While about half of Protestant churches have Facebook pages, many essentially use it as a bulletin board, missing out on the potential to nurture relationships with congregants and its community. "It's OK for a church to use Facebook like a…
Herald welcomes columnist to community of writers
RICHMOND, Va.—The Religious Herald has added an eighth regular columnist to its group of opinion writers. Gary Long, pastor of First Baptist Church in Gaithersburg, Md., will offer perspective in the bi-weekly print edition, which also will be posted on…
HERITAGE: Looking to the future
Exactly a century ago Frederick W. Claybrook, a native of the Northern Neck of Virginia and for 40 years a prominent pastor and builder of churches, led in the constituting of a chapel in the farming and fishing community of…
Baptists, White House officials discuss policy issues
WASHINGTON — A delegation of 60 Baptist pastors from almost 20 states — including about two dozen from the Mid-Atlantic — participated in a White House briefing March 7, joining administration officials in a four-hour dialogue on policy topics ranging…
Baptists, White House officials discuss policy issues
WASHINGTON — A delegation of 60 Baptist pastors from almost 20 states — including about two dozen from the Mid-Atlantic — participated in a White House briefing March 7, joining administration officials in a four-hour dialogue on policy topics ranging…
Baptists, White House officials discuss policy issues
WASHINGTON — A delegation of 60 Baptist pastors from almost 20 states — including about two dozen from the Mid-Atlantic — participated in a White House briefing March 7, joining administration officials in a four-hour dialogue on policy topics ranging…
Baptists, White House officials discuss policy issues
WASHINGTON — A delegation of 60 Baptist pastors from almost 20 states — including about two dozen from the Mid-Atlantic — participated in a White House briefing March 7, joining administration officials in a four-hour dialogue on policy topics ranging…
Baptists, White House officials discuss policy issues
WASHINGTON — A delegation of 60 Baptist pastors from almost 20 states — including about two dozen from the Mid-Atlantic — participated in a White House briefing March 7, joining administration officials in a four-hour dialogue on policy topics ranging…
Baptists, White House officials discuss policy issues
WASHINGTON — A delegation of 60 Baptist pastors from almost 20 states — including about two dozen from the Mid-Atlantic — participated in a White House briefing March 7, joining administration officials in a four-hour dialogue on policy topics ranging…
Unconventional project combines church, apartments
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Church at Clarendon just outside Washington has returned to the site where it was organized more than a century ago after a two-year project which transformed the classical building into a 10-story structure topped by condominiums,…
Burma refugee liaison is new BWAid director
WASHINGTON — An advocate for Burmese refugees has been named director of Baptist World Aid, an agency which works closely with Baptist disaster relief organizations in Virginia and North Carolina. Rothangliani Rema Chhangte will assume her new role with BWAid,…
Jews are world’s most migratory religious group
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Ever since their mad dash out of Egypt bound for the Promised Land, Jews have been on the move — and they continue to be, far more than any other religious group, according to a new study….