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Baptist diaspora: Mainstream convocation to focus on ‘new day’ in Baptist life

Analysis for Jan. 6, 2005 By Robert O'Brien What might be called the “Baptist Diaspora”-a wide array of Baptists dispersed by a quarter century of denominational discord-will gather in Atlanta, Feb. 25-26, to envision “A New Day in Baptist Life.”…

A new year’s message

In January 1867, the editorial team of Jeter and Dickinson began their second full year of owning, editing and publishing the Religious Herald, which they had revived following “the War.” While they admitted that “our remuneration has been small,” all…

Letters for Jan. 6, 2005

SBC excluding itself I just read my Religious Herald and saw that the Southern Baptist Convention leadership has chosen not to connect with the ecumenical group Christian Churches Together. I am confused. It is so painful to see the convention…

Don’t look away

Another View for Jan. 6, 2005 By Erich Bridges For days, maybe even weeks, many Christians will focus on the staggering human suffering in southern Asia. You're probably one of them. You've been moved by the heartrending stories of death…

Church & People News for January 6, 2005

S T A F F • C H A N G E S David Christian, to Ridgecrest Church, Lovingston, as pastor. Ben Thomas, to West End Church, Petersburg, as pastor. (The last name of this new pastor was incorrect in…

Baptist volunteers organizing relief for Sri Lanka, other stricken countries

(ABP) — Baptist volunteers from Texas and North Carolina are joining the international disaster-relief effort being called the largest in history, after earthquake-spawned tsunamis struck 12 countries in Southeast Asia and East Africa the day after Christmas. Texas Baptist Men…

Arkansas judge rules against policy banning gay foster parents

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A judge has overturned an Arkansas state policy banning the placement of foster children in any household with a gay adult, saying the state agency that created it had unconstitutionally overstepped its bounds. Pulaski County Circuit Judge…

Prominent church-state issues likely to resurface in 109th Congress

WASHINGTON (ABP) — As the 109th Congress goes to work in an atmosphere already charged with partisanship, legislative battles over religious and moral issues are virtually certain to remain as prominent as they were in the last session, according to…

College students ponder God’s call, their response to world’s need

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — For five days, more than 250 college students wrestled with their response to God's call to minister and the world's cry for help during the inaugural Antiphony conference at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, Ala. The…

‘Pro-family’ groups hail Trump win as ‘time for the church to arise’

BGCT: Listen to the women

Trump taps Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel

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