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CBF teams with Mercer to provide prostheses for Haitian amputees

{youtube}keUpyrBuGbk{/youtube} ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has awarded a $50,000 grant to Mercer University to provide affordable prostheses for Haiti, where thousands of people lost limbs in the January 2010 earthquake. The grant, one of several Haiti-relief projects…

Everything you say about China is true somewhere in China

By David Coffey It was a privilege to visit China recently and follow in the steps of each Baptist World Alliance president since the early 1980s, who has made an official visit. Our gracious hosts, the China Christian Council, have…

OPINION: Everything you say about China is true somewhere in China

It was a privilege to visit China recently and follow in the steps of each Baptist World Alliance president since the early 1980s, who has made an official visit. Our gracious hosts, the China Christian Council, have been represented at…

CBF Haiti relief donations top $1.1 million; recovery projects continue

ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has collected more than $1.1 million for earthquake relief in Haiti, the Atlanta-based organization reported April 13. Contributions to the Fellowship's disaster-response effort include a $600,000 anonymous gift and donations from churches as…

Va. church becomes second in area to give facilities to black congregation

PETERSBURG, Va. (ABP) — In 1957, 30 years after its founding, Elm Street Baptist Church in Petersburg, Va., expressed its confidence in the future by building a new 400-seat sanctuary. But within a few years things were beginning to change…

Church-critic blogger exposed by officials can proceed with lawsuit

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — A federal judge says a lawsuit may proceed against a sheriff and assistant prosecutor for using their authority to reveal the name of an anonymous blogger critical of a prominent Baptist church. U.S. District Judge Marcia…

Barna: Four in 10 ‘unchurched’ have been hurt by churches

VENTURA, Calif. (ABP) — Nearly four of every 10 "unchurched" Americans avoid worship because of negative past experiences in churches or with church people, according to new research by The Barna Group. The research firm that tracks the role of…

What do you lie to yourself about?

By Bill Wilson My seminary-student son recently told me about a website called SoulPancake. Specifically, he mentioned a thread of responses to the question, “What do you lie to yourself about?” When I went to the site and began to…

Baptist battles and Christian graces

By David Gushee In late January 2006 my 18-year-old daughter Holly was in a terrible car accident. The most serious consequence was a traumatic brain injury that left her unconscious for three days and unable to speak for two weeks….

Barna: Four in 10 ‘unchurched’ have been hurt by churches

Petersburg congregation closes, gives buildings to African-American church

PETERSBURG, Va. — In 1957, 30 years after its founding, Elm Street Baptist Church in Petersburg expressed its confidence in the future by building a new 400-seat sanctuary. The following year, as if to justify the church’s attitude, Petersburg was…

OPINION: Closing a congregation: How does it happen?

From personal experience, I can tell you that closing a congregation doesn’t happen without much spiritual and emotional suffering. The ending of a congregation is a death experience both for the remnant of members and for remaining ministerial staff. They…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

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The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war

CBF teams with Mercer to provide prostheses for Haitian amputees

Everything you say about China is true somewhere in China

OPINION: Everything you say about China is true somewhere in China

CBF Haiti relief donations top $1.1 million; recovery projects continue

Va. church becomes second in area to give facilities to black congregation

Church-critic blogger exposed by officials can proceed with lawsuit

Barna: Four in 10 ‘unchurched’ have been hurt by churches

What do you lie to yourself about?

Baptist battles and Christian graces

Barna: Four in 10 ‘unchurched’ have been hurt by churches

Petersburg congregation closes, gives buildings to African-American church

OPINION: Closing a congregation: How does it happen?

From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots

Defying pope and facing excommunication, SSPX consecrates bishops at huge outdoor Mass

BWA Leader Transitions to Full-Time Role with BWA Women

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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