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Jumping on the religious bandwagon

By Helena Andrews “Omnium finis imminet.” The end is here. So warns NBC's miniseries Revelations, based on the similarly named book of the Bible. It premiered April 13 at 9 p.m. Critics are calling it Hollywood's latest attempt to hop…

Church & People News for April 14, 2005

Staff Changes Bryan Brooks, to Windsor Church, Windsor, as pastor. Phillip V. Faig, to Gayton Church, Richmond, as pastor. Tim Kirby, to Hermitage Church, Church View, as pastor. Harold Draper, to Fontaine Church, Martinsville, as interim pastor. Drexel Rayford, to…

McLaren speaks in Kentucky after controversy

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) — Challenging Christians to become “apprentices of Jesus,” emerging church leader Brian McLaren spoke at a Kentucky Baptist Convention-related school just a few weeks after being uninvited from speaking at a convention-sponsored event. McLaren, one of the…

In New York, legislators block reactivation of death penalty

NEW YORK (ABP) — A state legislative committee has effectively blocked the reinstatement of New York's death-penalty law. A committee of the New York State Assembly killed legislation April 12 that would have reinstated the state's capital-punishment statute. The law…

Sri Lanka asks Baptist agency to mold foster-care program

DALLAS (ABP) — The government of Sri Lanka has invited a Texas Baptist agency to shape the country's first child protective services program, with the man who got the group involved in January's tsunami-relief efforts taking the lead. David Beckett,…

Connecticut, Maryland legislators pass domestic-partner bills

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Legislators in Connecticut and Maryland have passed bills providing state protection for relationships between domestic partners, including same-sex relationships. On April 6, the Connecticut Senate voted 27-9 for a bill that would create civil unions — legal…

Letter for April 7, 2005

Thanks to Virginia Baptists I want to make Virginia Baptists aware of a very important ministry being provided that is often unnoticed: Ministry to ministers and their families when the go through either forced termination or being driven to find…

Virginia Baptists’ response to tsunami relief in India

Contributions from Virginia Baptists for the Indian relief project through March 31 with the following designations: • Southern Baptist Convention (IMB): $96,197 • Baptist World Alliance (BWAid): $39,261 • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship: $77,444 • Virginia Baptist Mission Board: $226,275 –…

WMU of Virginia to have booth at Women’s Show

Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia will once more have a booth at the Southern Women's Show, to be held this year April 15-17 at the Richmond Raceway Complex in Richmond. WMUV has had a booth at the show for more…

‘Your actions do matter,’ panelists urged those fearful of Trump authoritarianism

Caged and aged

‘Cloistering’ is not the answer to America’s great divide, Burge says

The (unforgivable?) sins of the white American church