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FAITH DIGEST

Religious activists fast for debt relief. A group of religious activists began a 40-day fast Sept. 6 to advocate for legislation that would cancel the debts of the world's 67 poorest countries, according to the Jubilee USA Network, an alliance…

Collegiate GO teams have varied mission experiences abroad

RICHMOND — Sponsored by Baptist Collegiate Ministry, GO (Global Outreach) Teams not only provide short-term summer mission immersion experiences for college and university students, but also develop leadership skills and build community through an intensive five-month training process. Each GO…

Italian youth minister serves summer in Virginia

RICHMOND — Not many self-employed computer programmers would risk giving their clients less than three weeks' notice that they would be unavailable for almost three months. But despite the potential loss of business, that's exactly what Daniele Podestà, a member…

Hundreds of youth take part in Centri-Kid Camp at Bluefield

More than 200 kids spent a week on the campus of Bluefield College this summer, July 30 through Aug. 3, as part of a Southern Baptist youth camp called Centri-Kid. The youth, in grades four through seven representing a dozen…

Baptist heritage center recognizes Heritage fellows

RICHMOND — The Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies recognized three outstanding students at the annual meeting of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society in May. The fifth class of Heritage Fellows includes Mattie Patterson, a junior at the College of…

Virginia church partners to restore lives

ATLANTA — It had been two years, and Beth and Joe Weedo still slept on air mattresses on the floor of their Pensacola, Fla., home. Hurricane Ivan had ripped through their community and dropped a tree on the Weedo house…

VIRGINIA BRIEFS

Fork Union exceeds goal. Fork Union Military Academy completed its largest fundraiser in history 18 months earlier than expected and has exceeded its $29 million goal by more than $2.3 million. A surprise challenge by an anonymous donor helped push…

California pastor, seminary president to join SBC presidential contest

SAN FRANCISCO (ABP) — Bill Wagner, California college president and pastor who also was a long-time employee of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board, has said he will run for the SBC presidency next year. Wagner, who wrote How…

IMB envisions 3,000 more missionaries on field

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) — Many Southern Baptist churches that pride themselves in being “missions minded” might have a hard time convincing an impartial observer, an International Mission Board leader told trustees Sept. 12 at LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center. The meeting…

The death of truth

How the Dallas Statement led to the Antioch Declaration

Russell Vought: The gung-ho Christian nationalist who helps Trump be Trump

Battle continues over Louisiana Ten Commandments law