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Rick Warren joins coalition to ‘make poverty history’

By Wendy Ryan Rick Warren, the widely-known evangelical pastor and author, has joined a diverse coalition of global evangelical and political leaders and called on President Bush to support “ONE: The Campaign To Make Poverty History.” Until now, Warren, pastor…

SBC, CBF, AOB leaders among diverse group rallying to end U.S. hunger by 2015

By Robert Marus A broad array of religious leaders-including representatives of Baptist groups that often disagree-has launched an ambitious effort to combat domestic hunger and poverty. Several hundred Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other leaders culminated a weekend conference in Washington…

Senate apologizes for failure to pass anti-lynching law

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The United States Senate has offered a belated apology for something it repeatedly failed to do: Stop a century of lynchings that killed thousands of African-Americans and other minorities. During the 19th and 20th centuries, white mobs…

Creator of Living Bible, Ken Taylor, dies at 88

WHEATON, Ill. (ABP) — Kenneth Taylor, whose Living Bible made Scripture understandable for millions of people, died June 10 at the age of 88 at his home in Wheaton, Ill. Taylor based his Living Bible paraphrase, first published in 1971,…

Resources help churches celebrate freedom without ‘civil religion’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABP) — Three Baptist organizations are teaming up to provide churches with the tools to celebrate American freedoms “without watering down their devotion to God with civil religion.” The First Freedoms Project — led by Associated Baptist Press,…

Women’s job ministry helps 51-year-old rebuild her life

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Holding all her worldly possessions in a half-full garbage bag, Dorothy Ray got off the bus from Nebraska with her 14-year-old daughter. She had lost everything — her home, her car, her pride. Her oldest son,…

Who is this new guy?

Editorial for June 9, 2005 By Jim White If I were you, I would want to know something about this new guy who is serving as editor of the Religious Herald. Assuming you are at least as curious as I,…

Migration is changing mission strategy, says O’Brien

Analysis for June 9, 2005 By Marv Knox Christians must minister in a world where escalating change is speeded up by the “migration” of everything from people to technology, missions strategist Bill O'Brien insisted. “We live in a world where…

Roma: Virginia Baptists on tour

Heritage Column for June 9, 2005 By Fred Anderson This week should find this columnist in Rome, making friends among the Italian Baptists. As this tourist ponders the glories of classical Roma, he is mindful that Virginia Baptists from the…

Letters for June 9, 2005

Disturbed by article The May 26 article, “Surrender All,” by Margaret Bernstein of the Religion News Service, disturbed me. My great dilemma is being uncertain of why I was most disturbed. It bothered me that a Baptist pastor such as…

Senate ends filibuster, approves judges despite church-state concerns

WASHINGTON (ABP) — To the delight of some conservative groups and the chagrin of some civil-rights groups, the Senate has confirmed three of President Bush's most controversial nominees to the federal courts. A closely divided Senate capped a weeklong debate…

Dotson pleads guilty to murder of Baylor basketball player

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Two years after the death of Patrick Dennehy, his former Baylor University basketball teammate Carlton Dotson pleaded guilty June 8 to his murder. Dotson, 22, surprised prosecutors and even his family by submitting an open plea…

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

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

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