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Sexual exploitation alive in America; churches can end it

ATLANTA (ABP) — Many church-goers know human trafficking and sexual exploitation are global issues. But more than 200,000 children in the United States have become “sex commodities” as well, Baptist social workers say. Ellyn Waller and Brenda Troy led a…

FAITHSHAPERS: Introduction to spiritual formation

What are we trying to do to our children? You have probably read or heard the statistics that indicate the importance of instilling faith in children. The likelihood of a person coming to faith declines significantly with the onset of…

Shared meals at church take on a different flavor to meet changing needs

AKRON, Ohio (RNS) — Andrew Hamilton still can taste the homemade apple, cherry and peach pies that capped off the covered-dish church meals of his youth in Lakeville, Mass. In those days, children played on their own for hours while…

FAITH DIGEST

Lost bird helps raise funds for English church. A tiny bird blown across the Atlantic Ocean from North America on winter winds is helping raise funds to repair the roof of an ancient church in the tiny English village where…

Former Virginian shows God’s love in Hell’s Kitchen

NEW YORK — Walking along the streets of New York, Amanda Hambrick is reminded that life can be unfair. She passes people sleeping in doorways and alleys — fixtures of the city's sidewalks — and she asks herself, “How do…

Fredericksburg church funds Bluefield project

BLUEFIELD — Thanks to a generous donation from Fredericksburg Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, Bluefield College recently completed renovations to a guest cottage on campus. The church offered a $10,000 gift that enabled the college to completely restore the exterior portion…

CBF council approves budget, reports shortfall

ATLANTA (ABP) — Leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship approved a $16.5 million budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year and heard of budget shortfalls during the CBF Coordinating Council's Feb. 7-8 meeting in Decatur, Ga. The council's finance committee reported…

Jehovah’s Witnesses fastest growing of U.S. faiths

Jehovah's Witnesses are the fastest-growing church body in the U.S. and Canada, now with more than 1 million members, according to new figures that track church membership in the U.S. and Canada. Although Jehovah's Witnesses ranked 24th on the list…

Questions linger on ‘born again’ support for Dems

WASHINGTON — A new poll that shows Sen. Hillary Clinton drawing a large percentage of “born-again” voters is giving her campaign something to trumpet, but is also prompting questions: Did the pollster define born-again too broadly? And if so, are…

Huckabee endorsement bring IRS investigation

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Outspoken California pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention officer Wiley Drake is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service. The candidate for the SBC presidency this year is under scrutiny for using his church letterhead and church-sponsored…

Virginia Baptist ministry partners in India complete, dedicate new children’s home

KOTTAYAM, India — At the invitation of Kunjumon Chacko, 13 Virginia Baptists traveled to Kottayam, India, to celebrate the completion and participate in the dedication of the new Precious Children's International Village. Although the dining hall and first dormitory are…

Precious Children of India

• Children make up 30 % (348 million) of the Indian population • 158 million (75 million girls) are below the age of 7 • 190 million are between ages 7 and 14 • 59 million children have never seen…

Islamophobia is the next bogeyman

The Black Church cannot remain America’s emergency moral infrastructure

We are manna

Webinar explores religious context of America’s Founders