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BJC announces essay contest

To engage high school students in church-state issues and to generate interest from a wide range of Baptists, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty has launched the 2006 Religious Liberty Essay Contest. Open to all Baptist high school students…

EDITORIAL: We shall all change or be changed

Editorial for April 6, 2006 By Jim White Editor Have you noticed in your reading of the Gospels that Jesus is not the least bit bashful? In the first few verses of Matthew 18, the disciples came to Jesus asking,…

Letter for April 6, 2006

Thanks for editorial Well, Jim, you have done it again. That is, written a piece about an important topic of interest to Virginia Baptists-one which has two very definite sides-and you have avoided being mean-spirited, or even unkind. What are…

OTHER VIEW: U.S. immigration policies: A Christian perspective

Another View for April 6, 2006 By Daniel Carro Virginia Baptist Mission Board Monday evening, when I entered my class of “Who is Jesus” at the Leland Center, I could not anticipate I would not be able to deliver my…

EDITORIAL: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Editorial for April 13, 2006 By Jim White Editor A few weeks ago, in the aftermath of the cartoons of Mohammed that appeared first in newspapers in Denmark and later in other countries, a Hampton Roads newspaper interviewed a Muslim…

‘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 —…

Rise of American authoritarianism demands a choice, Perryman says

Shaving Dad goodbye

The Enhanced Games were another MAGA grift

It’s bad interpretation, not the Bible, limiting female pastors