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Fighting hunger makes economic and political sense, Christian activist says

DALLAS — Despite deep divisions in U.S. society, Christians can lead the way toward bipartisan solutions to the pain of poverty, insisted one of the world’s top hunger fighters. “Church people — whose congregations often span the political spectrum —…

‘Bad advocacy’ can do more harm than good, Baptist scholar insists

ATLANTA (ABP) — Celebrity-driven campaigns like Save Darfur and Invisible Children are popular, but in some cases, they do more harm than good, according to a Baptist scholar who specializes in African politics, conflict and international affairs. “Advocacy needs to…

BWAid head Paul Montacute plans to retire, committee learns

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Paul Montacute, director of the Baptist World Alliance's relief-and-recovery arm BWAid, will retire in July 2012, the BWA executive committee learned in meetings March 7-9. BWA leaders are expected to elect a successor to Montacute,…

RIGHT or WRONG? Family moral history

Our older son and his wife are about to deliver our first grandchild. Although this grandbaby won’t be able to read for several years, we would like to compile a moral history of our family. What are your suggestions? I…

Do Christian athletes strike out on big-dollar contracts?

ST. LOUIS (RNS) — As contract talks broke down between Albert Pujols and the Cardinals, St. Louis baseball fans nervously began asking themselves a host of questions. He’s a Cardinal for life, right? He wouldn’t go to Wrigley Field, because…

FAITH DIGEST

Views on homosexuality bar foster couple. Two judges in England banned a Christian couple from foster care because they oppose homosexuality — a stance the judges said has no place in the laws of Britain. Owen and Eunice Johns, of…

Reciprocity or dependency?

Relationship is the heart of mission involvement, and the form that relationship takes determines whether believers minister “with” or “to” others, missiologists insist. Today, they add, relationship translates as partnership, collaboration and reciprocity. Access to safe drinking water means healthier…

Some foreign aid helps, others do more harm than good, experts assert

Even though the Green Bay Packers won this year’s Super Bowl 31-25, up to 100,000 individuals in developing countries are wearing new T-shirts erroneously labeling the losing Pittsburgh Steelers as NFL champions. For marketing purposes, the NFL preprinted memorabilia for…

Newspaper reports Chowan-BTSR talks are off

MURFREESBORO, N.C. (ABP) — A newspaper reported March 10 that a possible merger of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond and Chowan University in North Carolina is off the table. The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald said the executive committee of Chowan's board of…

‘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

Fighting hunger makes economic and political sense, Christian activist says

‘Bad advocacy’ can do more harm than good, Baptist scholar insists

BWAid head Paul Montacute plans to retire, committee learns

RIGHT or WRONG? Family moral history

Do Christian athletes strike out on big-dollar contracts?

FAITH DIGEST

Reciprocity or dependency?

Some foreign aid helps, others do more harm than good, experts assert

Newspaper reports Chowan-BTSR talks are off

Predestination, free will and Matt Damon

Phelps Protester Founder’s Son Preaches Tolerance

Evangelicals, Mormon Search for Common Ground in Utah

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