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Baylor President John Lilley removed for failure to ‘unite Baylor family’

GRAPEVINE, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University President John Lilley has been fired for failing to “bring the Baylor family together,” reported Howard Batson, chairman of the university's board of regents. Regents voted to remove Lilley from office, effective immediately, during…

In runup to Olympics, China increases persecution

WASHINGTON (ABP) — While China appears to be making some religious-liberty concessions on the eve of the Olympics, critics in the United States say persecution of Christians in the country is on the rise. China is on the U.S. State…

Baptist help valuable but recovery slow for victims

FALLS CHURCH (ABP) — Two months after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma and a month after a major earthquake shattered much of China's Sichuan province, Baptist-led recovery efforts continue — but conditions remain desperate in many places. The situation is particularly…

CBF, Global Women agree to three-year partnership

ATLANTA (ABP) — Leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Global Women recently agreed to enter a three-year partnership to meet the needs of women around the world, CBF officials announced July 29. The partnership will start with two specific…

Anglican bishops say church ‘ridiculed’ as ‘the gay church’ because of actions

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) — Allowing same-sex blessings and an openly gay bishop in the U.S. have caused Anglicans to be “ridiculed” for belonging to “the gay church,” harmed interfaith relations and severely damaged the Anglican Communion, bishops at a once-a-decade…

Black bishops questions conservatives’ ties

CANTERBURY, England — For five years, conservative Episcopalians eager to escape their liberal American church have been building ties with African Anglicans half a world away. But they have few connections with black Americans in their own back yard, say…

Muslims copy megachurch multi-site models

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Mosques across the country are beginning to use a model similar to the one used by some suburban and downtown megachurches, operating multiple sites to serve a large and dispersed congregation. Many of these “mosque chains” brand…

Christian, Muslim leaders report progress at Yale talks

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (RNS) — Following up on a public exchange of letters last year about the need for Christian and Muslim understanding, leaders and scholars representing both faiths have begun the task of trying to make their calls more…

Church observers ask: Where have all the good men gone?

DALLAS (ABP) — It's not just your imagination. Men are disappearing from the church. According to the Barna Research Group, there are 11 million to 13 million more American women who are born again than there are born-again men. While…

Cowboy churches are lassoing America

DALLAS (ABP) — The “cowboy churches” that are springing up throughout the United States are about more than worshiping God while wearing boots and cowboy hats. They are about finding ways to be relevant in the rodeo-circuit, country/Western culture. In…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for August 7, 2008

STAFF CHANGES • Ray Farrow, to Mine Road Church, Spotsylvania, as pastor. • Kevin Niles, to Antioch Church, Yale, as pastor. He previously had served as associate pastor. • Jonathon Waits, to Central Church, Church Road, as pastor. • John…

CBF missions blitz helps poverty-stricken Ark. county

Kate Hall, right, teaches a swimming lesson to a Helena-West Helena child during the All Church Challenge July 12-24 in Phillips County, Ark. CBF Photo HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. – His name is Frank, and he hadn't been near the water…

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

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

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Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children