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BWIM puts up a billboard in Orlando

Messengers to next week’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting who arrive in Orlando by plane will be greeted by a surprising billboard on their drive from the airport to the convention center. Baptist Women in Ministry has purchased space on...

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Of teenage pregnancies and New Orleans levees

By Benjamin Cole Before a convention of thousands and a television audience of millions Sept. 3, GOP vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin was given a historic election debut that had most pundits awarding high marks for her performance. Joining the Alaska…

Gambling away the future

Studies point to a dangerous trend toward problem gambling among 14- to 21-year-olds who face a dizzying array of enticing gambling options, all with big potential payoffs. Experts are alarmed about early-age gambling because they believe adolescents are more likely…

BTSR announces School of Christian Ministry courses

RICHMOND — Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond's School of Christian Ministry has announced several upcoming continuing education opportunities. A contemplative retreat in preparation for the season of Advent, “Listening for God in our Lives,” will be held Oct. 13-16 at…

Virginia Baptists on alert

The Virginia Baptist Mission Board's disaster relief ministries are on alert for potential tropical storms, says Terry Raines, the board's disaster relief coordinator. Tropical Storm Gustav is expected to return to hurricane status and make landfall somewhere on the Gulf…

EDITORIAL: The fires of persecution

Iindex.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133). Survivors watched helplessly from a distance as their homes and churches burned. The most recent attacks were in reaction to the murders by suspected Maoists of a Hindu Leader Laxmananda Saraswati and four of his disciples on Aug. 21….

Helping the generations

There scarcely has been a time in Rob Sandford's life when he was not associated with Baptist student ministry. “Born and raised in a Baptist church,” he became involved in campus ministry at the age of 18 when he entered…

OUT LOUD

“The fact is that megachurches aren't — and never have been — solely grandiose political pens in which only Republican elephants lumber about.” Scott Thumma The co-author of Beyond Megachurch Myths was writing in a commentary in USA Today following…

FAITHSHAPERS: Giving to God

Money is a tricky topic in our society, and we have to be careful how we handle it, because our children are watching. If we act like money is the answer to everything, what will they learn? It is important…

Is voting a Christian rite or right?

Jason Ford, 29, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., will be spending Election Day at home this year. A self-identified evangelical Christian, Ford cast his vote for President Bush in 2004, but says he and his wife plan to stay away from the…