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At 200, missionary movement ponders the future

At 200, missionary movement ponders the future

When Adoniram Judson and four other missionaries sailed on "The Caravan" (pictured) from Salem, Mass., to India, they kicked off a movement to spread the faith and created America’s most potent export: Christianity.

‘A miniature Christian bookstore’ in the palm of your hand

‘A miniature Christian bookstore’ in the palm of your hand

God may hold the whole world in his hand, but persecuted Christians can now hold an entire seminary library on a fingertip.

Megadeth star takes thrash metal -- and seminary -- on tour

Megadeth star takes thrash metal -- and seminary -- on tour

As new students wandered onto the campus of Concordia Seminary in Clayton, Mo., last September, they were joined by a genuine rock star -- David Ellefson a founding member of the legendary thrash metal band Megadeth.

A book by a Baptist who happens to be a former president

A book by a Baptist who happens to be a former president

Jimmy Carter was president for four years, but his new book is based on a role that he's held for nearly 70 years: Sunday school teacher.

 
Richmond girl recognized for exuberance in missions
By Barbara Francis, Staff Writer   
Friday, January 27, 2012
Missions is part of Hannah Craft’s spiritual DNA, say those who know the 12-year-old well. A member of North Run Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., Craft has always shown enthusiasm for learning about and doing missions, say leaders of the Girls in Action group at North Run. Girls in Action is a Woman’s Missionary Union mission organization for girls in grades 1-6. Last year, Hannah was named Virginia's Outstanding GA.
 
Leonard installed in Baptist chair at Wake Forest
By Jim White, Editor   
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Amid academic pageantry, Baptist historian Bill Leonard was officially installed Jan. 24 as the first Dunn Professor of Baptist Studies at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Named in honor of James and Marilyn Dunn of Winston-Salem, N.C., the endowed chair will provide an on-going Baptist studies faculty presence at the divinity school.
 
BC event features winter adventure, faith decisions
By Chris Shoemaker   
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Three hundred thirty-three youth from 12 churches across Virginia stormed the Bluefield College campus Jan. 14-16 for the school’s three-day extreme winter worship adventure known as Winter Blast. some 72 teens made professions of faith during Winter Blast, recently dubbed one of the fastest growing youth retreats in the region.
 
Children’s project empowers women around the world
By Herald Staff   
Friday, January 20, 2012
A hunger relief project initiated in 2009 by three children and their teacher in a mission education class at a small church on Virginia’s Eastern Shore has mushroomed into a multi-church endeavor which will provide thousands of dollars to help women in impoverished communities around the world achieve their full potential.
 
Burn victim in Jamaica reunites with benefactor
By John Crane, Danville Register & Bee   
Friday, January 20, 2012
It was a brief reunion recently for two women who share a bond reaching back more than 25 years. In 1985 Ann Wright was doing Christian missionary work on Jamaica when she first saw Charila Phillips. Four years old at the time, Phillips still had damage to her face from being scalded by boiling water. Wright was determined to help.
 
HeraldBeat
By Barbara Francis, HeraldBeat Editor   
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic
 
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
By Robert Dilday, Managing Editor   
Friday, January 20, 2012
2012 Heritage Fellows applications open / High school students have essay opportunity
 
Raleigh, N.C., church administrator charged with theft
By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press   
Thursday, January 19, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) -- A former administrator at a prominent North Carolina moderate Baptist church was arrested recently and charged with embezzling more than $136,000 in church funds over a five-year period.
 
Supreme Court declines to review N.C. prayer case
By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press   
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Jan. 17 to reconsider a lower court’s decision barring a North Carolina county from invoking prayers in Jesus’ name at twice-a-month meetings of its main governing body.
 
MLK holiday a day of service for Baltimore church
By Alice Horner, Associated Baptist Press   
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Observing a national holiday honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., members of a Baptist church in Baltimore took advantage of their day off from work for service opportunities as a way to live out the legendary minister’s dream. Jan. 16 was the first year for a Day of Service at University Baptist Church.

 
Baptists dedicate school, orphanage in Haiti
By Robert Dilday, Managing Editor   
Monday, January 16, 2012
Almost exactly two years after a devastating earthquake killed thousands in Haiti, Baptists on the island nation and their international partners dedicated a building Jan. 7 housing a school and orphanage for children impacted by the disaster in Port-au-Prince.
 
Baptists across Mid-Atlantic recall King's legacy
By Robert Dilday, Managing Editor   
Monday, January 16, 2012
As the nation observed Martin Luther King Day Jan. 16, churches and institutions with Baptist ties across the Mid-Atlantic recalled the legacy of the slain civil rights leader with sermons, lecture series and acts of service in communities stretching from North Carolina to Maryland.
 
In Durham, N.C., Forbes calls for spiritual awakening
By Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, Durham Herald-Sun   
Monday, January 16, 2012
James Forbes, pastor emeritus of Riverside Church in New York City, called for jobs and sustenance for all and a new spiritual awakening in the United States during a sermon at Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., Jan. 15 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It’s one thing to have the spirit inside you, he said, it’s another to show it through your behavior and policies.
 

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The United Nations reports about 2.5 million people in forced labor -- including sexual exploitation -- as a result of human trafficking. Christians are beginning to tackle this modern-day slavery. Read more ...

Read these related stories:
• WMU advocates for children victimized by trafficking
• Mexican poverty creates climate for exploitation


   
PERSPECTIVE 

EDITORIAL: Principles are sometimes hard to hold By Jim White
For Baptists of old, freedom of religious thought and practice was more than an academic hold-over from previous generations. Being sent to jail tends to make it personal.

VITAL SIGNS: The unbalanced church By Bill Wilson
Nearly everyone agrees that the primary mission of the church is captured in texts like the Great Commission and a host of images and metaphors.  

HERITAGE: ABCs of Virginia BaptistsBy Fred Anderson
There are some fundamental ABCs about Virginia Baptists, and many Baptists, if not most, are inadequate in their knowledge. Who are Virginia Baptists?  

TRENDING: Designer faith, part 1By John Chandler
“If World War II-era warbler Kate Smith sang today, her anthem could be Gods Bless America,” USA Today quipped. It’s a remark about America's drift toward “designer faiths.”  

VIEWPOINT: Songs about love and deathBy Lisa Cole Smith
I feel sadness that I can’t quite shake and it’s strange to me because it all stems from an album I just listened to. It isn't the subject matter; it's the guy who wrote it.  

VIEWPOINT: Somebody's daughterBy Derik Hamby
I often wonder about the daughters of those who fear women who preach love and grace. What if their little girls grow up and feel God’s call to the pastorate?  

VIEWPOINT: Special treatment hurts both church and stateBy Tom Ehrich
It’s time for religion to lose its special treatment in the Constitution and in tax codes. Not because religion has ceased to matter, but because it matters more than ever.  

WINN RECOMMENDS By Winn Collier
Reviews of books include Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson; Just War as Christian Discipleship, by Daniel Bell; and The Word Militant, by Walter Brueggemann.  


OUT LOUD: Quotes from the global media  

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Regrets attitudes to women pastors  


   
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