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Silence is a dangerous thing

The year was 1967. The United States was in the middle of the Vietnam War. Many citizens wondered why troops were sent there and exactly why they were fighting. In this year, many Black and brown individuals raised their voices,...

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ABC Board confirms decisions to sell building, elect leader

Leaders of the American Baptist Churches USA have approved selling the “Holy Doughnut”—the organization's Pennsylvania headquarters building—and confirmed the appointment of a new head for the denomination's international missions organization. The ABC's General Board voted nearly unanimously Nov. 14 to…

Uzbek court fines Baptists preachers

Following a raid on a Baptist church in the southern Uzbek town of Karshi, two visiting Baptists were, on October 25, given massive fines of over 45 times the country's minimum monthly salary each for participating in unregistered religious worship….

Kazakh Baptists fined heavily

Two Baptists in Zyryanovsk in the eastern Kazakhstan, who were given large fines on June 27 for religious activity without registration, have failed in their appeals to have the fines overturned. Pastor Yegor Prokopenko was given the massive fine of…

Gay marriage now legal in South Africa

South Africa became the fifth country to legalize gay marriage Nov. 30 when Acting President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka signed a landmark bill into law. South Africa is the first African country to take such a step. Canada, Spain, Belgium and the…

Catching the Spirit of Advent

In churches across the Commonwealth, many of them Baptist, the Advent season was initiated by the lighting of the first Advent candle. The four candles on the wreath traditionally stand for hope, peace, joy and love—attributes of Christ's presence in…

Play acting at Beaver Dam

When the trophies are awarded to church anniversary committees, please send a large one to the 175th anniversary committee of Beaver Dam Baptist Church in Fluvanna County. The plans for the D-Day invasion were not as well conceived and detailed!…

Thanks for conference

After all the dust has settled I wanted to write and say what a good job John Chandler did with the Virginia Baptist Pastors conference this year in Virginia Beach. I enjoyed listening to the story of the other pastors…