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The great task

There is no doubt that parenting is a big deal. It can be the most rewarding of tasks and also the most frustrating. Being a parent brings a mix of pure joy, overwhelming love, and sheer exhaustion. What's amazing is…

Weary pastors stave off stress by scheduling ‘personal Sabbaths’

DALLAS (ABP)—Consummate counselor, powerful preacher, lasting leader—these are descriptions often used to characterize a respected pastor. Avid fisherman and beach bum are not. But Bruce Prindle, pastor of First Baptist Church in Midlothian, Texas, values fishing and lying in a…

Atheists view ‘radical Christianity’ as threat

WASHINGTON (RNS)—More than half of atheists and agnostics think “radical Christianity” is just as threatening in the United States as “radical Islam,” a new study reveals. The Barna Group, a Ventura, Calif.-based research firm, found 56 percent of atheists and…

FAITH DIGEST

Most Republicans doubt Darwin. Republicans are far more likely to doubt the theory of evolution than Democrats, a new Gallup Poll revealed. Sixty-eight percent of Republicans say they doubt humans evolved from lower life forms over millions of years; only…

BAPTIST BRIEFS

Three S.C. firemen had ties to SBC churches. At least three of the nine Charleston, S.C., firefighters killed June 18 in a furniture store blaze were connected with Southern Baptist churches in the area. Capt. William “Billy” Hutchinson, 48, was…

WMU focuses on missions, ministry

SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — Prayer took center stage as Woman's Missionary Union leaders, missionaries, and Southern Baptist agency leaders spoke at the union's annual meeting June 11, held prior to the Southern Baptist Convention gathering. In her address, union president…

Ruth Graham buried in private ceremony

MONTREAT, N.C. (BP) — Hundreds of friends and family members packed the Montreat Conference Center June 16 to remember Ruth Graham and hear all five of her children — as well as her husband in an unscheduled moment — recount…

News About Virginia Baptists and their ministries for June 28, 2007

STAFF CHANGES • Samuel Barnhart Sr., to Second Church, Falls Church, as senior pastor. • Jim Trautz, resigning as pastor of Lake Drummond Church, Chesapeake. • Archie Goldie, to Sterling Park Church, Sterling, as interim pastor. • Larry Biermann, to…

At Washington rally, Christians join libertarians in protesting torture

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Thousand of Christians and other activists withstood Washington's oppressive summer heat June 26 to rally against torture, indefinite imprisonment and other tactics the United States has used in the war against terrorism. “Jesus not only commanded but…

Women in ministry report highlights progress, obstacles simultaneously

WASHINGTON (ABP) — While moderate and progressive Baptists continue to grow in their theoretical support for women as pastors, their churches remain far behind in practice. That's one conclusion from the second annual “State of Women in Baptist Life” report,…

Author, at ‘post-partisan’ event, says churches must develop pluralism

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Sharing, responsibility and teamwork figured prominently into Eboo Patel's speech June 27 at the New American Foundation. Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, wasn't teaching proper playground etiquette; he was discussing the importance of establishing…

Analysis: Courts only slightly less open to church-state suits after Hein case

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Church-state experts said the Supreme Court, in a June 25 decision that limited taxpayers' ability to sue the government over violations of religious freedom, didn't go as far as it could have. However, they agreed, the ruling…

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