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Evangelical leaders write Bush to boost immigration reform

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A group of evangelical leaders has written President Bush and Congress in support of an immigration bill that supports guest worker programs and citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Albert Reyes, president of Baptist University of the Americas and…

BGCT leader speaks out to support national immigration reform

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Albert Reyes, president of the Baptist University of the Americas Texas and immediate past president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, believes the current immigration reform debate should be informed for Christians primarily by one question:…

Day after apparent compromise, immigration reform takes hit

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Just one day after a purported “breakthrough” on immigration reform in the Senate, a partisan dispute erupted in the Senate April 7, effectively setting back a compromise bill for weeks. Legislation hailed as a consensus bill and…

FIRST PERSON: William & Mary student learns lesson while repairing Gulf Coast homes

Everyone has heard the story by Loren Eiseley about the man walking along the beach at sunset who sees a boy in the distance bending down, picking something up, and throwing it into the ocean. As he gets closer he…

CORRECTION

The chair of the Baptist General Association of Virginia's Christian life committee is David Roberts, not Bill Nieporte as reported in last week's Herald.

Tennessee Baptist churches rally to help tornado victims

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (ABP) — Tennessee Baptists are rallying to respond to victims of a series of severe storms that tore through west Tennessee April 2 and 3. As of April 5, police had confirmed the storms killed 28 people in…

Alabama churches face options as they rebuild after fires

BRIERFIELD, Ala. (ABP) — The clearing where Ashby Baptist Church once sat tucked in the woods is now clearer than it's been in nearly a century. With the ashes and debris from its sanctuary cleaned up, the site a quarter…

Done with arson case, Alabama ATF agent leads hunt for beeping eggs

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — David Hyche has spent the last two months helping people hunt things. Hyche, the agent in charge of supervising the church fire investigations for the Birmingham Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives division, has led his team…

Classified Ads for March 30, 2006

YOUTH MINISTER: Goochland Baptist Church, a forward-looking church in a growing area, is seeking a Youth Minister with strong Christian values. Regular responsibilities with our youth include conducting Bible studies, planning youth activities and attending worship services and Sunday School….

Tennessee Baptists to challenge Belmont, may ‘vacate’ board

NASHVILLE (ABP) — The Tennessee Baptist Convention will hold a rare special convention May 9 to deal with a growing rift with Baptist-affiliated Belmont University. Belmont wants to elect its own trustees, who have been appointed by the convention for…

Pro fisherman with no legs, one arm uses profession to witness to others

ROCKWALL, Texas (ABP) — Clay Dyer has a dream job. He believes without a doubt God called him to become a professional fisherman — and not just the “fisher of men” variety. Making his living with a rod, reel and…

Just days after asserting ‘war,’ DeLay leaves Congress

WASHINGTON (ABP) — One of the Religious Right's congressional heroes is leaving Congress under a cloud, just days after he appeared at a conference where the organizer said the attacks on him were part of a “war on Christians.” In…

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