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Responding with a purpose

Virginia Baptists are helping Baptists in India to restore hope to thousands of victims of the tsunami that wreaked havoc around the Indian Ocean at the end of last year. One effort involves support for a continuing Christian witness there….

How you can help in India

There are a variety of ways to participate in the Virginia Baptist relief project with Indian Baptists: • Raise funds for the immediate placement in a children's home of at least 100 children affected by the tsunami. The cost for…

GUEST EDITORIAL: The century of democracy? Don’t hold your breath

These are heady days for lovers of democracy. Millions of Iraqis defied the threat of death from terrorist murderers-including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has declared war on “evil” democracy-to go to the polls in January. It's the “biggest change since…

On God’s Hill

About a century ago a strong-willed and highly-articulate visionary named Nannie Helen Burroughs, a native Virginian, persuaded her fellow African-American Baptists to establish a school for girls and young women. She dreamed of a self-help educational institution which would provide…

Letters for Feb. 17, 2005

The result of 21-C I am sharing this as a result of the time I spent at 21-C a couple of weeks ago. It was refreshing to hear Bob Roberts share of his church's approach to being “church” in his…

Church & People for Feb. 17, 2005

S T A F F • C H A N G E S David Washburn, to First Church, Waynesboro, as senior pastor. Mike Copple, to Dundas Church, Dundas, as pastor. Leonard Castleman, to Fairmont Church, Boones Mill, as pastor….

Florida Baptists, others launch effort to pass state marriage amendment

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — The Florida Baptist Convention is among a coalition of organizations that announced, on Valentine's Day, a drive to amend the Florida Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. At a Feb. 14 news conference, an alliance calling itself…

Sale of Missouri Baptist Building delayed after failed county vote

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Building is once again on the market, after voters Feb. 8 gave a resounding “no” to a sales tax increase that would have funded a county government's purchase of the property. Voters…

Planned cap on CBF partner funding would cut money for some, not others

ATLANTA (ABP) — A plan under consideration by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship would cap CBF funding of outside organizations, which could reduce CBF support for some traditional ministry partners by as much as 31 percent. The long-awaited proposal from the…

Creating a sanctuary in times of fear

Author calls Christians to the ‘courageous middle’

Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism effort ignores Jewish groups

If a felon can lead, why can’t they vote?