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Stranded Lebanese academic to address American Baptist missions conference

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (ABP) — A Lebanese Baptist minister critical of American evangelical Protestants' overwhelming support for Israel will address an American Baptist Churches missions conference Aug. 4. Martin Accad's address to participants at the ABCUSA International Ministries world missions…

Gore documentary film exposes diversity in evangelical opinion on environment

DALLAS (ABP) — A recent movie by Al Gore has helped reveal a diversity of opinion among Christians when it comes to the environment. While in recent years some evangelical and conservative groups have begun to acknowledge the case for…

Randel Everett to resign from Leland Center in Va.

ARLINGTON, Va. (ABP) — Randel Everett will resign at the end of the year as president of the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, where he has served for the past nine years. “These past nine years have been an…

Washington Supreme Court latest to rule against same-sex marriage

OLYMPIA, Wash. (ABP) — In the latest of several setbacks for gay-rights activists, Washington's Supreme Court narrowly voted to uphold that state's ban on same-sex marriage July 26. In a 5-4 decision, the state's highest court ruled against two groups…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for July 27, 2006

STAFF Carl Burger, to Mount Tabor Church, Keeling, as senior pastor. Roger Eunice, to Laurel Grove Church, Sutherlin, as senior pastor. Gary Tucker, to Shermont Church, Danville, as senior pastor. Michael Wright, resigning as pastor of Covington Church, Covington, to…

Moving out

Lowell and Eileen Vaught drove their grandson, Jonathan, to Farmville on Tuesday, July 11. They had made the trip from Troy before, but this day held a special excitement. Jonathan would not be returning with his grandparents. He would remain…

Poplar Spring students can’t get enough of Impact Virginia!

The students of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Richmond love Impact Virginia! — not only have they attended this mission-minded work camp for the past 10 years, this summer they decided one week at Impact wasn't enough. On Monday, June…

As U.S. missionaries are reported safe, Lebanese Baptists describe suffering

As United States Marines began evacuating Americans in earnest from a besieged Beirut July 19 and U.S. Baptist groups reported their missionaries in the region safe, a Lebanese Baptist leader said his people's suffering would seem “quite saddening and depressing”…

Virginia Baptists to send $8,000

The Virginia Baptist Mission Board is sending $8,000 to the Lebanese Baptist Society to use in the ministry to refugees fleeing the attacks in Lebanon. Jerry Jones, team leader for the board's glocal missions and evangelism team, approved the expenditure…

Here’s the real reason Hegseth should not be confirmed

Three new bills related to child sex crimes filed in Missouri

Evangelical leaders urge Trump to preserve refugee resettlement program

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