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Southern Baptists in Congress return to D.C.

WASHINGTON (BP) — No Southern Baptist members of Congress lost their seats in voting Nov. 4. Both senators and all 23 representatives who are members of Southern Baptist churches and were on the general-election ballot gained victories. Two members of…

Dobson claims election sets pro-lifers back years

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (ABP) — Focus on the Family founder James Dobson said Nov. 6 that Barack Obama's election could set America's pro-life movement back 35 years. In the first of a two-part broadcast on his radio show, Dobson admitted…

American Muslims relieved, hopeful at Obama election

After months of balancing their support for the presidential candidate with concerns that their allegiance could do more harm than good, millions of relieved American Muslims cheered the election of the son of a Muslim immigrant whose middle name is…

Re-energized religious left delivers for Obama

WASHINGTON (RNS) — After the election of Democrat Barack Obama as president, you might expect religious progressives to start polishing their resumes for prominent Washington posts. But liberal faith leaders said they have little interest in securing White House sinecures,…

OPINION: Regardless of politics, a reason for America to rejoice

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Nov. 5, 2008, was the most improbable day of my 34-year-old life. The unlikely elevation of an African American to the presidency is just the latest episode in what the president-elect himself has called “the unlikely story…

OPINION: An open letter to President-elect Barack Obama

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Dear President-elect Obama, First, congratulations on your successful campaign to become the 44th president of our beloved United States of America. This was a historic election in terms of the massive increase in voter participation as…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for November 13, 2008

STAFF CHANGES • Robert Belcher, to Stuart Church, Stuart, as pastor. • Garry Edwards, resigning as pastor of Thomas Village Church, Duffield. • Henry Styron, resigning as pastor of North Pamunkey Church, Orange, to accept a pastorate in North Carolina….

Equality Riders arrested at Union University

JACKSON, Tenn. (ABP) — Three Christian gay-rights activists were arrested Nov. 10 on the campus of Southern Baptist-affiliated Union University. The arrests occurred during the next-to-last stop on the 2008 Equality Ride, an outreach bus tour of 15 religious schools…

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children

Southern Baptists in Congress return to D.C.

Dobson claims election sets pro-lifers back years

American Muslims relieved, hopeful at Obama election

Re-energized religious left delivers for Obama

OPINION: Regardless of politics, a reason for America to rejoice

OPINION: An open letter to President-elect Barack Obama

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for November 13, 2008

Equality Riders arrested at Union University

Equality Riders arrested
at Union University

Texas Baptists elect Lowrie,
defer name-change proposal

Baptist churches in Texas, California
draw gay-rights supporters’ protests

Baptist youth minister charged with child pornography

Mexico’s Churches Seek a Gospel Win This World Cup

Roughly a third of the way into Steven Spielberg’s new blockbuster film “Disclosure Day,” which focuses on the theoretical release of evidence documenting the existence of alien life, a conversation between the two main characters takes a sudden turn toward the spiritual.

Religious groups are more prepared for aliens than you think

Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions

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Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children