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“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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Woman follows father into pulpit

By Vicki Brown A Southern Baptist church in Missouri is under scrutiny by its local association for replacing a pastor who resigned for health reasons with his daughter. Melody Pryor, pastor of First Baptist Church of Stanton, Mo., said she…

Race & Faith

By Ken Camp A neighborhood watchman in Florida shoots and kills a hoodie-wearing African-American teenager. Two white suspects in Tulsa, Okla., confess to the Easter weekend shooting of five people in a predominantly black neighborhood. Elizabeth Eckford, one of the…

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HERITAGE: Shapers of Baptist thought

In about 1870 two old men were making conversation and one asked the other who among Baptists might be remembered a hundred years later. Each man named the other. Fifty years earlier, as young men, they had been energetic preacher-boys…

WMU of NC to leave Raleigh, relocate in Lillington

RIDGECREST, N.C.—Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina will move its headquarters from Raleigh to an office building in Lillington recently donated to the mission organization. The relocation to Lillington—about 40 miles south of Raleigh—will save WMUNC about $70,000, said acting…

CBF of Virginia takes ‘familia’ to four cities

CHESAPEAKE, Va.—The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia kicked off its “Mission on the Move” emphasis April 22, at Centerville Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Va., with a Mission Immersion Experience featuring a Latino buffet dinner served by the church. The event,…

LETTER: Prison ministry essential

At a dinner honoring volunteers April 19, it was stated that only 25 percent of prison inmates have visitors. This means that prison ministry volunteers are surrogate parents to most of these teenagers, for these teenage volunteers may be the…

Promoter sees parallels between church, NASCAR

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—Gray Garrison rarely stops thinking about good ol’ fashioned stock car racing. He’s always figuring out his latest angle, a fresh and exciting way to keep people flocking to the legendary Bowman Gray Stadium which he and his family…

Human trafficking spurs action at Campbell University

BUIES CREEK, N.C.—When three Campbell University students began a journey of education and empowerment more than three months ago, they had no idea their perseverance would result in reaching more than 200 fellow students and staff members. Junior education major…

OPINION: What happened to Pentecost?

Whatever happened to Pentecost? That was (and is) the day set aside on the calendar in celebration of the Holy Spirit and the infusion of the Spirit in the ministries of the apostles at Jerusalem as recorded in Acts. Remarkably…

OPINION: Becoming an organic local church

I recently had the privilege of traveling with a group of divinity students from Wake Forest University to western North Carolina where we visited several sustainable, organic farms. We met and worked with people who are experimenting with innovative and…