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Rising cost of fuel, food prompts adjustments by relief groups

With oil trading at about $130 a barrel in New York and London markets and gas at the pump inching toward $4 a gallon in the United States, some international relief agencies have found the task of getting assistance to…

Virginia Baptist Historical Society focuses on stewardship at meeting

RICHMOND—The Virginia Baptist Historical Society and the Center for Baptist Heritage and Studies faithfully propagates Virginia Baptist principles, and at its May 20 convocation and annual meeting at Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond focused on an often overlooked Baptist…

Stewardship leader encourages Christians to take the road less traveled

EDITOR'S NOTE: Stephen McSwain served as the keynote speaker for the Virginia Baptist Historical Society's stewardship convocation and annual meeting at Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond May 20. Donald J. Campbell, stewardship director for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board,…

EDITORIAL: May the better candidate win

I hesitate to say anything about the presidential race because my comments seem always to be construed as subtle endorsements of particular candidates. That's understandable I suppose. But since I don't even know yet who I'm going to vote for…

FIRST PERSON: A child’s scream in a Kenyan shack

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sue Sprenkle, the International Mission Board's overseas correspondent for Africa, has reported from that continent for the last 10 years. She remains haunted by the atrocities she witnessed during Kenya's post-election violence earlier this year—and continues to wonder…

Rough & Ready

For 75 years there has been a Baptist witness in a section of Henry County which once had the name of Rough & Ready, likely after the Rough & Ready Mills which dated to the 1870s. Indeed some of the…

OUT LOUD

“One final thing, Lord, I promise. This November could you keep an eye on all of us and see that the change that we embrace comes from Arizona and not Illinois?” James Lisante The Catholic priest from Long Island, N.Y.,…

Hazards for both sides when politicians court pastors

WASHINGTON (RNS)—Mitt Romney and his Mormon faith. Mike Huckabee and his “Christian leader” ads. John McCain and John Hagee. Hillary Clinton and her “prayer warriors.” Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright. To put it mildly, the 2008 election has featured an…

What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

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Rising cost of fuel, food prompts adjustments by relief groups

Virginia Baptist Historical Society focuses on stewardship at meeting

Stewardship leader encourages Christians to take the road less traveled

EDITORIAL: May the better candidate win

FIRST PERSON: A child’s scream in a Kenyan shack

Rough & Ready

OUT LOUD

Hazards for both sides when politicians court pastors

FAITHSHAPERS: Teaching tricky topics: The Trinity (2)

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for June 12, 2008

Central Texas church touches lives of children, families in Macedonia

Their names may be lost to history, but their stories endure

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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What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

Insufficient

6 ways the Reflecting Pool boondoggle mirrors Trump and MAGA

Pilate asked Jesus, ‘What is truth?’