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For Baptists, libation debate continues in pages of Dallas Morning News

Two prominent players in the Southern Baptist Convention's debate over alcohol consumption have taken it to a new forum — a major secular newspaper. On July 15, the Dallas Morning News ran an essay by Daniel Akin, president of Southeastern…

Executive of Katrina Fund resigns following pastors’ criticism

(RNS) — The executive director of the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund resigned her post July 14 after prominent members of the fund's religious advisory committee quit and harshly criticized the manner in which the fund made grants to houses of worship….

Heritage Fellows recognized by VBHS

The Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies recognized three outstanding students at the annual meeting of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society. Allison Rosser, sophomore at the University of Richmond, and Melissa McReynolds and Mattie Patterson, sophomores at the College of…

Missions Connection is ‘hands of Jesus’

“This is my first time to Missions Connection; it's been a great week!” commented one lady from Hardy Central Church. “I want to volunteer to be a youth leader in 2007; I'd like to work with the Pregnancy Center,” stated…

SW Network plans fall training events

The Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network announces a series of leadership training events for Fall 2006. The Network provides leadership training for ministers and laypersons in Southwest Virginia. Upcoming events include: • August 15: “Overcoming Overload,” Reed Island Springs Church,…

EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida’s garden

Dear Jimmy, I wish you could see our garden! I guess we've had just the right amount of rain because we've got an abundance. This morning I gathered a dishpan full of green beans and enough okra to fry up…

ANOTHER VIEW: Middle East peace: A Kingdom road map

The apostle Paul didn't know anything about Hezbollah or the Israeli defense ministry. But he did know something about hatred and hostility between irreconcilable people groups. And, more importantly, he knew something about the Kingdom of Christ. Everyone watching the…

South of the border

Several Virginia Baptists — including this columnist — found their way south of the border to Mexico City for the recent gathering of the Baptist World Alliance. In a sense, I once again was following in the footsteps of my…

ANOTHER VIEW: All noncombatants are equal

The Bush administration's failure to act decisively for peacemaking in the war in Lebanon sadly resembles its failure to act decisively for the poor in Katrina-destroyed Louisiana. Beirut deserves our nation's best efforts at restraining Israel's disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks…

Virginia college ministry seeks names of first-year students on campuses

If we suppose, for the sake of argument, that an average person's life span is 77 years, and if we were to look for the most pivotal points in that person's life, what would they be? Some would argue that…

Baptist groups in Europe, U.S. advocate cease-fire in Lebanon

WASHINGTON (ABP) — As American and European Baptist leaders called for an immediate cease-fire of hostilities between Israel and militant wings of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the Bush administration dismissed any cease-fire that does not include disarming Hezbollah. Leaders of…

Former California Baptist educator, director dies of cancer

FRESNO, Calif. (ABP) — Valton Prince, who directed what is now the discipleship training ministry for the California Southern Baptist Convention, died of cancer July 22. He was 87. Prince worked for the California convention from 1965 to 1981. He…

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone