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School Daze: Tradition of U.S. Baptist higher education a lengthy one

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptist higher education stands on the shoulders of a long tradition in Christianity linking knowledge to faith. The Apostle Paul, many of the early church fathers and important theologians like Augustine were respected for their knowledge,…

School Daze: Christian colleges not spared from recession’s impact

(ABP) — God makes rain fall on the just and the unjust, Jesus said. Similarly, recession makes market prices fall, affecting endowments of Christian and secular colleges and universities alike. United States and Canadian schools suffered an average 23 percent…

School Daze: Baptist higher education in state of flux

(ABP) — As students return to classes at historically Baptist colleges and universities this fall, the institution of Baptist higher education is in a state of flux. Challenges that include finances, changing demographics and fragmentation of Baptist denominations are prompting…

Baptist church sets Guinness record with shoe chain

From left, Carol Shattuck, Mark Chambers and Marv Overman were among 150 volunteers recruited for Saturday's "Sole Chain" celebration. HOUSTON (ABP) — A Baptist church in Texas braved near-100 degree heat Aug. 21 to set the new Guinness world record…

Baptists, Islam and the greatest danger

By Alan Sherouse I come to the escalating debate over the Islamic center proposed near Ground Zero as a Baptist pastor in the heart of Manhattan. A New Yorker. A Baptist. A pastor. Each of these parts of my identity…

‘My Jesus can beat up your Jesus!’

By Derik Hamby Popular Calvinist preacher Mark Driscoll loves to talk about his image of Jesus being a “prize-fighter with a tattoo down his leg, a sword in his hand and the commitment to make someone bleed.” He has said,…

Day 4 in Haiti: Remember the starfish

(Editor’s note: Norman Jameson is visiting Haiti Aug. 22-29 to report on the work of North Carolina Baptist groups working in the aftermath of that nation’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. This is the fourth of several daily impressions from his…

Ruckersville, Va., church burned, police charge two teens with arson

RUCKERSVILLE, Va. — For more than a century, the sanctuary of Ruckersville Baptist Church, about 20 miles north of Charlottesville, Va., stood as a mute but elegant witness to the presence of Christ. But in the very early hours of…

Change in the air as Baptist higher education is in transition

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As students return to classes at historically Baptist colleges and universities this fall, the institution of Baptist higher education is in a state of flux. Challenges that include finances, changing demographics and fragmentation of Baptist denominations are…

Hispanic pastor facing deportation for old arrest

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina solicited urgent prayer Aug. 27 for a Hispanic pastor facing possible deportation for a 15-year-old crime he committed before accepting Christ. According to media reports, Hector Villanueva,…

Baptist higher education traces long tradition

Christian higher education not spared from recession’s impact

God makes rain fall on the just and the unjust, Jesus said. Similarly, recession makes market prices fall, affecting endowments of Christian higher education and secular universities alike. United States and Canadian schools suffered an average 23 percent drop in…

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