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Donors pledge $500,000 in matching gift campaign for BTSR

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Five anonymous donors have pledged to match up to $500,000 in contributions to Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond over the next year, to assist the school as it begins a process of moving to a new…

Capital punishment is sin

By Roger Olson A controversy is raging over capital punishment in Texas — a state that executes upwards of 30 to 35 people (almost all men and disproportionately African-American and poor) annually. Most Texas Christians favor capital punishment…

Church Seeks 2nd Chance for a Girl It Nurtured

Accused Gun Runner Free After Church Posts $25K Bail

Rob Bell says he has no regrets over Love Wins

Obama Reflects on Death, Resurrection of Jesus

Fallin signs bill further restricting funeral protests

Donors pledge $500,000 in matching gift campaign for BTSR relocation

RICHMOND, Va. — Five anonymous donors have pledged to match up to $500,000 in contributions to Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond over the next year, to assist the school as it begins a process of moving to a new location…

Tornadoes keep Virginia Baptists’ disaster relief ministries busy in April

RICHMOND, Va. — Tornadoes kept Virginia Baptists’ disaster relief ministries on its toes during the first half of April, as severe weather caused damage in two widely-separated parts of the state — along the Chesapeake Bay and in the mountains…

Contributions from BGAV churches drop 7.8 percent in first quarter

RICHMOND, Va. — The Baptist General Association of Virginia ended the first quarter of 2011 with almost 8 percent fewer contributions from affiliated churches than in 2010, a financial officer reported April 12. Congregations gave $2,667,089 to Cooperative Missions between…

Baptist lecturer at Wake Forest defends religious freedom for Muslims

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) — A Baptist church-state expert criticized arguments used by opponents of building mosques in the United States that Islam is not a religion and therefore undeserving of protection of the First Amendment. Melissa Rogers, director of the…

Central Seminary dedicates chapel

SHAWNEE, Kan. (ABP) – Central Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated two days April 7-8 dedicating a new chapel and with an open house featuring tours of recently completed capital improvements. The seminary broke ground for the Baugh-Marshall Chapel in 2009. Construction…

‘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