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Baptist volunteers busy in Baton Rouge

ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP) — At the drive-through for a hot meal from a Southern Baptist feeding station, a woman said to a volunteer, “The Southern Baptists are always here when we need them ….” Many of the volunteers with the…

David Wilkinson to become ABP’s executive

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Veteran Baptist communicator David Wilkinson has been named executive director for Associated Baptist Press. Wilkinson, who currently serves as development director for the Baylor University School of Social Work, will replace current ABP Executive Editor Greg…

Muslim policewoman argues for right to wear head scarf

PHILADELPHIA (RNS) — Just weeks after joining the Philadelphia Police Department in 1995, Kimberlie Webb converted to Islam and sought permission to wear a head scarf on the job. Her supervisors continually rejected her request over the years. Last year,…

SECOND OPINION: How do I spell trust? T-I-T-H-E

In the gospel, God has granted to believers many precious and magnificent promises, even that we may become partakers of the divine nature. And in this life he has promised to abundantly supply all our needs. Yet we live most…

SECOND OPINION: Don’t use the ‘R’ word

Ben Stiller used to be one of my favorite comedians. He's lost my respect with his derogatory abuse of the word “retard” in his newest film, Tropic Thunder, which might better be named Topic Blunder. If you think my grief…

Work together

As one who once got kicked off a church committee for suggesting that the church maintain a balanced connection between the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Southern Baptist Convention, I read with interest the Aug. 21 letter from Russell H….

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for September 18, 2008

STAFF CHANGES • Dennis L. Stamey, to Biltmore Church, Glen Allen, as pastor. • Bland Campbell, to Hull's Memorial Church, Fredericksburg, as pastor. • Bud Goude, to Gloucester Point Church, Gloucester Point, as pastor. • Donald Matheny,concluding his ministry as…

Global Women founds endowment, sets priorities at board meeting

SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — Global Women established its first endowment, created a funding plan for its projects and adopted next year’s projects at a recent board meeting. Gathering in San Antonio, board members established an endowment to ensure the future…

Houston school suffers from Ike; Baptists respond in Texas, La.

HOUSTON (ABP) — Baptists continued Sept. 17 to send relief teams into hard-hit areas along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which battered the area five days earlier. In the storm’s path, Houston Baptist…

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