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With the results of the election fresh on his mind, pastor Ken Friendly called a meeting of black and white ministers in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss forming a chapter of the Traditional Values Coalition. The African-American pastor of Lighthouse Christian…

Twenty-four religious leaders have announced a nationwide effort to expand the political debate on values beyond abortion and gay marriage to incorporate subjects such as housing, education and crime control. The clergy, most of them politically liberal to moderate, have…

The Italian Baptist Union has elected a woman pastor as president for the first time. Anna Maffei, co-pastor of Chiesa Battista in Naples, is the first female to serve as president of the Union, which held its annual general assembly…

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American rock music has always had its spiritual side. But recently the genre has revived its embrace of spirituality and religion, as artists who are Christian-not just Christian music artists-express their faith in their songs. By Aymar Jean Both pious…

Guest editorial for Nov. 25 By Henlee Barnette Henlee Barnette, a noted Southern Baptist pioneer in Christian ethics, died Oct. 20 at age 93. (See obituary in the Herald, Oct. 28). One week before he died, Barnette submitted this commentary…

Church & People News for Nov. 25 S T A F F • C H A N G E S Johnny Adkins, to Friendship Church, Coeburn, as bi-vocational pastor. Gil Diokno, to Fil-Am Christian Church, Locust Grove, as pastor. Darrell…

Letters for Nov. 25 Support military personnel As Virginia Baptists observe the year-end holidays, giving thanks for the founding of our nation and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, we invite all citizens of our state and nation to join…

Heritage column for Nov. 25 In the great division of things that follows the closing of a family home, the rocking chairs were not the kind of pieces over which there would have been a tug of war. They were…

Lisa Williams of Richmond wanted training as she prepared to start a ministry. Her church, New Jerusalem International Christian Ministry, wanted to start a ministry school. Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond wanted to take seminary education to the church through…

The courageous churches team of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board has announced the line-up for “21-C: Courageous Churches for a New Millennium,” a conference to be hosted at St. Paul's Baptist Church in Richmond on Jan. 27-29, 2005.   Keynote…