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From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Brent Kimlick, to Franklin Church, Franklin, as pastor, effective in September. • Clarke Hawkins, to Hillcrest Church, Mechanicsville, as pastor. • Lee Cooper, to Hunting Creek Church, Nathalie, as pastor. • Tom Stocks, to Buena Vista Church,…

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….

Virginia Baptist college names Clorisa Phillips new president

BRISTOL, Va. — An administrator with more than 30 years of experience in higher education will become the next president of Virginia Intermont College, trustees of the Virginia Baptist-affiliated school announced July 21. Clorisa Phillips is introduced as president of…

Nebraska drops flag-mutilation charge against Westboro Baptist Church protestor

LINCOLN, Neb. (ABP) –A county prosecutor in Nebraska dropped charges of flag mutilation and contributing to the delinquency of a minor against a leader of a controversial Kansas Baptist church that pickets funerals of fallen soldiers to protest homosexuality. Sarpy…

Nebraska drops flag-mutilation charge against Westboro protester

LINCOLN, Neb. (ABP) — A county prosecutor in Nebraska has dropped charges of flag mutilation and contributing to the delinquency of a minor against a leader of a controversial Baptist church that pickets funerals of fallen soldiers to protest homosexuality….

Americans United urges IRS to investigate Oklahoma political rally

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Americans United for Separation of Church and State wrote the IRS July 21 requesting an investigation about whether Reclaiming Oklahoma for Christ violated tax law by hosting a rally for a Southern Baptist candidate. AU Executive Director…

A Baptist in a clerical collar?

By Eugene Curry Those careers that are part of what may broadly be construed as the “service sector” often involve some means of identification. Policemen sport badges, waiters don aprons and nurses wear scrubs. The idea is that such tell-tale…

UVA administrator elected president of Virginia Intermont College

Baylor students learn about new models for orphan care

KITALE, Kenya (ABP) — A Kenyan girl sits with her baby doll in hand, smile on her face, changing the doll’s clothes and doing its hair. Minutes later, she places the baby doll into the arms of another child —…

Bad theology in the House of Representatives

By Allie Bullard On July 14, I listened to a House Judiciary Committee hearing on “The Ethical Imperative for Reform of Our Immigration System.” The hearing highlighted three conservative Christian leaders speaking on immigration, including: Richard Land of the Ethics…

ABP celebrates 20 years

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — July 17 marked the 20th birthday of Associated Baptist Press, an independent news service created by and for Baptists interested in a free press during a tumultuous time within the Southern Baptist Convention. A birthday cake…

Evangelicals pray for those economically affected by Gulf oil spill

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The National Association of Evangelicals and Evangelical Environmental Network set aside Sunday, July 18, as a "National Day of Prayer for the Gulf." Mitch Hescox, president and CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network, said he realized a…

Paxton dodges ethics questions while claiming Talarico isn’t Christian

Restored Voices Collective gets GRACE report on former board member

‘CatsOnACouch’ influencer sues over First Amendment rights

Court finds Trump and Blanche conspired to create sham IRS lawsuit