‘He taught the Bible every Sunday from World War II to COVID’

STAFF CHANGES • Joel Bradberry, to Black Creek Church, Mechanicsville, as pastor, effective April 3. • Charles Peterson, to Cheriton Church, Cheriton, as pastor. • Karl Hrebik, to Crooked Run Church, Culpeper, as pastor. • Dan Ficklin, to Tuckahoe Church,…

Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance heard a positive financial report during a meeting of the group's executive committee March 7-9 in McLean. Despite large reductions in the group's budget over recent years-including a $425,000 annual loss as a result…

Global warming and other environmental problems have emerged as the most controversial issues within a national coalition trying to broaden the agenda of evangelical Christians. At a Capitol Hill forum March 10, the National Association of Evangelicals formally unveiled a…

Hundreds of Christians assembled March 11 for a weekend gathering attempting to protest and broaden the values agenda of President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress. The four-day Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice was sponsored in part by…

Charles Townes, a Nobel laureate who helped invent the laser and was an early pioneer in merging science and religion, has won the 2005 Templeton Prize and the more than $1.5 million that comes with it. “Charles Townes helped to…

BaptistWay Press, the publishing arm of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, will produce the Bible study materials for this summer's Baptist World Alliance Centenary Congress in Birmingham, England. The Texas publisher replaces LifeWay Christian Resources, the publishing arm of…

By Chris Meehan Bill Hybels stepped onto the stage at Willow Creek Community Church to give a sermon on money management. But the senior pastor of this trend-setting, Chicago-area congregation was not offering a fund-raising message asking the faithful to…