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Bluefield sees record growth in traditional student enrollment

BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College is seeing the largest number of traditional students enrolled on its campus since the fall of 2004. The 440 traditional student total is more than 4 percent higher than the 423 traditional students in the…

Bluefield College, Leland Center to partner on theological training

BLUEFIELD, Va — Bluefield College and the John Leland Center for Theological Studies are partnering to provide students who have an interest in Christian ministry greater access to the theological training they’ll need to fulfill their calling. The agreement between…

A spiritual home: Richmond church partners to reach Karen refugees

RICHMOND, Va. — They were three fairly typical goals for a high school student — to pass government and geometry in summer school and obtain a driving learner’s permit. But for Say Wah, these goals represented escape from oppression, an…

EDITORIAL: The story of Christmas — in the news

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned (Isaiah 9:2, NIV). Thirty-three Chilean miners know what it is like to walk in darkness…

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Matthew McCreany, to Rock Hill Church, Stafford, as pastor, effective Dec. 5. • Larry Fields, resigning as pastor of Springfield Church, Castlewood. • Michael Moore, resigning as pastor of First Church, Woodstock. • Elizabeth Mangham Lott, to…

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HERITAGE: Celebrate the journey Fred Anderson, Virginia Baptist Historical Society Abingdon has long been regarded as one of the most charming towns in Virginia. It sits near the end of the long ribbon of highway known as I-81 and just…

Choose Wisely: Fair-trade movement has Christian roots

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In 1946, a faithful Mennonite from the United States named Edna Ruth Byler took a trip to Puerto Rico and was shocked by both the poverty she encountered and the seeming hopelessness of the artisans who produced…

Choose Wisely: Dave Ramsey on moral decision-making

(ABP) — Dave Ramsey is founder of the Lampo Group and one of the most widely recognized experts on the intersection of Christian principles and personal finance. He agreed to an e-mail interview about ethical financial decision-making for Christians. Dave…

Choose Wisely: Experts say financial decisions have moral implications

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Even a financial decision as seemingly mundane as where to buy your morning coffee can have profound moral implications. Does the company that produces or sells the coffee collude with corrupt government institutions to exploit the farmers…

Apostolic movements called key to church’s future, church planter says

SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — Western Christianity’s future depends on its capacity to recover apostolic movements in the present day rather than simply fuel institutions, author and church planter Alan Hirsch recently told a group of church leaders in Texas. Alan…

Faith leaders support including contraception in health reform

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Religious leaders on both sides of the abortion debate called on Congress to include free birth control as a component in health-care reform. Responding to an Institute of Medicine panel considering whether contraception should be classified in…

Introducing the Christian year

By R. Kevin Johnson Late November is time to make a figurative turn to the beginning of the Christian storybook and another year in God’s service. The calendar I follow all year begins four Sundays before Christmas and sets me…

‘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