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Obama rearranges faith-based office, vows to maintain church-state wall

WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Obama announced a revamped version of his predecessor's office on faith-based charities Feb. 5, restructuring it with a broad advisory council and vowing to pay close attention to church-state concerns. “The goal of this office will…

Senate rejects aid for religious buildings

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The U.S. Senate defeated 54-43 an amendment to the economic stimulus bill Feb. 5 that would have allowed federal funding for renovations at college buildings that are used for religious activity. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., proposed the…

First regional New Baptist Covenant event focuses on reconciliation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Former President Jimmy Carter went to a shrine of the Civil Rights Movement Jan. 31 to drive home a point about racial reconciliation among Baptists, stepping up into the pulpit of the Birmingham, Ala., church where…

Regional NBC celebration planned in North Carolina in April

A regional celebration of the New Baptist Covenant is scheduled for April 24-25 in Winston-Salem, N.C. The event, focused on the theme, “This is God's Year to Act: Responding to a Society in Crisis,” will be held at Wake Forest…

God doesn’t want dabbling in faith

I am not nearly as disturbed by the events you report — “Why believe in God” ads and the suit in South Carolina concerning ads saying, “I believe in God” — as I am by the apparent belief of many…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Advertise for the Lord

I am writing from a small town in southwestern Virginia. When our church heard of the buses in Washington we were sickened. But we did not just sit by in astonishment. We sent out letters to churches in our county…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Thanks for Baptist coverage

Please accept my sincerest gratitude for your detailed history of Baptists in a recent issue [Herald, Jan. 15]. After serving almost 70 years as an ordained Baptist minister, especially the last 30 years with the Roman Baptists (fundamentalists),…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries For February 12, 2009

STAFF CHANGES MISSIONS MOMENTA team of 18 members of Bethany Baptist Church in Callo went to Tennessee last August to help families whose homes had been damaged and destroyed by a tornado to rebuild and repair. The Hope Team's trip…

Kay Warren: Following Christ means being ‘seriously disturbed’

WACO, Texas—Becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ means being willing to say “yes” unconditionally to God, knowing he likely will lead his followers into uncomfortable places, Kay Warren told a group at Baptist-affiliated Baylor University. For Warren, it meant becoming…

‘Don’t muzzle yourself in advance,’ trio of religion experts advises

People are dying in Africa, but the world doesn’t notice

Is this a Bonhoeffer Moment?

Trump’s dangerous closing message to his white Christian followers