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‘Hand-in-Hand’ ministry strengthens church’s impact

Children on Hand-in-Hand day with shoeboxes to be shipped to children overseas. SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Members of First Baptist Church in Springfield, Va., joined hands on Nov. 14 to accomplish several mission projects. Children from City Gate were taken to…

EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida does what needs doin’

Dear Jimmy, My gracious sakes alive, I thought the snowflakes would never stop fallin’. The snow just kept blowin’ and driftin’ and gettin’ deeper and deeper! Why the drifts between the house and the barn got so high that I…

British Baptist Nativity effort invites public to ‘get in the picture’

DIDCOT, England (ABP) — Thousands of people around the United Kingdom are set to be involved in an ecumenical initiative that invites people to take part in an “instant Nativity” this Christmas. The effort, co-sponsored by the Baptist Union of…

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Thomas E. Bryant, to Wylliesburg Church, Wylliesburg, as pastor. CENTENNIAL: Clifford Baptist Church in the Piedmont Association celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sept. 20. Approximately 850 people attending, including former pastors and wives, Marvin and Nancy Kerby and…

Jan. 5 is last day to receive CM receipts in treasurer’s office

Jan. 5, 2010, is the last day contributions toward the 2009 fiscal year may be sent to the treasurer’s office of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Churches are encouraged to forward their 2009 receipts to the Virginia Baptist Resource…

OUT LOUD

“I have heard it said that sex offenders are modern-day lepers. That is probably pretty accurate. And we know that Jesus didn’t shun lepers. He loved them and healed them. He expects us to do the same.” Pat Nolan The…

HERITAGE: The day after Christmas

It is a let down. The Christmas tree which carried a hefty price tag on Christmas Eve is worthless and at my house I have to pay to have it hauled away. The presents which were chosen and wrapped with…

Messengers ask Mo. Baptist Executive Board to drop agency lawsuits

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — Three messengers to the most recent Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting who seek to end a seven-year legal struggle between the convention and five formerly affiliated entities were given a chance to air their views…

Ugandan pastors blast Rick Warren for opposing anti-gay law

KAMPALA, Uganda (ABP) — A group of Ugandan pastors is calling on Southern Baptist mega-church pastor Rick Warren to apologize for his recent letter opposing anti-gay legislation pending in the east African nation. The Uganda National Pastors Task Force Against…

The Christians as the Romans Saw Them

By David Gushee My Christmas week reflections are inspired by a brilliant 25-year-old book by historian Robert L. Wilken. I picked up The Christians as the Romans Saw Them in hopes of finding resources for my research on the sanctity…

God’s provision, a new liver and organ donation

By Linda Baker The telephone finally rang at 10:45 p.m. on Dec. 6, 2008, with a call we had been waiting on for a long time. On the other end of the line was the transplant coordinator from a transplant…

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