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When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...

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Rick Warren hospitalized with eye injury

(Editor's note: The version of this story originally published July 22 incorrectly stated Warren had reported his condition via Twitter on July 20. The fourth paragraph has been corrected to note that Warren tweeted the news July 22.) LAKE FOREST,…

Clergy and grief

By Bill Wilson A friend and I were talking a few weeks ago and she made the following statement: One of the hardest parts of long-term ministry is burying your friends. I buried a dear friend on Monday. It was…

James River churches collaborate to feed the hungry

Volunteers from James River Baptist Association package meals to be shipped to the Ivory Coast to feed hungry children. DILLWYN, Va. — James River Baptist Association recently sponsored a Stop Hunger Now campaign to feed hungry people around the world….

HERITAGE: At the ‘Free Church’

The people came from Middleburg and the surrounding countryside of Loudon and Fauquier counties. They came on a beastly hot Sunday in June and they filled the old “Free Church” building now occupied by the Middleburg Baptist Church. They sang…

VITAL SIGNS: Clergy and grief

A friend and I were talking a few weeks ago and she made the following statement: One of the hardest parts of long-term ministry is burying your friends. I buried a dear friend on Monday. It was all I could…

OUT LOUD

“If the new conservative coalition is going to be a governing coalition, it’s going to have to have a significant number of Hispanics in it. That’s dictated by demographics, and you don’t get large numbers of Hispanics to support you…