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VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Got faith?

Our nation is experiencing difficult times. Our churches are also facing difficult times. After a lot of soul searching, I have come to the conclusion that the two things are connected. Polls and surveys are constantly revealing our overall disappointment…

Baylor Alumni Association loses links to university

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University graduates who want to reach their alumni association no longer can do it through the school's phone system, e-mail or website. The university recently notified the Baylor Alumni Association it would be removed from…

Peck: Christians and Muslims should speak with, not about, each other

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (ABP) — Christians and Muslims should speak with each other rather than about each other, a prominent European Baptist leader told reporters prior to a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Baptist movement July 24. Tony Peck,…

A free press essential for free Baptists

By David Currie I had the pleasure of meeting Walter Cronkite, who died July 17 at age 92, several times in my service on the board of The Interfaith Alliance. He supported our work out of a deep commitment to…

Bible helped set captives free, sheriff says

COVINGTON, La. (RNS) — An Alabama woman used the spine of a Bible to conceal several hacksaw blades that helped her husband and three other inmates escape a maximum-security prison. Claudia Buras was booked into the St. Tammany Parish jail…

FAITH DIGEST

Evangelical scientist nominated to head national agency. Francis Collins, the researcher who mapped the human genome and navigated clashes between his Christian faith and science, has been nominated by President Obama to lead the National Institutes of Health. An atheist…

Baptist Extension Board expands loan policy to assist churches struggling in flat economy

RICHMOND — Virginia Baptist churches which are struggling with financial shortfalls may find some relief as a result of a new policy adopted July 24 by the Baptist Extension Board. For the first time, the Extension Board is offering loans…

Episcopal presiding bishop terms individualistic salvation ‘heresy’ and ‘idolatry’

ANAHEIM, Calif. (ABP) — The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church called the evangelical teaching that individuals can be right with God a “great Western heresy” that is behind many problems facing the church and the wider society. Presiding Bishop…

Christian schools report more closures, see increased drops in enrollment

A Colorado-based organization of Christian schools is reporting that more than 200 schools closed or merged in its last fiscal year. As of June 30, 186 schools had closed and 16 had merged, according to the Association of Christian Schools…

Metaxas calls Bonhoeffer’s relatives ‘Jew-hating lunatics’

North Carolina pastor abruptly forced out of prominent pulpit

Responding to the militarization of immigration policy

Meddling with Methodism and domesticating the Baptists