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Letters for August 18, 2005

Fair choices The issue of July 14 had two letters bewailing the fact that the Southern Baptist Convention appointments for Virginia were all from the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia and none from the Baptist General Association of Virginia. They…

Humor for August 18, 2005

HUMOR IN THE PEW “A cheerful heart is good medicine.” (Proverbs 17:22a, NIV) Do you have a humorous story about some aspect of church life? How about sharing it with Religious Herald readers? Send your stories to [email protected]; by mail…

FIRST PERSON: Kingdom Advance alive on Eastern Shore

By Charles Peterson O.K., I admit it. I love where I pastor. I love both the people and the place. I am what the natives call a “come here,” having only arrived at our church nine months ago. I can…

REVIEW: ‘Caring’ book is not sanitized account

By Jim White Did I Care Enough? is not for readers who want a sanitized, sugarcoated account of suffering. Rather, it describes a five-year journey into a labyrinth of tangled emotions and unreasonable requirements called “caregiving.” At times tender and…

New Bluefield web site goes on line

The Bluefield College website has been remodeled and on Aug. 12 the college launched the site to better meet the needs of prospective students, current students, alumni, faculty, staff, parents and friends. According to organizers, those visiting www.bluefield.edu will find…

Leadership network working with Bluefield

Bluefield College and the Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network are working together to create off-campus continuing education opportunities for ministers and laypersons. Studies offered would be in areas such as Old and New Testament history and interpretation, church history, Christian…

REVIEW: ‘Heartache’ CD lends reassurance to sufferers

Coping with heartache can be a 24-hour-a-day challenge not only when the doors of the church are open. Some days even people with deep faith can find it difficult to cope in these uncertain times. The newly-released CD, Heartaches Take…

‘Justice Sunday II’ speakers rail against court rulings

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Speakers at a second rally designed to support socially conservative nominees to federal courts Aug. 14 decried several decades' worth of Supreme Court precedent on social issues, but made little direct mention of the current battle over…

Historically white Baptist college, black Baptist leaders to partner

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) — Officials from four leading African-American Baptist conventions gathered at a Kentucky Baptist college Aug. 8 to launch a new partnership. Meeting at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Ky., the leaders agreed upon an arrangement that will include…

Lutherans vote narrowly to retain policies discouraging gay clergy

ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) — The nation's largest Lutheran body has maintained its status quo on homosexuality, narrowly turning down a proposal that would have allowed gay ministers to live openly. Delegates to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's national assembly,…

Leaders predict SBC-backed network won’t find acceptance in Europe

(ABP) — Baptist leaders in Europe predict the Southern Baptist Convention will have a hard time drawing Baptists from the continent into a new international network that, some say, will compete with the Baptist World Alliance. When the SBC withdrew…

BWA leaders hope new identity statement will help world to understand Baptists

BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP) — The Baptist World Alliance marked its 100th anniversary by unveiling a new identity statement that BWA leaders hope will be used to clarify Baptist beliefs for other Christians, as well as non-believers. The “Message from the…

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system