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SBC resolution commends, cautions Obama

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Southern Baptists both commended President Barack Obama and expressed opposition to some of his policies in a resolution passed June 24 at their annual meeting in Louisville. A resolution commending Obama for his “evident love for his…

WMU challenged to ‘change a life, change the world,’ through missions

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Participants at the 2009 Woman’s Missionary Union missions celebration June 21-22 conducted the mission organization’s business and heard challenges to “change a life” and “change the world.” Kaye Miller, a member of Immanuel Baptist Church of Little…

NEWS ANALYSIS: Generation gap creates dilemma for Southern Baptist Convention

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — The 2009 Southern Baptist Convention marked the 30th anniversary of the launch of a theological/political movement aimed at stopping the nation’s second-largest faith group from drifting into liberalism and inevitable decline. Three decades later, Southern Baptists…

SBC votes to sever longstanding relationship with Texas church

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Southern Baptist Convention discontinued its relationship with Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, because of the church’s perceived toleration of homosexual members. Messengers to the SBC annual meeting dismissed the church in less than 30…

Task force approved, but multiple motions focus on controversial Seattle pastor

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A proposal that could reshape the Southern Baptist Convention received overwhelming approval during the 2009 SBC annual meeting. But relationships with a controversial pastor who is influential among many young SBC pastors drew the attention of multiple…

HERITAGE: Return to Harmony Grove

She was born 90 summers ago about a country mile or two from Harmony Grove Baptist Church in Middlesex County; and for her home church’s 150th anniversary, Frances Stiff Appel of Richmond wanted to return to Harmony Village. She had…

OUT LOUD

“The danger is that we have a tendency to craft Jesus in our own image — a nice middle class American Jesus. And if we do this, we need to realize that when we gather to worship, we are no…

SECOND OPINION: Religious liberty lives in Virginia through Christ’s example

Tony Campolo has said that trying to mix the predominantly secular power of the state with the spiritual power of the Church is like trying to mix manure with ice cream. It doesn’t hurt the manure, but the ice cream…

EDITORIAL: How solid is that wall?

Local fire ordinances have curtailed much of the pyrotechnical displays I remember from my childhood, but we will still find ways to celebrate the 4th of July. No doubt, you will, too. Independence Day will also be celebrated in churches…

FAITH DIGEST

Childbirth riskier for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Pregnant women who are Je-hovah’s Witnesses are six times more likely to die during childbirth and three times more likely to have serious complications than the general population, a new study reveals. All of the…

U.S. laws chill Muslim philanthropy

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Laws meant to eliminate terror financing are targeting Muslims unjustly, interfering with their right to practice Islam and resulting in a decline in charitable giving, the American Civil Liberties Union has charged. The 166-page report, “Blocking Faith,…

Moderate Baptist leaders urge Congress to pass far reaching climate-change bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A total of 140 moderate Baptist leaders signed a June 18 letter urging passage of a comprehensive energy bill that includes caps on emissions linked to global warming. Drafted by the Baptist Center for Ethics, a…

What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear