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Midwestern Seminary launches online master’s degree in theology

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is launching a new online master of arts in theological studies degree, following trustee approval and a recommendation from a focus visit team from the Higher Learning Commission, which is Midwestern’s regional…

Wake Forest and Campbell divinity schools, Mercer University, tap new leadership

Three institutions with Baptist ties have announced new leadership appointments. Baptist ethicist David Gushee will head up a new effort by Mercer University in Macon, Ga., to foster what the school calls “theologically based discussions on current issues and controversies.”…

EDITORIAL: Situational ethics at Liberty seminary?

I grant you, details of our births are hard for most of us to remember. In my case, the specifics have escaped me — and it’s not just because it happened so long ago. Even so, I have never been…

Book says white churches can learn from blacks

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — After resigning abruptly in 1992 from one of the largest and influential churches in the nation, First Baptist Church in Dallas, and going through a divorce within two years, Joel Gregory's ministry appeared to be…

Four Virginia Baptists receive disaster relief awards

RICHMOND, Va. — Four Virginia Baptists have been recognized nationally for their work in disaster relief ministries. The Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board presented its outstanding achivement award to Paul and Gerri McDaniel of Roanoke, Va., and its…

Van will ease climb up Eagle Eyrie’s hill

Participating the van exchange May 5 were (from left) Walter Harrow, assistant VBMB treasurer; Joe Fleming, Woodland Heights deacon; Terry Green, Woodland Heights pastor; Rod Miller, director of Eagle Eyrie; Eddie Stratton, VBMB treasurer; and Richard Duff, Eagle Eyrie staff…

No more steep climbs at Eagle Eyrie

Some pastors still living in tents as quake-rocked Chile’s winter nears

NIPAS, Chile (ABP) — More than two months after a massive earthquake rocked Chile, rains have begun and winter soon will arrive, leaving a group of Baptist pastors bracing for the cold in small tents that have become their impromptu…

Land, other conservative evangelicals urge comprehensive immigration fix

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A group of conservative evangelicals is endorsing immigration reform that secures America's borders and provides a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 12 million people living in the United States illegally. Religious leaders including Samuel Rodriguez of…

My calling and the mischief in God’s sense of humor

By Martha Dixon Kearse People make jokes about preachers’ kids — with some justification, certainly. But, in reality, it’s a great life. You get the run of the church, along with the knowledge of where to find a vanilla wafer…

VIRGINIA BRIEFS

Historical Society releases booklet. Peace-bearers: Church, Community & Beyond is a new booklet published by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies to be released at the annual meeting of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May…

Virginia’s first Mission Madness brings teens to Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. — Weekend events typically draw large crowds. A marathon, craft show, concerts and baseball games attracted the attention of many in Richmond on the weekend of April 10. But a crowd of over 325 people, most of them…

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