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‘Christian MySpace’ promises teens Internet safety, but others not so sure

DALLAS (ABP) — The Internet can be a scary place, at least for the parents of teenagers flocking to social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook. Teens see them as places to keep up with friends and make new ones…

Horse sense helps in life, education for Judson College equestriennes

MARION, Ala. (ABP) — When Jennifer Hoggle first visited Judson College, she didn't care much about touring the campus. She didn't even really care about seeing the dorms. “I just wanted to see the barn. The barn looked fine to…

Jim Towey to leave White House faith-based post for academia

WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush's lieutenant for promoting government funding for faith-based social programs announced April 18 he is leaving his post. Jim Towey, director since 2002 of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, will leave at…

As social norms for clothing change, so do definitions of ‘Sunday best’

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Depending on where you worship, wearing your “Sunday best” to church today might not mean what it once did. On Sunday mornings, more and more people are passing on dresses or ties and opting for blue…

Young Hispanic Baptists call for ‘compassionate’ immigration

HOUSTON (ABP) — Hispanic Texas Baptist youth and singles issued a proclamation on immigration reform April 15, calling government leaders to “pass just and compassionate legislation that addresses stronger border security, respect for the law, and a process for citizenship…

Students charged in Alabama arsons plead ‘not guilty,’ get June trial date

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Three men charged with conspiracy and arson in the burning of nine churches in rural Alabama pleaded not guilty in an arraignment hearing April 13. Federal Judge John Ott set a June 5 trial date for…

As collaboration takes root worldwide, focus on ‘purity’ isolates SBC missions

DALLAS (ABP) — At a time when collaboration and cooperation characterize Christian missions, the Southern Baptist International Mission Board appears to be moving toward isolation and exclusion, some veteran missionaries and missiologists insist. They point to new IMB policies —…

Resolution on Baptist dissent submitted to SBC committee

Editor's note: This story is updated from its April 17 release. ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — In a sign of the controversy threatening to engulf the Southern Baptist Convention's upcoming annual meeting, a Texas pastor has formally submitted a resolution that…

Letters for March 30, 2006

Reaching the budget I have had the privilege of pastoring seven fine BGAV churches and I deeply appreciate the fine mission work our BGAV has carried out and continues to carry out. I feel a burden over the fact our…

ANOTHER VIEW: Opportunities to transform a nation

First Hand for March 30, 2006 By Wayne Faison Virginia Baptist Mission Board In April 2003, during the annual Pastors and Friends Conference sponsored by the African-American Fellowship of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, Lincoln Brownell, president of the…

EDITORIAL: Pewboy starts asking questions

Editorial for March 30, 2006 By Jim White Altarego: Pewboy! What's the matter? You look as confused as the ape I heard about who sat in his cage with the Bible in one hand and Darwin's Origin of the Species…

The intelligent daughter

Heritage Column for March 30. 2006 By Fred Anderson In eastern Henrico County, along Nine Mile Road, there is an antebellum house which is still known as “the Dabbs House.” Never mind that Mr. and Mrs. Dabbs have been gone…

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