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Documentary makers warn viewers to ‘Beware of Christians’

DALLAS (ABP) — Will Bakke, director and executive producer of Beware of Christians, recognizes the provocative title of his new documentary will raise some eyebrows. He hopes it also will raise consciousness about what radical commitment to Christ really means….

Christian leader welcomes new limits on use of nuclear weapons

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A leader in what organizers say is a growing movement of American Christians supporting arms control praised new restrictions on the United States' use of nuclear weapons unveiled by President Obama April 6. Obama's nuclear policy…

Black Baptist leaders attend Obama Easter breakfast, voice support

WASHINGTON (ABP) — African-American Baptist leaders were among 90 clergy and other Christian leaders who gathered at the White House April 6 for an Easter prayer breakfast at which President Obama extolled the redemptive nature of Christ’s death and resurrection….

‘Internet Monk’ Michael Spencer dead at 53

ONEIDA, Ky. (ABP) — Michael Spencer, voice behind the popular and sometimes controversial Christian blog Internet Monk, died April 5 after a four-month battle with cancer. Spencer, 53, an ordained Baptist minister who graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in…

‘Internet Monk’ Michael Spencer, acclaimed religion blogger, dead at 53

ONEIDA, Ky. (ABP) — Michael Spencer, voice behind the popular and sometimes controversial Christian blog Internet Monk, died April 5 after a four-month battle with cancer. A longtime campus minister at Oneida Baptist Institute in Kentucky, Spencer's life changed in…

Richmond seminary to suspend continuing-education program

(Editor's note: The original version of this story contained a sentence in the sixth paragraph that characterized the BTSR continuing-education classes as having been taught by volunteer faculty. The course is taught by experts from outside the school's regular faculty,…

BTSR to suspend operations of its continuing education component

RICHMOND, Va. — Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will suspend operations of its School of Christian Ministry in July, a move the seminary’s president says will benefit both BTSR and its six-year-old continuing education component. The last group of classes…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Editor’s attack on Glenn Beck was unjustified

This is in response to the editorial by James E. White concerning social justice and the Glenn Beck show [Herald, March 18]. I watched that program and I did not understand it as the writer did. Glenn Beck never said…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Where were women on hymnal committee?

Your April 1 issue contained a major article concerning the “New Baptist hymnal unveiled in Atlanta” (headline). The text offers some insights as to how the hymnal was compiled. Also pictured is the five-member editorial board, which was described as…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: New hymnal is welcome addition

Thank you for the two articles [Herald, April 1] about the new Celebrating Grace hymnal. It truly is, as the article says, “a hymnal built by Baptists for Baptists." I have watched the progress in the preparation of this hymnal…

Expert terms churches ‘in crisis’

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — During his installation March 18 as president of the Center for Congregational Health, Bill Wilson said churches and ministers are "in crisis." That's a breath-sucking observation from the head of an organization that has dealt with…

Republicans push through more unregulated funding for ICE and CBP

Trump admin defying court order on immigration access

What was there left to argue?

Beauty, ashes and the Southern Baptist Convention