Bluefield launches social network. New Bluefield College students are getting to know one another, even before they step foot on the BC campus, thanks to a new social network called BC Bound. Designed by the college’s admissions office, BC Bound…
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Hispanic pastor facing deportation. A Hispanic Baptist pastor arrested last summer by immigration authorities will find out Sept. 2 whether he will be deported for a crime committed in 1995. Hector Villanueva, pastor of Bautista la Rocha in Siler City,…
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“This Shariah law business is … just crazy. And I’m tired of dealing with the crazies. It’s just unnecessary to be accusing this guy of things just because of his religious background.” Chris Christie The Republican governor of New Jersey…
Missional education seeks to train church leaders contextally
Call it a buzz word, a euphemism for the emergent movement or a description of profound shifts in ecclesiology — the term "missional" is entrenched in the vocabulary of 21st century Christianity. Although the concept is subject to wide-ranging and…
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“What serious, let alone decent religiously conscious person — left or right, conservative or liberal — would knowingly work to enrich this dreadful man who will go down in history as the epitome of everything that all religion says it’s…
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Virginia disaster relief agency hopes faith groups will adopt projects
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is asking faith-based organizations and volunteer groups to adopt repair and reconstruction projects in Virginia to help with continued recovery from last spring’s destructive tornadoes. “We want to encourage Virginia Baptist…