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BeBe & CeCe Winans, Switchfoot nab Grammy Awards

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Charles Davis, serving as pastor of Bethesda Church, Boydton. This was incorrect in our last issue. • Dan Carlton, to Downtown Church, Alexandria, as senior pastor. • Glen A. Land, to Rivermont Avenue Church, Lynchburg, effective Feb….

Baylor’s Baptist Center designed to preserve, celebrate heritage

WACO—The Baptist Studies Center for Research at Baylor University, approved by the Baylor board of regents at their February meeting, will preserve the 400-year global heritage of Baptists through a virtual depository of important Baptist documents, photographs, books and other…

George Beverly Shea, 102, receives lifetime Grammy

Baylor to allow non-Baptists on governing board

DALLAS (ABP) — The governing body of Baylor University, the world’s largest Baptist academic institution, now may include Christians who are not Baptists. Baylor’s board of regents voted Feb. 11 to amend the university’s bylaws, allowing members who are active…

Baylor regents vote to allow non-Baptists on governing board

DALLAS—The governing body of Baylor University, the world’s largest Baptist academic institution, now may include Christians who are not Baptists. Baylor’s board of regents voted Feb. 11 to amend the university’s bylaws, allowing members who are active in Christian—but not…

New editor takes helm of ‘Christian Ethics Today’

BANNER ELK, N.C. (ABP) — A Christian ethics journal launched in 1995 by former Southern Baptist ethicist Foy Valentine began a new chapter with a Winter 2011 issue published from North Carolina. Patrick Anderson, a past national moderator and state…

Opinion: Looking to find your center of creativity? Unplug

Jon Singletary WACO, Texas (ABP) — Dad, I want you to confiscate all my technology this weekend so I can find the creative center of myself.” These words of wisdom from our middle child, the comedic genius of the family,…

For relationships, technology a two-edged sword, experts insist

MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. (ABP) — After Jason Krafsky introduced his wife, Kelli, to Facebook, he wasn’t sure how to respond when she told him she had just connected online with her “first love.” “It took me a couple of days to…

Teen website changes lives through laughs and relationship

HARRISON, Ark. (ABP) — With just the click of a mouse, Doug Hutchcraft and Jon Taylor are pointing teenagers and young adults to Jesus Christ. Jon Taylor (left) and Doug Hutchcraft brainstorm new ideas for their website, www.thedougandjonshow.com. Since…

Recognize children’s digital proficiency, but be alert to dangers

RESTON, Va. (ABP) — When it comes to digital communication, children are natives, and their parents are immigrants. And that puts parents at a distinct disadvantage in protecting children from online danger, according to the president of a nonprofit advocacy…

Churches view social networking as ministry tool

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — With the Internet closing in on television as Americans’ main source of national and international news, churches increasingly are viewing social-networking applications like Facebook as ministry tools. “Social networking tools have become an integral part 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