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EDITORIAL: Bumper sticker wars

As I write this, I am preparing to attend the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina. Aside from the anticipated bickering over the presidency and predicted controversy over resolutions, messengers are sure to hear a challenge from current…

ANOTHER VIEW: Mission givers break cultural mold

American evangelicals stand accused of being captives of culture—selfish, materialistic, unconcerned about the world. If we're honest, sometimes we have to plead guilty as charged. Christian pollster George Barna frequently supplies the evidence to convict us. His research measures the…

A long friendship

The days around Memorial Day weekend 2006 will long be remembered as the visit to Virginia by a delegation of some 25 Chinese from the China Christian Council, who were hosted by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. For several years…

Religious broadcasters fear viewers may opt out

Evangelical Christians are on the front lines in the battle over indecency on cable television, calling for a pick-and-choose pricing plan that would allow viewers to keep certain channels out of their homes. But on the opposite end of the…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for June 15, 2006

STAFF CHANGES Jim Booth, to Staples Mill Road Church, Glen Allen, as pastor, effective June 25. Kevin Schrum, to Smithland Church, Heathsville, as full-time pastor. Juan Garcia, to First Church, Newport News, as Hispanic pastor. Mike Jones, to Enon Church,…

Correction

In the June 14 ABP story “SBC sends Burleson dispute back to IMB trustees,” please correct the spelling of Robin Hadaway's name in the 15th paragraph. It is Hadaway, not Hattaway.

UPDATED: Amended abstinence resolution calls for all SBC trustees to be teetotalers

GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — Declaring “our total opposition to the … consuming of alcoholic beverages,” Southern Baptist Convention messengers adopted a strongly worded resolution on the issue June 14. Messengers adopted 15 resolutions presented by the SBC Resolutions Committee on…

SBC messengers ask for studies of execs’ perks, IMB turmoil

GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — Taking aim at issues ranging from SBC executives' perks, to Calvinism, from pandemics to what they should call homosexuals, messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting presented a flurry of motions. In fact, 29 motions…

Will election of SBC president deal blow to neo-Calvinism?

GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — When Southern Baptist Convention messengers elected dark-horse candidate Frank Page of South Carolina as president, they not only sent a populist message to the powerbrokers who backed other candidates, but also — at least in the…

Du Mez, Jones and Bass say lies about California fires are portents of things to come

Hearing voices

What drove young white males to vote for Trump?

Landmark study documents religious faith of LGBTQ Americans