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BTSR’s School of Christian Ministry schedules online courses to start in May

RICHMOND, Va. — Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond School of Christian Ministry announces four online courses beginning May 24 for which continuing education units are available for both clergy and lay leaders. For more information contact the School of Christian…

Haitian projects developing as Va. Baptists and overseas partners meet

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Baptist mission leaders are developing projects in earthquake-devastated Haiti which they hope will lead to long-term relationships on the island and to self-sustaining operations. That was the assessment of Dean Miller, Virginia missions coordinator for the…

For shy worshippers, church can be overwhelming

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — If Jesus were to take a Myers-Briggs personality test, would he rank as an introvert or an extrovert? He was, after all, popular with crowds, but often retreated to pray in solitude. As an undergrad, Daniel…

Contraception and abstinence not contradictory messages, Baylor researcher says

WACO, Texas — Teaching young people the importance of sexual abstinence outside of marriage and sharing information about contraception need not be seen as contradictory messages, a Baylor University researcher has concluded. Michael Sherr, director of doctoral studies at the…

Associations partner to impact Southwest Virginia

NICKELSVILLE, Va. — Clinch Valley, Powell River and Wise Baptist associations, and the Virginia Baptist Mission Board are emphasizing missions projects in the Lee, Scott and Wise counties of Southwest Virginia. Volunteers from Salem Baptist in Sparta (left to right):…

Obama meets with Billy Graham

MONTREAT, N.C. (ABP) — President Obama met Billy Graham for the first time face-to-face April 25, making him the 12th consecutive president of the United States to meet with the famed Southern Baptist evangelist. Obama stopped by Graham's mountaintop home…

Baptist Peace Fellowship marks 15th anniversary of statement on sexuality

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) — The Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America applauded a recent order by President Obama permitting gays to visit their domestic partners in the hospital with a statement commemorating the 15th anniversary of a controversial move that…

Financial reform and Christian moral values

By David Gushee The “culture wars” have slotted Christian moral engagement with American public life into a drearily predictable pattern of fighting over issues such as abortion and gay marriage. But the longer history of Christian public ethical engagement includes…

Lessons on love from Cecil Sherman

By David Wilkinson Cecil Sherman has rightly been remembered this past week as a leader who spoke the truth and stood by his convictions. I admired him for those and other qualities as well. But I am particularly grateful for…

Virginia Baptist Women in Ministry are told their voices can change the world

RICHMOND, Va. — There's a scene from the Oscar-winning film Precious — the story of a black teenager sexually abused by her father but trying to change her life by going to school — where she tells her class that…

Obama meets with Billy Graham

MONTREAT, N.C. (ABP) — President Obama met Billy Graham for the first time face-to-face April 25, making him the 12th consecutive U.S. president to meet with the famed Southern Baptist evangelist. Obama stopped by Graham's mountaintop home in Montreat, N.C.,…

Missouri Baptist Convention releases newspaper from lawsuit

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — Attorneys for the Missouri Baptist Convention have voluntarily released the organization's former official news journal from a long-running lawsuit against several agencies that removed themselves from convention control. Word & Way, the historic Missouri Baptist…

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BTSR’s School of Christian Ministry schedules online courses to start in May

Haitian projects developing as Va. Baptists and overseas partners meet

For shy worshippers, church can be overwhelming

Contraception and abstinence not contradictory messages, Baylor researcher says

Associations partner to impact Southwest Virginia

Obama meets with Billy Graham

Baptist Peace Fellowship marks 15th anniversary of statement on sexuality

Financial reform and Christian moral values

Lessons on love from Cecil Sherman

Virginia Baptist Women in Ministry are told their voices can change the world

Obama meets with Billy Graham

Missouri Baptist Convention releases newspaper from lawsuit

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Pope Leo tells human traffickers to ‘repent’ or face God’s judgment

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We also need a reckoning with racist words that cut like a knife

How a ‘good kid’ makes a catastrophic choice

‘All we do is believe the Bible,’ Baptist scholars summarize

How anti-vaxxers and evangelicals found common cause