With help from a former secretary of state, an influential think tank focusing on foreign relations has launched a new initiative that will study and explain the role religion plays in foreign policy. The Council on Foreign Relations, with offices…
NAMB panel to study charges, but agency won’t release audit
By Greg Warner Associated Baptist Press Trustees of the North American Mission Board are asking a task force to see if there is any truth to allegations-first reported in the Christian Index-that the NAMB's evangelism and church-planting efforts are lagging…
Whether I live or die
Editorial for March 16, 2006 By Jim White We heard the words spoken over the past weekend. “A State Department spokesman reports that the FBI has verified that a body found in Iraq Friday morning was that of 54-year-old Tom…
What TFA told FDR
Heritage Column for March 16, 2006 By Fred Anderson In September 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a letter on White House stationery which was sent to a young minister in Toledo, Ohio. By happenstance, the minister probably received the letter…
Letters to the Editor for March 16, 2006
Methodist decision I recently read the article in the March 9 issue of the Herald regarding the United Methodist Church's general conference for 2012 not being held in Richmond due to the R-Braves name being racially charged. While I don't…
Church & People News for March 9, 2006
Staff Changes Steven B. Flowers, to Antioch Church, Yale, as pastor. Armand A. Jalbert, to Sedley Church, Sedley, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Curtis Faison, resigning as pastor of Newsoms Church, Newsoms. Jere Allen, to…
Church & People News for March 16, 2006
Staff Changes Thomas J. Ferrell, to Bethel Church, Woodford, as pastor. David and Judy Bailey, to Oakland Church, Gum Spring, as co-pastors. Wes Moore, to Liberty Church, Hopewell, as pastor. Keith Reynolds, to New Vision Church, Martinsville, as pastor. Roger…
Six tips for preachers
Another View for March 16, 2006 By Tom Ehrich Religion News Service Every weekend, bold men and women stand up in church and do something many parishioners wish they wouldn’t do: They preach. They stand inside lofty pulpits, behind lecterns…
It’s time we focus on our own sins
Another View for March 16, 2006 By Anne Graham Lotz Religion News Service When I attended the “The Hand of God in U.S. Politics” seminar at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the attendees seemed alarmed about the power…
Taking off the mask
First Person for February 23, 2006 By Connie Cavanaugh One day Susan called and asked if I had time to squeeze in a walk. We hadn’t walked for weeks because life had dished up a few extra helpings on both…
Nobody likes criticism. Why should NAMB be different?
Editorial for February 23, 2006 By Jim White On pages 2 and 3 of this issue, we have shared a news story that involves the North American Mission Board and what the state Baptist paper of Georgia, the Christian Index…
Aunt Ida shares a whopper
Editorial for March 9, 2006 By Jim White Dear Jimmy, Well have I got a story to tell you. Every year your Uncle Orley and his brothers get together for a big fishin’ trip. As they have gone several years…