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The transmogrification of the SBC: When Baptists no longer are Baptist

As the Southern Baptist Convention in its recent annual meeting has proved itself unreliably Baptist, it gives me pause to think about how quickly the transmogrification of this Baptist denomination into its ecclesiastical opposite has happened. Baptist folk often have...

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Offering students more than one road to success

SALEM — HopeTree Family Services’ on-campus school has been renamed and housed in a new 32,000-square-foot facility. HopeTree Academy — formerly the Gus Mitchell School — educates students in grades 6-12 whose emotional or educational needs require an alternative setting…

Students combine academic studies, Christian service

BLUEFIELD — Students eager to combine their passion for Christian service with their academic disciplines found an opportunity on a recent medical mission trip sponsored by Bluefield College. Five students joined two professors and campus minister David Taylor in performing …

Faith leaders urge G-20 summit to remember the poor

Religious leaders, including CBF Global Missions Coordinator Rob Nash, fourth from right, process to a meeting with members of the U.S. delegation to the G-20 Summit Pittsburgh, Pa. PITTSBURGH (ABP) — Faith leaders including the missions coordinator of the Cooperative…

Joan Friesen to lead ABC of Greater Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (ABP) — Joan Friesen has been elected to serve as the next executive minister for the American Baptist Churches of Greater Indianapolis, according to the American Baptist News Service. The group of about 30 congregations in the Indianapolis metropolitan area is…

Faith leaders urge G-20 summit to remember the poor

PITTSBURGH (ABP) — Faith leaders including the missions coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship said the Sept. 24-25 G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh provided a unique opportunity to raise their concerns about the plight of the world's poor. Religious leaders, including…