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Celebrate religious liberty, exercise the freedom to worship

By Barry Howard Fourth of July weekend is upon us. Where will you be this Sunday morning? While many of us have appropriate plans in place this weekend to celebrate our nation’s independence with picnics, barbeques, ice cream and fireworks,…

Carrying Rosa

By Meredith Wilkinson In my work in the South Tucson community of Tucson, Ariz., I have many conversations and occasional debates about the plight of migrants who cross our southern borders. In southern Arizona issues related to immigration are anything…

ASK THE ARCHITECT: Master plan components

Let’s wrap up this leg of our journey on master planning with a look at the specific components of a master plan. What are they? Over the course of the past several months we have been examining the technical criteria…

OPINION: The Baptistsâ€™ deal in 1776

This is a “Fourth of July article.” It is almost a speech. However, I am not going to ask you to celebrate the facts you already know — for example, about our country’s Revolutionary War and the fighting that went…

Southwest Virginia Partnership welcomes mission teams

Members of a mission team from First Baptist Church in Ashland, Va., prepares to replace the roof on a church. NICKELSVILLE, Va. — Interstate 81 is a well-traveled route this summer as Virginia Baptists take to the road to provide…

Charlottesville man spends lunch breaks helping homeless

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — While some people in downtown Charlottesville may arrive at the office with a briefcase, Steve McVey arrives with two coolers. And when others are enjoying their lunch on the mall or in the office, Steve spends his…

Global Baptist leaders travel to Malaysia for annual meeting

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Baptist leaders from around the world are traveling this weekend to Malaysia for an annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance. More than 300 Baptist leaders and delegates will converge on Malaysia’s capital of Kuala…

TRENDING: Balanced relationships

“What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8) I remember the exact spot where I was driving in Charlottesville 15 years ago when I…

EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida discovers the need for pastoral care

Dear Jimmy, While your uncle is outside fumin’ about the garden, I’ll take a few minutes to bring you up to date about what’s been goin’ on around our place. First, it appears that sometime before sun-up, that the big…

FIRST HAND: World War II veterans revisit Okinawa battle site

A veteran — whether on active duty, retired, served one hitch, national guard unit or reserve, deployed multiple times or never — is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The Government…

WINN RECOMMENDS

The Republic of Grace: Augustinian Thoughts for Dark Times, Charles Mathewes (Eerdmans) St. Augustine lived in a time when the empire was crumbling and the world was convulsing with rapid change. Old values were being demolished while new religious beliefs…

Evangelical leader Leith Anderson to retire from Minnesota pulpit

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (RNS) — Evangelical leader Leith Anderson has announced plans to retire as senior pastor of his Eden Prairie, Minn., megachurch. Leith Anderson Anderson will end his 35-year pastoral leadership of the 5,000-member Wooddale Church at the end…

Trump’s war on ‘woke’ targets federal grants and foreign relations

Reflections on In the Twilight of the Christian West

Why rural families need support now

Why do we keep sounding the alarm?