RICHMOND, Va. — For the first time in 30 years, Virginia Baptists Committed will not endorse a slate of nominees this fall for officers of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. The decision, taken at the moderate advocacy group’s semi-annual…
National Day of Prayer proclamation unwise and unnecessary, says BJC
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Despite a recent court ruling that a law establishing a National Day of Prayer cannot be challenged in court, officials at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty said such official religious declarations are misguided and unnecessary….
Opinion: The real royals
Many folks were glued to their TV sets watching the events of the Royal Wedding. My 6-year-old daughter was amazed. She thought princes and princesses were only in her Disney movies. She said, “Daddy, I am going to have to…
Baptists respond to deadly outbreak of tornadoes in Alabama
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (ABP) — Amid overwhelming destruction following the second-deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history, Baptist Christians stepped forward to do their part to help. “We can’t do everything, but we can do something and do it well,” Ronnie Brewer,…
ABP directors celebrate press, religious freedom with awards
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Freedom of religion and the press are two Baptist gifts important to both church and state, two award recipients said at a May 1 ceremony sponsored by Associated Baptist Press. On the eve of ABP’s semi-annual…
Money and men convincing some Baptist schools to return to gridiron
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Money and men are the two main reasons several Baptist colleges are bringing football back to campus. Presidents of Baptist schools like Bluefield College, Campbell University, Mercer University, Oklahoma Baptist University and Stetson University believe merging…
Royal wedding holds lessons on church-state separation, experts say
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Two American church-state experts say Friday’s British royal wedding holds lessons about why the marriage of church and state is a bad one. Anticipating nuptials for Prince William and Kate Middleton at London's Westminster Abbey, the Washington…
The Word of God, in every language
The technological breakthrough of the printing press paved the way for the King James Bible to be distributed in a timeframe never imagined before. Technology is still playing a critical role today by dramatically accelerating the rate at which the…
Concord Baptist Association team adds room to church in South Africa
SOUTH HILL, Va. — Virginia Baptists’ partnership with South Africa has provided the opportunity for many churches and associations to sponsor church plants with the Free State Baptist Association, one of seven regional associations of the Baptist Union of Southern…