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Digital conservation of Dead Sea Scrolls started. Sixty years after their discovery, Israeli authorities have begun the process of conserving the Dead Sea Scrolls through digital technology. Israeli archaeologists said the project — now in its pilot stage — will…

Dellanna O’Brien, former WMU head, dies at 75

FRISCO, Texas (ABP) — Dellanna West O'Brien, who led the Southern Baptist Woman's Missionary Union through some of its most trying times, died Sept. 7 at age 75. She suffered what WMU officials described as “a massive cerebral bleed” Sept….

Association’s soccer tournament attracts 200 Lynchburg-area Latinos

LYNCHBURG — Nearly 200 Latinos from the Lynchburg area gathered the Saturday before Labor Day in the city's Peaks View Park for a soccer tournament and picnic sponsored by the Lynchburg Baptist Association. Lynchburg association director of missions Robert Putt…

International Mission Board appoints 83 missionaries

JONESBORO, Ga. (BP) — Monkeys, rope swings and alligators were all part of Adam Huser's life growing up as a missionary kid in the jungles of Peru. Adam sensed many years ago that being a missionary may be his calling…

Wyatts’ ministry among international broadens

ATLANTA — This is the stuff Kim and Marc Wyatt's ministry is made of — a peaceful night's sleep for a refugee finished running from violence and danger, the sound of fellowship as a Christian connects with a once lonely…

Latino Network youth ‘dive deeper’ in Hungary and Germany

‘I didn't know it would be such an amazing life experience for me.” The “it” that Jessie Tamayo referred to was a two-week summer adventure of international missions, dynamic worship and awesome fellowship made possible for 14 Latino youth, young…

Stanford leaves BWA to focus on pastoral work

WASHINGTON — Alan Stanford, director of mission advancement for the Baptist World Alliance, has left the position to fulfill a desire to return to full-time pastoral work. Stanford is pastor of First Baptist Church of Clarendon in Arlington. Stanford, who…

China visit opens dialog on religious freedom

ATLANTA — Dialogue and increased understanding were the results of the first leg of a 10-day, two-city tour by a delegation of Chinese religious leaders and their American counterparts that began in Atlanta Sept. 5. The delegation included the leaders…

FIRST HAND: Up close and personal in China

Even before the Beijing Olympics captured the world's attention in early August, some Virginia Baptists were experiencing China “up close and personal.” In early July, Lorrie Brooks of Westhampton Baptist Church in Richmond and Amy Abshire a recent graduate of…

Lindsey Graham spoke at Baptist church a week before his death

When leaders know better but choose a different path

On the death of Lindsey Graham

Farewell, Three Amigos

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Dellanna O’Brien, former WMU head, dies at 75

Association’s soccer tournament attracts 200 Lynchburg-area Latinos

International Mission Board appoints 83 missionaries

Wyatts’ ministry among international broadens

Latino Network youth ‘dive deeper’ in Hungary and Germany

Stanford leaves BWA to focus on pastoral work

China visit opens dialog on religious freedom

FIRST HAND: Up close and personal in China

ERLC urges U.S. action on Orissa violence

Scientology to face court trial in France

Disaser relief, recovery efforts begin after Hurricane Ike ravages Texas coast

Built for a Church That No Longer Exists

Every Generation Is the Founding Generation

Religious schools that get public funds must follow Maine’s antidiscrimination laws, court rules

Have Praise Teams Replaced Black Church Choirs?

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Lindsey Graham spoke at Baptist church a week before his death

When leaders know better but choose a different path

On the death of Lindsey Graham

Farewell, Three Amigos