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Baptist volunteers make inroads in largely Catholic New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — After serving the homeless for decades in New Orleans, Tobey Pitman is finally paving significant inroads with leaders and homeowners in the predominantly Catholic region. That's not to say he hasn't had noteworthy success with his…

Signs of life rare in New Orleans, but some hardy souls staying put

Robert Marus/ABP Joe McKeever, executive director of the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans, addresses pastors and other church leaders from the association during their monthly support meeting Aug. 2. McKeever has been holding such meetings as a way to…

Alliance of Baptists fined $34,000 for ‘tourist’ activities in Cuba

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The government agency charged with enforcing the United States' ban on travel to Cuba has notified the Alliance of Baptists that it will be fined $34,000 for allegedly engaging in tourist activities while in Cuba for religious…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for August 3, 2006

STAFF CHANGES Ricky J. Jenkins, resigning as pastor of Pioneer Church, Richmond, to accept a position with the Good News Jail & Prison Ministry. Clayton Sweet, resigning as pastor of New Hope Chapel, Pulaski. He and his wife Wanda, who…

U.S. Baptist volunteers safe, thanks to Lebanese leader

As fighting between Israeli forces and Islamic radicals continued to decimate Lebanon July 24, groups of Baptist volunteers from the United States who had been trapped in Beirut were reported safely evacuated. The American Baptist News Service reported that Jennifer…

Virginia Baptists join other leaders in plea for peace

Four Virginia Baptists have joined other Baptist leaders in North America and Europe in calling for an end to violence in Lebanon. The leaders are asking prayer for: • “An end to the escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah.” •…

Fork Union, Oak Hill no longer on NCAA investigation list

Fork Union Military Academy and Oak Hill Academy are no longer the subjects of an NCAA investigation into so called “storefront schools” that give athletes the mantle of college eligibility while offering little in the way of education. Leaders at…

Rhonda Nash named Baptist campus minister at UMW

Rhonda Nash has been named Baptist campus minister at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. Nash, who has been interim campus minister for the past two years, assumed full-time responsibility on Aug. 1. The Wise, Va., native was associate…

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Baptist volunteers make inroads in largely Catholic New Orleans

Signs of life rare in New Orleans, but some hardy souls staying put

Alliance of Baptists fined $34,000 for ‘tourist’ activities in Cuba

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for August 3, 2006

U.S. Baptist volunteers safe, thanks to Lebanese leader

Virginia Baptists join other leaders in plea for peace

Fork Union, Oak Hill no longer on NCAA investigation list

Rhonda Nash named Baptist campus minister at UMW

Retired minister’s death investigated

Randell Everett to resign at Leland

Study counts 1,600 ordained Baptist women in U.S.

Former Arizona foundation executives convicted of fraud, await sentencing

Pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel symbols to be banned after British government backs NHS antisemitism reforms

Catholic Archdiocese Fires Prominent Exorcist After Unexpected Claim About Demons

Draft of King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ found at Virginia seminary archives

Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride

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What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear