Ministers go online to meet spouses

Online dating appeals even to young ministers, who due to their vocation must be wary about looking for love in the wrong places.

Churches' contributions listed

A detailed summary of Cooperative Mission gifts given in 2009 through the Baptist General Association of Virginia's treasurer's office from churches affiliated with the BGAV has been released.

At Carter’s church, former president still a draw

Years after his presidency ended, Jimmy Carter's Sunday school lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., still attract out-of-town vistors, curious tourists -- and faith seekers.

Historical revisionism or accurate rendering?

For some, artist Jon McNaughton's work is the latest effort by the religious right to re-construe American history as an exclusively Christian endeavor.

Dallas church publicly acknowledges welcoming stance toward gays

By Ken Camp, Baptist Standard
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
DALLAS -- A North Dallas church has changed its website to identify itself as inclusive of varied sexual orientations -- a move that potentially could put the church at odds with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Read more Add comment

Hymnal aims to introduce old favorites, latest compositions to new generation

By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

ATLANTA (ABP) -- Bucking a trend in many churches to eschew four-part harmonies for praise choruses projected on a screen, a new hymnal released March 8 seeks to introduce both old favorites and lesser-known new compositions to a new generation of Baptist congregations.

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250 Baptist churches destroyed by Chile quake, says Baptist World Alliance

By Herald Staff

Saturday, March 06, 2010

FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- About 250 Baptist churches in Chile were destroyed in the earthquake that shook the country Feb. 27, according to the BWA. Pastors visiting affected areas described devastation “like a scene from World War Two” and wept when seeing the scale of the disaster, reported a Baptist leader.

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Study says blogs a growing but largely untapped influence on religion

By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press
Friday, March 05, 2010
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (ABP) -- Blogs are a growing but still relatively underutilized influence on today's religious discourse, according to a study of the religious blogosphere by the Social Science Research Council. Read more Add comment

New Baptist hymnal unveiled in Atlanta

By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press

Monday, March 08, 2010

ATLANTA (ABP) -- A new hymnal for Baptist churches premiered in Atlanta March 7. The resource is a collaborative initiative of more than 50 leaders from the United States and Canada comprised of pastors, church musicians, composers, scholars and laity.

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Rankin welcomes 'token commitment' to increased IMB funding by task force

By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press

Thursday, March 04, 2010

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) -- The head of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board welcomed a recent progress report by a Great Commission Task Force as a "token" step toward redistributing more resources to the denomination's primary task of reaching the lost.

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Baylor University slated to receive $200 million, the largest gift in its history

By Baptist Standard Staff
Thursday, March 04, 2010
WACO, Texas -- Baylor University has announced the largest gift in the school’s history -- an estate provision estimated at $200 million from an anonymous donor. Read more Add comment

Ministers go online to meet spouses

Churches' contributions listed

At Carter’s church, former president still a draw

Historical revisionism or accurate rendering?

Igor and Mariana Seremet discuss their partnership in Moldova with Virginia Baptists.

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