The comment by Jim Wallis in your Aug. 27 edition is mean-spirited and over-the-top [Out Loud]. Let’s connect the dots. The March 12 Darfur editorial maligns former President Bush, but that editorial had nothing to do with him. The Jan….
FAITH DIGEST
Overseas Mormon missionaries won’t count. Mormon missionaries serving abroad will not be counted in the 2010 U.S. census, despite the hopes of Utah congressmen that the missionaries would be included, the Census Bureau said. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, has led…
Nilson Fanini, former Baptist World Alliance president, dies at 77
BEDFORD, Texas — Nilson Fanini, Brazilian pastor and evangelist who served as president of the Baptist World Alliance from 1995 to 2000, died Sept. 19. He was 77. During his term as BWA president, Fanini viewed the BWA’s primary role…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Pamela I. Chisholm, to Greenbrier Church, Arlington, as pastor. • Brian J. Hotaling, to Charles Town Church, Charles Town, W. Va., as pastor. • Gregory Washington, to St. Mark Church, Maidens, as pastor. MISSION IN EL SALVADOR:…
Morris Chapman to retire in 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Morris Chapman, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, announced plans Sept. 21 to retire at the end of September 2010. Morris Chapman announces retirement plans to the SBC Executive Committee. Chapman, a…
Unlike 1993, religious groups visible on both sides of health care debate
President Clinton’s health care reform bill went down to defeat in 1993, due in large part to the opposition of the Religious Right, and the political fallout helped usher in a Republican takeover of Congress and nearly crippled the rest…
EDITORIAL: Pewboy contemplates contemporary incivility
Pewboy, glass of water in hand, sat in his bathrobe before a keyboard staring blankly at the computer screen. A serious case of bed head and puffy, bloodshot eyes revealed the previous night’s sleep had not gone well. Two just…
HERITAGE: Investments in the future
Norman Bennett’s earliest spiritual experiences were in the primary department at Orcutt Avenue Baptist Church in Newport News. At age 6 he memorized the 100th Psalm and received his first Bible. While in the junior department at First Baptist Church,…
OUT LOUD
“…[I]t says something about the character of religious life in this society when preachers, priests and other religious leaders will not address the profound and provocative proof that our character suffers from a cancer that glorifies white leadership — however…