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Baptist campus minister named at Old Dominion

NORFOLK, Va. – Brett Baddorf has been named Baptist campus minister at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. Baddorf, who assumed the post Feb. 1, had been serving as interm campus minister for the past 18 months. Baddorf will coordinate…

Gardner-Webb hosts dialog on racial reconciliation

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — It’s been more than five decades since the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in America, a lifetime since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent revolution against the inequality and injustice that permeated the American South….

Baptist Build connects churches in Winston-Salem, N.C.

WINST0N-SALEM, N.C. — Rob Lemons doesn’t know anything about the family that will one day occupy the house he’s helping build for them. He doesn’t know their names or their story, but that really doesn’t seem to matter to Lemons….

At Bluefield College, students find ways to raise money

BLUEFIELD, Va. — College students are constantly facing the issue of “being broke.” Whether they need $300 to purchase a plane ticket, or a dollar to buy a sweet tea from Mickey D’s, scrounging up the change isn’t always easy….

Till death (or illness or dementia) us do part?

LYNCHBURG, Va. (RNS) — Philip Weeks fondly remembers the days when his wife of 56 years, June, was a nurse and an artist whose paintings were compared to Rembrandt’s. Her paintings still hang in their home in Lynchburg, Va., but…

Online ministry offers diverse prayer resources

By Alice Horner John Roland was studying for the ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas in 1999 when Hurricane Floyd hit his home state of Florida. He got so busy calling to check on his parents, grandmother and…

Retiring CBF head to lead new center for Baptist leadership

By Bob Allen Retiring Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal has been tapped to lead Mercer University’s new Eula Mae and John Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership. Vestal, 67, will assume his new role July 1, the day after…

Catholics support White House contraception mandate

NEW YORK (RNS) — A majority of Americans, including Catholics, believe that employers should be required to provide health care plans that cover contraception and birth control at no cost, according to a new survey. But the research by the…

Dear Social Media Consultant

By Natalie Aho I am very aware of the switch to social media and the need to use the tools available to connect with people. Yet I am old-school and don’t like computer-mediated relationships. I feel like I should know…

Seminary trustees to confront president over audit, management issues

By Greg Warner Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s board of trustees will meet Feb. 10 in a special session to discuss the leadership of President Phil Roberts, Associated Baptist Press has learned. Trustee sources said the board’s executive leadership will recommend…

Mid-Atlantic leaders affirm possible election of Southern Baptist Convention’s first black president

RICHMOND, Va. — The Southern Baptist Convention is poised to elect its first black president this June, a move some black leaders in the Mid-Atlantic region praised as a step toward racial reconciliation among American Christians. Fred Luter, pastor of…

ICE agents are least-trained law enforcement in America

Coalition campaign seeks to ‘Melt ICE’

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In conversation with George Mason