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Religious Herald trustees elect new board members, adopt 2012 budget

RICHMOND, Va. — Trustees of the Religious Herald elected five new members to the news organization’s governing board and adopted a budget of $520,465 for 2012 during their regular meeting Nov. 17. They also elected Brian Clingenpeel of Roanoke, Va….

Diverse Baptists gather around shared concerns at New Baptist Covenant

ATLANTA (ABP) — Baptists laid aside differences of race, geography and tradition to affirm common values of care for the poor and marginalized in Atlanta and satellite locations across the United States Nov. 17. “Our strength and effectiveness will derive…

NBC initiative is valuable but more to be done, says Philadelphia organizer

PHILADELPHIA — Initiatives such at the New Baptist Covenant II help lower racial barriers, but there is “still a lot of work to do,” said a south Philadelphia pastor who helped organize a satellite viewing of the three-day event. “I’ve…

International social work program gets major gift

WACO, Texas (ABP) – Baylor University’s School of Social Work has received a $3.6 million gift for a program for international students pursuing a master’s degree in social work. First funded by a grant in 2008, the Global Mission Leadership…

Finding the holy in Amish country

By Amy Butler In the middle of everyday life, how do we experience the holy? This was a question I’ve been pondering since a recent road trip to the quaint little town of Lancaster, Pa. I set out to…

Teacher Fired For Reporting Sexual Allegations At Baptist School

William Carey unveils statue of its founder

White House shooting suspect called Obama ‘the anti-Christ’

Church music wars battle for souls with song

OPINION: Finding the holy in Amish country

In the middle of everyday life, how do we experience the holy? This was a question I’ve been pondering since a recent road trip to the quaint little town of Lancaster, Pa. I set out to visit Lancaster with…

Call people to follow Jesus, don’t pander to lowest values, Texan urges

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Ministers contribute to the decline of churches when they appeal to people’s lowest values of selfish consumerism rather than challenging them to follow Jesus, Rick McClatchy told a regional New Baptist Covenant II assembly. “As churches, we…

Cindy Elmore joins staff of Foundation as director of donor relations

RICHMOND, Va. — Cindy R. Elmore has joined the staff of the Virginia Baptist Foundation as director of donor relations. Elmore, a former development director for non-profits in Virginia, assumed her role in early October. As the Foundation’s director of…

ICE agents are least-trained law enforcement in America

Coalition campaign seeks to ‘Melt ICE’

Hegseth’s testosterone testing plays into MAGA mythology

In conversation with George Mason