™

Thank you for your coverage of the Baptist General Association of Virginia executive committee action regarding Ginter Park Baptist Church. As the former pastor of that congregation, I was an early participant in the process of ordaining Scott McGuire to…

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 Chris Mitchell, to Tabernacle…

Former minister fights molestation charge

By Bob Allen A former Southern Baptist music minister is asking a Mississippi judge to dismiss an eight-count indictment charging him with sex crimes in the 1980s, claiming the allegations are too old to be prosecuted. Lawyers for John Langworthy,…

Neither Obama nor Romney? Some Christians vote for’None of the Above’

Billy Graham faces backlash over Mormon’cult’ removal

GOP’s Mourdock stands by rape, abortion remark

Louisiana College plans $50 million capital campaign

The theology of the living dead

The zombies are coming! The third season of the hit show “The Walking Dead” is out. This hit TV show is based on a popular comic book series by the same name. This new series is not your typical ‘horror’…

How to make your pastor’s day

Over the past couple of weeks, as more and more cards and notes appeared on my desk, in my mail, and in my inbox, all thanking me for serving as their minister, I began to wonder if someone had announced…