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How can we protect vulnerable members from cyberfraud?

“They stole $77,000. And that was all of my savings.” Her voice was so soft I (Doug) had to lean in to hear her. “I’ve talked with the local police, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. The money is...

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Following Jesus in a politicized world

Have you noticed some of your Facebook friends taking a sabbatical from social media during the remainder of the 2012 election cycle?  The number seems to be growing.  For the most part, they do so because they’re tired of the…

“God is big.”

She has never said why exactly she had to leave; she only admits that leaving her home country was necessary for her not her husband. Raised in an orphanage with no family made leaving the connections she had to her…

CBF to produce follow-up to ‘It’s Time’

By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has received a $250,000 grant for church resources including a follow-up to the popular It’s Time study course that challenged churches and individuals to move from a program-driven model toward a “missional” focus…

Associate pastors are not second chairs

In an informal interview for an associate pastor position, I was once told by a senior pastor, “being an associate pastor is about paying the rent.” “What’s paying the rent have to do with ministry?” I asked. I though the…

HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic

Transitions ON THE MOVE Allen Jessee, to Highlands Fellowship Church, Abingdon, Va., as lead pastor. He had been serving as maturity pastor at Highlands Fellowship, a multi-site church. He previously served as lead pastor of Community Heights Baptist Church, Cedar…