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Experts: Sotomayor’s record on religion unlikely to stir controversy

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Supporters of separation between church and state reacted cautiously May 26 to President Obama’s selection of Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor meets with President Obama prior…

Baptist Women in Ministry announces Davis Award recipients for 2009

ATLANTA (ABP) — A support group for Baptist women in ministry has awarded a recent graduate of Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary and a student at Central Baptist Theological Seminary for excellence in ministry. Marquette Bugg, who graduated…

The first 100 days of church/state issues

By Brent Walker I write this column as the first 100 days of President Obama’s administration come to a close. What can be said about its church-state record at this early but highly symbolic juncture? A lot has been written…

Huguenot Road Church transforms sister congregation

RICHMOND — Last month the ministerial and support staffs at Huguenot Road Baptist Church were not in the office for three days–and it wasn’t spring break. On March 30-April 1 they could be found at a sister church engaging in…

Huguenot Road Church transforms sister congregation

RICHMOND — Last month the ministerial and support staffs at Huguenot Road Baptist Church were not in the office for three days — and it wasn’t spring break. On March 30-April 1 they could be found at a sister church…

Huguenot Road awarded grant by Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

ATLANTA — Huguenot Road Baptist Church in Richmond has been awarded an “It’s Time” Missional Ministry grant of $25,000 by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The grant will help fund the church’s partnership with the Hyaets ministry in Charlotte, N.C. Hyaets,…

SBC names Virginians to committees, boards

NASHVILLE, Tenn — Appointments — including a number of Virginians — to Southern Baptist Convention committees and nominees to serve on its boards of trustees have been announced by Baptist Press, the SBC’s news service. Two Virginians serve on the…

Virginia Baptist chairs disaster relief network for North American Baptists

FALLS CHURCH (ABP) — Several Baptist denominations in the United States and Canada have established a formal disaster-relief network to coordinate efforts among the various groups, according to a May 13 press release from the Baptist World Alliance. Terry Raines…

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Ethan Waters, to Glenn Memorial Church, Prospect, as pastor. • Kevin Wirt, resigning as pastor of Burkeville Church, Burkeville. • Kevin Sayler, to New Beginnings Church, Richmond, as interim pastor. • Aaron Lee, to Gayton Church, Richmond,…

Operation Inasmuch impacts Sandston community

SANDSTON — The members of Sandston Baptist Church in Sandston spent Saturday, April 18, serving their community through Operation Inasmuch. This was the third year the congregation has sponsored this hands-on experience, motivated by Matthew 25, in which Jesus says the…

5-year-old Iraqi Christian boy kidnapped, then killed

WASHINGTON (BP) — The body of a kidnapped 5-year-old Iraqi Christian boy was discovered riddled with gunshots May 11, according to a report issued May 13 by International Christian Concern, a Washington-based human rights organization. The youth, Tony Adwar Shaweel,…

Pakistani Christians caught in crossfire

ISTANBUL (BP) — Christians in Pakistan’s Swat Valley are caught between the Taliban and the nation’s military as it assaults the stronghold where sharia (Islamic law) is in force. Nearly 15,000 troops have been deployed in the picturesque Swat Valley…

Democratic Socialists’ wins rattle Democrats, rouse GOP

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Experts: Sotomayor’s record on religion unlikely to stir controversy

Baptist Women in Ministry announces Davis Award recipients for 2009

The first 100 days of church/state issues

Huguenot Road Church transforms sister congregation

Huguenot Road Church transforms sister congregation

Huguenot Road awarded grant by Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

SBC names Virginians to committees, boards

Virginia Baptist chairs disaster relief network for North American Baptists

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

Operation Inasmuch impacts Sandston community

5-year-old Iraqi Christian boy kidnapped, then killed

Pakistani Christians caught in crossfire

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Democratic Socialists’ wins rattle Democrats, rouse GOP

Republican-fueled Islamophobia cited as cause of more attacks

Belgian footballer set an example for men worldwide

Yes, the global refugee situation is a crisis, book contends