NARROWS, Va. — Attorneys challenging a Southwest Virginia county school board’s decision to hang the Ten Commandments in a high school hallway are calling “absurd” the board’s claim that is isn’t responsible for the display, the Roanoke (Va.) Times has…
Break through barriers, national leader tell WMUV annual meeting
LYNCHBURG, Va — God offers a way for Christians to break through barriers they encounter in being faithful disciples of Jesus, a national Woman’s Missionary Union leader told members of the organization’s Virginia affiliate Nov. 5. “I’m reminded here of…
BWA leaders bring “fullness of what it means to be Baptist†to peace summit
ASSISI, Italy — Two top leaders of the Baptist World Alliance brought “the fullness of what it means to be Baptist” to an interfaith summit of peace and justice, hosted Oct. 27 by Pope Benedict XVI and attended by about…
Mercer University grants domestic-partner benefits to gays
MACON, Ga. (ABP) — As one university affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention captured headlines with a new policy that effectively bans gay employees, another historically Georgia Baptist school announced adoption of a domestic-partner benefit policy providing access to health…
New Baptist Covenant II speakers include prominent Virginia evangelist
A suburban Washington-based church planter and evangelist who serves as president of a prominent African-American Baptist denomination will be among the speakers at the New Baptist Covenant II, it was announced Nov. 2. Carroll Baltimore of Gainesville, Va., president of…
Wake’s divinity school marks KJV anniversary with exhibit, choral service
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Whether or not you use the King James translation of the Bible for your devotional reading, preaching or comparative study, there is no denying the impact that early English translation Bible has had in the Christian universe…
N.C. county petitions U.S. Supreme Court to hear prayer case
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina county is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court’s ruling that prayers offered in Jesus’ name at meetings of the county’s board of commissioners are a constitutionally impermissible endorsement of religion….
Baptist-produced immigration film to be screened at Richmond, Va., theater
RICHMOND, Va. — “Gospel Without Borders,” a documentary film produced by the Baptist Center for Ethics which explores Christian responses to immigration, will be screened Nov. 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond, Va. The event is sponsored…
VIEWPOINT: Celebrating the Reformation?
Some people regard the 16th-century Reformation as one of the great irruptions in history that had deleterious consequences for the visible unity of the church and wonder whether it should be celebrated. They argue that those who shared in the…