ROANOKE — The Baptist General Association of Virginia has upheld a committee’s decision to end the state association’s affiliation with a church which ordained an openly gay man to the ministry earlier this fall. In the opening session of its…
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“If any religious leaders say tomorrow that the hurricane is God’s punishment against some group, they’re idiots. God’s ways are not our ways.” James Martin The writer for America magazine was tweeting about Hurricane Sandy. (RNS) “Protecting the freedom of…
Baptist response resumes in Northeast with increased food demand as leaders expect long-term effort
Baptist disaster response teams in New Jersey and New York resumed operations Nov. 9 after a nor’easter’s wind, rain and snow forced a temporary suspension of activities in the region still recovering from Hurricane Sandy. Trucks loaded with food for…
Baptist response resumes in Northeast with increased food demand as leaders expect long-term effort
Baptist disaster response teams in New Jersey and New York resumed operations Nov. 9 after a nor’easter’s wind, rain and snow forced a temporary suspension of activities in the region still recovering from Hurricane Sandy. Trucks loaded with food for…
Baptist response resumes in Northeast with increased food demand as leaders expect long-term effort
Baptist disaster response teams in New Jersey and New York resumed operations Nov. 9 after a nor’easter’s wind, rain and snow forced a temporary suspension of activities in the region still recovering from Hurricane Sandy. Trucks loaded with food for…
Baptist response resumes in Northeast with increased food demand as leaders expect long-term effort
Baptist disaster response teams in New Jersey and New York resumed operations Nov. 9 after a nor’easter’s wind, rain and snow forced a temporary suspension of activities in the region still recovering from Hurricane Sandy. Trucks loaded with food for…
Difficult church talks require trust, familiar relations — an increasingly rare combo, says expert
WINSTON-SALEM — Congregational discussions about sensitive issues won’t succeed without a hefty dose of trust based on close relationships — a combination increasingly absent in churches, says a consultant in church conflict management. “It’s difficult to have a significant conversation…
Abandon ‘human point of view’ to reconcile racial conflicts, pastors tell Baptists in N.C.
WINSTON-SALEM — Reconciling racial conflicts requires abandoning a “human point of view,” two pastors told a group of Baptists in North Carolina last weekend. “There’s power when we look at people from a ‘Jesus point of view,’ ” said Darryl…
Va., N.C. relief teams suspend operations as nor’easter brings new misery to New Jersey, New York
A nor’easter whipping up the East Coast brought wind, rain and snow to New Jersey and New York yesterday, forcing Baptist disaster response units from Virginia and North Carolina to suspend feeding and recovery operations for at least a day….