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Witness classes to be offered in Hampton Roads

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is sponsoring a series of classes designed to strengthen believers' faith and equip them with the knowledge and confidence to tell others about their beliefs. The Christian Life and Witness Course is open free of…

Justice is theme of BTSR’s preaching, worship seminar

“Let Justice Roll” is the theme of the ninth annual Chester Brown, Hampton Baptist Church Preaching and Worship Conference, set for May 21-23 and sponsored by Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond. Plenary and worship sessions, which will be held at…

Embrace postmodern change, says Sweet

Deal with it, get over it or get help. That's Leonard Sweet's mantra when it comes to understanding Christianity's fluid role in the postmodern world. The Christian church is in the midst of a “perfect storm,” Sweet told a crowd…

FIRST PERSON: Hip hop and holubtsi

I love the ethnic diversity of inner cities. In Philadelphia, a group of Baptist state convention executives and editors were treated to a quick glimpse of contemporary Baptist life in the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania-South Jersey (BCPSJ), where Anglos make…

FIRST PERSON: Hip hop and holubtsi

SBC president shares concerns

Addressing the editors of state Baptist papers in Philadelphia on Feb. 16, Southern Baptist Convention president Frank Page shared devotional thoughts, then allowed questions from the editors who had gathered from across the nation for their annual meeting. “I am…

Baptist history conference makes its own history

The “mother church” of Southern Baptists—from whose pulpit legendary pastor Richard Furman once defended the institution of slavery—will host Baptists of multiple races, denominations and regional identities for a historic conference in August. The First Baptist Church of Charleston, S.C.,…

Did the IMB ‘investigate’ charges? Wade Burleson, IMB say no

Wade Burleson says there was no “investigation” by the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board into his allegations of trustee improprieties—despite the insistence of some trustees that there was. “What idiot told Mr. Burleson there was no trustee investigative committee?”…

Carson-Newman president, resigns amid turmoil

James Netherton, the embattled president of Carson-Newman College, is resigning from the Baptist-affiliated school to become executive vice president of Mercer University. Netherton, president of Carson-Newman since 2000, has been under pressure in recent months. He was the target of…

Biden commutations leave only 3 on federal Death Row

Understanding Christmas traditions is a matter of time

Sing a new song: Reflections on Band Aid at 40

3 killed as Methodist violence flares in Nigeria

Witness classes to be offered in Hampton Roads

Justice is theme of BTSR’s preaching, worship seminar

Embrace postmodern change, says Sweet

FIRST PERSON: Hip hop and holubtsi

FIRST PERSON: Hip hop and holubtsi

SBC president shares concerns

Baptist history conference makes its own history

Did the IMB ‘investigate’ charges? Wade Burleson, IMB say no

Carson-Newman president, resigns amid turmoil

Lessons From Unsettling Advent

In Texas, an uncommon collaboration between two high-profile Catholic leaders

The moral dimension to America’s flawed health care system

Time Bandits: How Christianity Takes Your Time (and What It’s Doing with It)

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Biden commutations leave only 3 on federal Death Row

Understanding Christmas traditions is a matter of time

Sing a new song: Reflections on Band Aid at 40

3 killed as Methodist violence flares in Nigeria