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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…

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children

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

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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Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children