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Baptist prof and civil-rights advocate dies

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) — A long-time Wake Forest University religion professor active in the Civil Rights Movement died Sept. 29. McLeod Bryan, 90, is being remembered not only for his own work for peace and justice, but also for…

Making space for talking about grief

By Amy Butler Knowing the one-year anniversary of her mother’s sudden death had just passed, I asked a friend over coffee the other day to tell me how she was doing. We talked about the year gone by, about…

We don’t have time

By Elizabeth Mangham Lott Reading about Al Mohler’s embarrassment that he once advocated for female clergy brought to mind the great Anne Lamott story about shopping with her friend. Pam had cancer and just three weeks to live when the…

World leaders cite progress, challenges at UN poverty summit

NEW YORK (ABP) — World leaders voiced deep concern about the impact of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression on international anti-poverty goals at a three-day summit at the United Nations Sept. 20-22. An outcome document for the…

From the Eastern Shore to the Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Sean Roberds, to First Church, Herndon, as senior pastor. • Casey Stark, to Vansant Church, Vansant, as pastor. • Larry Grizzard, to Zion Church, Skippers, as full-time pastor. • Kerim Meono, to Columbia Hispanic congregation at Crossroads,…

HERITAGE: Taking the cup

Thomas Sandford Dunaway was a member of an old Virginia Baptist family which produced capable and effective clergy and laity. Their family seat was in Lancaster County in “the Neck,” but their influence was far-flung and long lasting. Tom Dunaway,…

VITAL SIGNS: Bringing good from evil

In the midst of the pandemic of conflict swirling through local churches in the 21st century, it is tempting to lose heart. Many do. I have had heartbreaking conversations with scores of clergy and laity who have emerged from bruising…

Lewis’ faith was no ‘jailhouse conversion,’ says chaplain

RICHMOND, Va. — For the former chaplain at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, Lynn Litchfield, the past few weeks have been heartbreaking. Seven years ago, when Teresa Lewis was sentenced to death and sent to FCCW, Litchfield began praying for…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Proposal for Ground Zero

A great use of the 9-11 site in New York would be a seminary for training leaders of all the religions of the world (rabbis, imams, ministers, monks, etc.). Perhaps this could be done by Columbia or some other university,…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Keep state control of alcohol sales

Concerning Virginia selling its ABC stores, I regret that my friend Dan Pope evidently does not understand the basic law of merchandising, which is “the greater the distribution of the product, the greater the sale of that product” [“State should…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Pot calling the kettle black

Dear Aunt Ida, I was appalled and somewhat embarrassed to open up my copy of the Religious Herald of Sept. 2 and see a private e-mail that you had sent to your nephew, Jimmy, plastered across page five of that…

European Baptist leaders go ahead with plan to move Prague seminary

ROME (ABP) — The elegant complex of 19th-century buildings that houses the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague, Czech Republic, will likely be sold after European Baptist Federation leaders green-lighted a plan to move the seminary as a cost-saving measure….

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