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Stewardship is emphasis of children’s resource

Developing giving lives is the emphasis of the new issue of Heritage Seekers magazine for children and their families. The historical character in the issue is the early missionary Luther Rice, who led a sacrificial life while helping Baptists to…

Tech BCM students encourage campus to share ‘love/hate’ comments

BLACKSBURG — Students with the Baptist Collegiate Ministries at Virginia Tech spent the last two weeks of March engaging the campus with discussions about things that polarize, all the while looking for chances to interject the love and hope of…

BGAV’s Caribbean partners begin ministry to ‘diaspora’

NEW YORK (ABP) — With a worship service March 30, a group of ministers officially launched a Baptist fellowship to minster to the Caribbean “diaspora” in English-speaking countries. The Caribbean Diaspora Baptist Clergy Association kicked off its life with a…

‘Photo-evangelism’ shown to be effective new missionary tool

LYNCHBURG — When Ralph and Tammy Stocks answered the call to the mission field, they assumed that their ministries would lead people to Christ. But neither of them imagined that one of their best evangelism methods would be family photos….

SECOND OPINION: The utilitarian temptation

A few weeks ago, I was reminded in a news article that Judge Paul Pressler had actually said, at the beginning of the Southern Baptist controversy, that his side must “go for the jugular.” This is an image of slaying…

Standing fast in liberty

In the days when they called themselves “colored,” the African-American Baptists of Southside Virginia decided that they needed to organize a new district association. Hasadiah Baptist Association was so large that it covered 200 miles across 21 counties and included…

OUT LOUD

“I want to say it again, and again, and again: Islam is not a religion. It is a political system … bent on world domination, not a religion.” Pat Robertson The religious broadcaster was speaking on his “700 Club” program….

FAITHSHAPERS: The searching phase

As our children enter adolescence, they are beginning a phase of searching that will last through much of their young adulthood. There are a number of developmental, physical and psychological reasons for this phase, but for our purposes the key…

Delayed life choices demand new strategies, scholar insists

PRINCETON, N.J. (RNS) — As increasing numbers of young people postpone marriage and children, other life choices — like returning to church — are affected as well, according to a leading scholar of American Protestantism. As a result, Princeton Univer-sity's…

Theologian urges greater sensitivity to suicide

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) — Churches can be a major factor in preventing suicide if they are willing to learn about the problem and reach out with compassion, said a theologian who specializes in pastoral care related to suicide. “People who…

Some Jews ‘uneasy’ with high-profile Christian allies

WASHINGTON (RNS) — In recent years, conservative Christians have emerged as some of the most vocal supporters of the state of Israel — support many Jewish groups have welcomed at a time when they feel Israel is under siege. One…

FAITH DIGEST

Most ministries submit materials to Grassley. Two-thirds of the prominent ministries Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is investigating are cooperating with requests to provide financial information. Bishop Eddie Long's New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga., said it will provide…

Understanding Al Mohler’s case against women

BNG podcasts feature each SBC presidential candidate

What the church got wrong about queer people

Trump admin denies hunger strike at immigrant detention center