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Photo competition aids Haiti, honors Baptist photojournalist

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. (ABP) — A photo exhibit and competition sponsored by a church near Richmond, Va., will raise money for victims of last January’s devastating earthquake in Haiti and honor an award-winning photojournalist whose work illustrated decades of Baptist mission endeavors. The…

AU urges IRS to probe church; calls for end to National Day of Prayer

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A church-state watchdog group says the Internal Revenue Service should investigate whether a New York church violated federal tax law by endorsing a Democrat running for governor. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a group…

Video of women’s rights meeting posted online

ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) — Video of an evangelical women's-rights convention that this summer demanded an apology for teaching deemed harmful to women is now available on the Internet. Held July 24 in Orlando, Fla., the gathering of a small group…

A good word about preaching

By Bill Wilson Healthy churches hear good preaching. Few would disagree with such a statement. However, the definition of good preaching is about as easy to agree upon as is good taste in fashion. Our definition of good preaching usually…

On being an eightysomething Baptist

By David Gushee I am 48 years old, and I acutely feel the generational reality of being caught in the middle, betwixt the 80-year-old generation represented by my parents and the 20-year-olds represented by my children and students. It…

ASK THE ARCHITECT: Get the most out of your existing facilities

As your building committee journeys through the program workshops with your architect, a concurrent exercise should include a comprehensive look at existing facilities. Know what you have! An existing facilities condition survey conducted by your architect is an invaluable tool…

OUT LOUD

“All the recent attention to bullying helped us realize that we need to equip kids to live out biblical tolerance and grace while treating their neighbors as they’d like to be treated, whether they agree with them or not.” Alan…

VITAL SIGNS: A good word about preaching

Healthy churches hear good preaching. Few would disagree with such a statement. However, the definition of good preaching is about as easy to agree upon as is good taste in fashion. Our definition of good preaching usually reflects our point…

EDITORIAL: Judging is harder than it seems

Have you been following the news? The tiny group calling itself a church (71 members as of 2008) made up mostly of the pastor’s extended family, has made it all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States….

HERITAGE: If walls could talk …

Sharon Baptist Church in King William County occupies one of the most historic buildings in the Virginia Baptist family. If walls could talk, the stories would be worth the listening. Sharon — a church which is older than the Republic…

Richmond Association elects area pastor as director of missions

RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond Baptist Association has chosen one of its own pastors to serve as its next director of missions. J. Michael Robinson, who has been pastor of New Covenant Baptist Church in Henrico County since 1995, was…

Photo competition aids Haiti, honors renowned Baptist photographer

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — A photo exhibit and competition sponsored by Winfree Memorial Baptist Church in Midlothian will raise money for victims of last January’s devastating earthquake in Haiti and honor an award-winning photojournalist whose work illustrated decades of Baptist mission…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war