In three-hour interview, Mohler says he ‘hopes and prays’ Jimmy Carter is born again

Heritage Seekers, a Baptist heritage magazine for children and their families, has released its second issue. The second issue focuses on Baptists working together and tells the stories of Nannie Helen Burroughs, Blanche Sydnor White, Wendy Ryan and Shirley Hayes….

James G. Hamacher has been elected executive director of missions by the Middle District Baptist Association, a fellowship of churches in Amelia, Chesterfield and Powhatan counties and part of the city of Richmond. Hamacher will begin his ministry June 1….

Volunteers are being sought for a Virginia Baptist construction project in Grenada. Two or three volunteers are needed to help build two frame houses on the Caribbean island. The project is at the top of the Grenada Baptist Association's help…

The annual walk-a-thon held by the Virginia Baptist Children's Home & Family Services continues to be the fundraising highlight for providing benevolent care to the hundreds of at-risk children and youth, as well as adults with developmental disabilities, who turn…

Baptists of the world are more interested in unity and ministry than in denominational squabbles like the one dividing Baptists in the southern United States, said Denton Lotz, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance. “It's a lot better to…

A Baptist lay pastor has been beheaded in Bangladesh, the second Christian leader to lose his life in that country in a year, according to a Christian news organization. Dulal Sarkar was attacked by Muslim extremists as he returned home…

Baptist groups from around the world affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance have contributed as much as $15 million so far in relief for victims of the Dec. 26 South Asian tsunamis, according to a BWA official. The director of…

The Israeli organizers of a controversial gay and lesbian festival that was scheduled for August in Jerusalem have decided to postpone the event for a year. Sponsors of the WorldPride international festival rescheduled the event for Aug. 6-12, 2006, so…

A year after Massachusetts became the first-and so far only-state in the country to legalize gay marriage, conservative groups said marriage still “faces grave threats,” while gay marriage advocates say their progress has been slow but steady. May 17 marked…