WASHINGTON (RNS)—As the first Mormon selected by a major political party as its presidential candidate, will Mitt Romney’s barrier-breaking faith be a boon or bane to his White House campaign? Two studies on the question come to contradictory conclusions. In…
For Mormons, missions are like a ‘refiner’s fire’
WASHINGTON (RNS)—At age 19, Mitt Romney was a typical college student, schmoozing about politics, pulling pranks and sneaking away to see his girlfriend. Then he went on a 30-month Mormon mission in France. He returned to the United States in…
UPDATED EDITORIAL: Just another campaign?
Two paragraphs in Jim White's editorial, "Just another campaign," have been clarified. To read the updated material, which is italized, go here.
Baptist seminary in Prague, one of the first causes adopted by moderates, may move to Amsterdam
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (ABP)—Trustees of the International Baptist Theological Seminary—one of the earliest casualties of the theological dispute in the Southern Baptist Convention and among the first causes adopted by moderate Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic—have proposed relocating the seminary from…
Mid-Atlantic relief groups ready to respond to Isaac
RICHMOND—Baptist disaster relief organizations in the Mid-Atlantic were poised to respond Aug. 29 as flooding from Hurricane Isaac inundated wide sections of every Gulf Coast state. Relief organizers in Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia said no teams…
Baptist seminary in Prague, one of the first causes adopted by moderates, may move to Amsterdam
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (ABP)—Trustees of the International Baptist Theological Seminary—one of the earliest casualties of the theological dispute in the Southern Baptist Convention and among the first causes adopted by moderate Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic—have proposed relocating the seminary from…
Mid-Atlantic relief groups ready to respond to Isaac
RICHMOND—Baptist disaster relief organizations in the Mid-Atlantic were poised to respond Aug. 29 as flooding from Hurricane Isaac inundated wide sections of every Gulf Coast state. Relief organizers in Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia said no teams…
OPINION: Know thyself—An ancient-future challenge to churches
‘Know thyself.” This popular saying of the ancient world has been attributed to many Greek philosophers, including Socrates à la Plato and was inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Probably a common proverb used for various reasons and…
Burn victims find support in church, community
MINERAL, Va.—Elk Creek Baptist Church in Mineral, Va., is like hundreds of rural churches scattered along the turn of the road in the Mid-Atlantic. Nestled in a wooded area near the waters of Lake Anna, this small congregation saw a…