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Study finds grandparents play prominent role in care-giving

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (ABP) — Nearly 6 million grandparents live in the same household with their grandchildren in the United States, and 40 percent of those grandparents are the primary care-givers for their grandchildren. One third of grandparent care-givers live in…

Darrel Baergen, Baptist professor, playwright, dies of cancer

ABILENE, Texas (ABP) — Baptist professor, playwright, director and producer Darrel Baergen died Oct. 23 in Abilene after a long battle with cancer. He was 68. Baergen committed most of his career to teaching speech and drama in three Baptist…

Supreme Court declines to hear Roy Moore’s appeal on monument

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt what would appear to be the death blow to Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's legal crusade to display a Ten Commandments monument in a state building. On Nov. 3 the justices…

Kerry appearances in churches prompt criticism from left, right

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's increasingly prominent habit of using politically sympathetic churches as a platform for campaign speeches is drawing criticism — though for differing reasons — from groups on both the ideological right and the…

Corrections:

In the ABP story “Truett Seminary prof dies after battle with cancer” released July 20, the date of Chip Conyer's death should read July 18 instead of July 20. Also in the ABP story “Watchdog group files complaint against Arkansas…

300 candles brightly shining

On July 27, 1707, representatives of five churches formed the Philadelphia Baptist Association. It was the first Baptist association in the United States. Earlier, there were “yearly meetings” and occasional gatherings among the scattered churches; but in 1707 the urge…

OUT LOUD

“I can’t think of a religious group he didn’t offend. He even did a cartoon that upset the Episcopalians, and you know how hard it is to upset Episcopalians. John Shelton Reed The longtime friend of Baptist cartoonist Doug Marlette,…

The sacred in us all

Singer's statement brings into sharp focus two very distinct world views. The view held by Christians is that God created humans as spiritual beings living for a time within a physical body. Theologians have called this foundational concept the “Imago…

NASCAR great Shepherd finds ‘victory in Jesus’

Though Shepherd had to pull out of the Sept. 18 race for mechanical problems, he has experienced many successes as a NASCAR driver, both winning races and finishing among the sport's top 10 drivers several times. It's not been easy…

Virginia Baptist pastors to meet at Thalia Lynn

The 2006 Virginia Baptist Pastors Conference will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at Thalia Lynn Baptist Church in Virginia Beach. The conference will feature a time of worship, testimonies, teaching and preaching. The theme for the conference is “Surviving…

Seven states pass constitutional amendments defining marriage

A majority of states in America now have adopted constitutional marriage amendments. Seven states—including Virginia—passed amendments Nov. 7 defining marriage, bringing to 27 the number of states nationwide that have adopted amendments aimed at prohibiting gay marriage. An eighth state,…

Pastors examine change in variety of settings

Three Virginia pastors from rural, small town and urban settings joined well-known pastor/speaker Leith Anderson to share experiences at the Virginia Baptist Pastors Conference last month. Anderson and the Virginia pastors discussed the dynamics of change in each of their…

Islamophobia is the next bogeyman

The Black Church cannot remain America’s emergency moral infrastructure

We are manna

Webinar explores religious context of America’s Founders