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WMU of India’s new web site enhances group’s ambitious goals

RICHMOND, Va. — Woman’s Missionary Union of India has just launched a new web site, thanks to a collaboration with its counterpart in Virginia.The new site — at www.wmuv.org/wmui — is the latest joint endeavor in a year-old partnership between…

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New Meredith president takes helm. Jo Allen starts her tenure as president of Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C. on July 1. Allen, elected April 18, is the first Meredith alumna to serve as president of the 120-year-old college, with historic…

Actually, that’s not in the Bible

Debate rages over separation of church and school

Pastor reflects on more than 60 years in ministry DeKalb (Ill.)

GOP hopefuls pay homage to religious right

Opinion opens doors to guns in Va. churches, but some pastors are wary

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Virginians can carry firearms into churches and other places of worship, according to a legal opinion issued this spring, but some Baptist pastors in the state say they’re unsettled by the prospect of congregants with handguns….

Opinion opens doors to guns in Va. churches, but some pastors are wary

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginians can carry firearms into churches and other places of worship, according to a legal opinion issued this spring, but some Baptist pastors in the state say they’re unsettled by the prospect of congregants with handguns. Virginia…

BWA preparing for UN Earth Summit in 2012

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — The Baptist World Alliance is participating in preparatory meetings for the United Nations Earth Summit that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2012. The summit, nicknamed Rio+20, commemorates the 20th anniversary of…

Joplin pastor: Where do we go from here?

JOPLIN, Mo. (ABP) — Shortly after a monster tornado ravaged a third of Joplin, the large message sign at Forest Park Baptist Church in Joplin announced Pastor John Swadley’s morning message for the following Sunday: “Where Do We Go From Here?” With…

Baptist college hires female chaplain with ties to CBF

MARS HILL, N.C. (ABP) — Mars Hill College, located in the conservative mountains of an increasingly conservative North Carolina Baptist environment, has hired an ordained woman with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship ties as campus chaplain. Stephanie McLeskey Stephanie McLeskey comes to…

Saying ‘no thanks’ to prayer

By David Wilkinson Is it ever a good idea to turn down someone’s offer to pray for you? My neighbor thought so. My wife, Melanie, and I were talking with Kathy and Joe on the sidewalk in front of their…

‘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

WMU of India’s new web site enhances group’s ambitious goals

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Actually, that’s not in the Bible

Debate rages over separation of church and school

Pastor reflects on more than 60 years in ministry DeKalb (Ill.)

GOP hopefuls pay homage to religious right

Opinion opens doors to guns in Va. churches, but some pastors are wary

Opinion opens doors to guns in Va. churches, but some pastors are wary

BWA preparing for UN Earth Summit in 2012

Joplin pastor: Where do we go from here?

Baptist college hires female chaplain with ties to CBF

Saying ‘no thanks’ to prayer

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