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Reading Ryan Stollar’s final message through the lens of trauma

Note: This article discusses suicide, child sexual abuse and domestic violence. It may be distressing for some readers.   On June 30, child liberation theologian and abuse survivor advocate Ryan Stollar died by suicide, following a lengthy struggle with his...

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OPINION: Freedom and its fruit

When we were missionaries in Taiwan I remember being asked what the Bible is all about. What would you say the Bible is all about?  I couldn’t use any religious vocabulary like salvation, redemption, sin, eschatology. In Mandarin there is…

ASK THE ARCHITECT: Sacred spaces and places

We begin with the profound question: Can we design a space with assurance that it will be perceived as a sacred place by those who experience it? Even more profound is this awesome yet humbling responsibility we have, as architects,…

HERITAGE: A lily for Dr. Taylor

For the past year I have been engrossed with researching and writing the life of George Braxton Taylor, who is best known in Baptist history for founding in 1886 the Sunbeams, the earliest organization to teach Baptist children about missions….

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Todd Blake, to Madison Heights Church, Madison Heights, as pastor. • Christopher D. “Chris” Fowler, to Orcutt Church, Newport News, as senior   pastor. • Dorothy Kingston Troup, to Middleburg Church, Middleburg, as music director. RECOGNITION: Charles Millsaps…

End-times theology hurts Christians, speaker says

KELLER—End times theology that equates the modern state of Israel with the Israel of biblical prophecy has caused some evangelical Christians to let eschatology trump ethics when it comes to the Middle East, a Palestinian-American Christian told a general session…

Former British Baptist head David Russell dies

BRISTOL, England (ABP) – David Russell, who served as general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain during a crucial period, has died. He was 94. David Russell As British Baptists’ top executive from 1967 to 1982, Russell aided…

Keeping things in cosmic perspective

By Jim Denison In the next five minutes while you’re reading this essay, 67 babies will be born in the United States. During that same time, 274 babies will be born in China, and 395 in India. The global landscape…

American Baptists send funds to fight cholera in Haiti

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — American Baptist Churches USA sent an initial contribution of $15,000 to fight Haiti's cholera outbreak, the denomination's news service reported Nov. 11. The money, from an interdenominational relief program called One Great Hour of Sharing,…

Loving enemies (political and otherwise)

By Blake Hart Despite what many politicians and pundits may say, the United States is still deeply divided. Since the midterm elections several political analysts have said that “the American people” have spoken. Some claim the country spoke with one…