BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — It’s been more than five decades since the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in America, a lifetime since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent revolution against the inequality and injustice that permeated the American South….
Baptist Build connects churches in Winston-Salem, N.C.
WINST0N-SALEM, N.C. — Rob Lemons doesn’t know anything about the family that will one day occupy the house he’s helping build for them. He doesn’t know their names or their story, but that really doesn’t seem to matter to Lemons….
At Bluefield College, students find ways to raise money
BLUEFIELD, Va. — College students are constantly facing the issue of “being broke.” Whether they need $300 to purchase a plane ticket, or a dollar to buy a sweet tea from Mickey D’s, scrounging up the change isn’t always easy….
Criticism of contraceptive coverage policy grows
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new policy requiring some religious institutions to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives has drawn additional criticism, this time from both the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and — in a rare display of disagreement…
Criticism of contraceptive coverage policy grows
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new policy requiring some religious institutions to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives has drawn additional criticism, this time from both the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and — in a rare display of disagreement…
Till death (or illness or dementia) us do part?
LYNCHBURG, Va. (RNS) — Philip Weeks fondly remembers the days when his wife of 56 years, June, was a nurse and an artist whose paintings were compared to Rembrandt’s. Her paintings still hang in their home in Lynchburg, Va., but…
Virginia Intermont equestrians win 13th IHSA contest
BRISTOL, Va. — On the heels of winning Reserve Championship in the 2012 Overall Tournament of Champions National Series, Virginia Intermont College equestrians took first place in both home shows Feb. 4-5. VI’s Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Riding Team achieved…
Baptist campus minister named at Old Dominion
NORFOLK, Va. – Brett Baddorf has been named Baptist campus minister at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. Baddorf, who assumed the post Feb. 1, had been serving as interm campus minister for the past 18 months. Baddorf will coordinate…
Catholics support White House contraception mandate
NEW YORK (RNS) — A majority of Americans, including Catholics, believe that employers should be required to provide health care plans that cover contraception and birth control at no cost, according to a new survey. But the research by the…