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Great Awakening: Is a new one taking place outside the West?

Members of a Messianic Jewish congregation in Almaty, Kazakhstan, worship at a Saturday-evening service. DALLAS (ABP) — Some observers of religion assert a socially transforming spiritual movement is sweeping the globe, resulting in 82,000 conversions to Christianity a day. But…

Great Awakening: Bible guides revival of evangelical activism, Wallis says

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Evangelical progressive activist Jim Wallis believes the United States is ripe for another socially transforming spiritual awakening. But as Christians become energized to change the world, they need to avoid the temptation to politicize the gospel, he…

Great Awakening: Texans celebrate Spirit’s movement among Iranians

PLANO, Texas (ABP) — In the meeting hall of a suburban Dallas church recently, Persian praise songs resonated as about 150 worshipers raised their hands and opened their hearts. They rejoiced in the way God’s Spirit is moving among Iranians,…

Federal judge: N.C. county council’s sectarian prayers unconstitutional

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — A federal judge is recommending that a North Carolina county be ordered to stop allowing sectarian prayers at meetings of its board of commissioners. Stephen Corts Trevor Sharpe, a magistrate judge for the U.S. Court for…

Texas Baptists provide solace in wake of Fort Hood massacre

FORT HOOD, Texas (ABP) — In the wake of the Fort Hood tragedy, Texas Baptists are helping people find comfort in Christ. Four chaplains endorsed by Texas Baptists are ministering directly to victims of the Nov. 5 shooting at the…

Don’t blame Islam for Fort Hood killings, Baptist leader says

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — At least one Baptist leader cautioned against attempts to blame the Nov. 5 Fort Hood massacre on the accused assailant's Islamic faith. Bruce Prescott Bruce Prescott, executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, said Nov. 8 that…

In strong support of the House health-care bill

By David Gushee From a Christian perspective aiming to advance human dignity at every stage of life, the version of the health-care bill that passed in the House Nov. 7 was a remarkable public-policy victory. It is stronger than the…

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Dennis Martin, to New Hope Church, Locust Grove, as pastor. • Vernon Gilmer Jr., to Amelia Church, Amelia Courthouse, as pastor. • Don Reid, to Mechanicsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. MISSION MOMENT: A mission team from Millfield…

EDITORIAL: Guns and good news

It comes as no surprise that there are many ways to share our faith. Recently, however, I witnessed two extremes. On Thursday of last week, I received an email containing a link to a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary chapel service….

International adoptions not always easy, says Virginia couple

International adoptions are full of joys and pitfalls. Virginians Robert and Pat Saunders, who adopted two children from Russia, didn’t find the road easy. (See story in the Religious Herald, Feb. 8, 2007.) Their experience parallels Brenda’s in several ways….

Long journey from Siberian orphanage to Williamsburg home

Everyone knows it takes courage to adopt a child. It takes twice as much courage if you are a single woman adopting a child in a foreign land. Seven years ago, Brenda Lee, an ordained chaplain in Williamsburg, embarked upon…

Grandparents claim bragging rights for adopted children from overseas

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — Wade and Nellie Paris of Harrisonville, Mo., know the blessings of adopting children of a different culture. Now they are grandparents to international adoptees. In 1971, they adopted 7-month-old Susan from Korea. Then in 1975, they adopted…

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