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Roanoke Baptist walks to honor exceptional student and organ donor

ROAKOKE, Va. — For Shirley Young, finishing the race is part of keeping the faith. At 84, she’s walking in “Run With Grace” to honor a friend who died before she could finish her own races. Grace Lovegrove donated four…

WMU of North Carolina tackles poverty, other needs in mountains

AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina volunteers and their families put their hands to service over the first week in June during a localized effort that modeled the national WMU MissionFEST/Family FEST. Ascending to Avery County…

HeraldBeat

TRANSITIONS ON THE MOVE Kevin Wirt, to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Troutville, Va., as pastor. Chuck Marshburn, to Tidewater Korean Church, Virginia Beach, Va., as English-speaking pastor. Robert Carpenter, resigning as pastor of Talbot Park Baptist Church, Norfolk. Don Harvey,…

All Southern Baptist eyes on black New Orleans pastor

NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Even before the Southern Baptist Convention elected the Rev. Fred Luter to national office, there was already widespread speculation that Luter is poised to become the denomination's first African-American president. Representatives of 16 million Southern…

SBC resolution targets Sharia law

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – The Southern Baptist Convention’s top public-policy expert said June 18 that any imposition of Sharia law by courts in the United States would violate the Constitution. The president of the SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission…

White woman’s passion leads to black history museum

CRITTENDEN, Ky. (ABP) — A Kentucky woman simply struck by a passion presided over the grand opening of a museum dedicated to the history of African-Americans in Kentucky June 18. Connie Taylor grew up in Grant County and never noticed…

Miss USA 2011 One Of Only 2 Contestants Who Believe In Evolution

Church celebrates 200 years by keeping the American Baptist tradition alive

Religious Rebuttal: Southern Baptists Resolve That Hell Is Real

SBC resolution targets Sharia law

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention’s top public-policy expert said June 18 that any imposition of Sharia law by courts in the United States would violate the Constitution. The president of the SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission…

International religious freedom envoy condemns religious intolerance

GENEVA (RNS) — The Obama administration's new envoy for international religious freedom told a U.N. commission that government, political, religious and business leaders must stand ready to condemn hateful ideology. Borrowing from recent headlines, Ambassador-at-Large Suzan Johnson ook cited a…

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system

Roanoke Baptist walks to honor exceptional student and organ donor

WMU of North Carolina tackles poverty, other needs in mountains

HeraldBeat

All Southern Baptist eyes on black New Orleans pastor

SBC resolution targets Sharia law

White woman’s passion leads to black history museum

Miss USA 2011 One Of Only 2 Contestants Who Believe In Evolution

Church celebrates 200 years by keeping the American Baptist tradition alive

Religious Rebuttal: Southern Baptists Resolve That Hell Is Real

SBC resolution targets Sharia law

International religious freedom envoy condemns religious intolerance

NBC Apologizes For Omitting ‘Under God’ From Pledge Of Allegiance

JD Vance: Israeli Cabinet shouldn’t be criticizing ‘only powerful ally’ left in the world

Church of England apologises for ‘pain and trauma’ from its role in historical adoption practices

In Richmond, churches retrace the path of the enslaved to confront their own history

Parenting expert Michelle Icard helps Cooperative Baptists rethink discomfort, risk and growth

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‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system