by Tony W. Cartledge | May 2, 2010 | Opinion
Whenever I’m in the vicinity of West Jefferson, Holy Trinity Church in nearby Glendale Springs draws me like a spiritual lodestone. The tiny Episcopal church was built in 1901, closed in 1946, and reopened in 1980 after a visionary pastor named Faulton Hodge...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 28, 2010 | Opinion
LifeWay Resources, a research arm of the Southern Baptist Convention’s publishing house, has taken note of an unsurprising disconnect between faith and faithfulness, at least when it comes to church attendance among “Millennials,” a demographic term...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 26, 2010 | Opinion
Last Friday night, with a 13-year-old son who likes such music, I attended my first rock concert, a student activities event at Campbell University headlined by a group called “Skillet.” It was quite an experience, one that I can call on for comfort the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 22, 2010 | Opinion
Charles L. Overby, chairman and CEO of the Freedom Forum and a staunch defender of the First Amendment, accepted the annual Judson-Rice award from Baptists Today April 22. The award luncheon was held at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.Overby has been...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 21, 2010 | Opinion
When I saw Barna’s recent report that 61 percent of unchurched adults think of themselves as Christians, and that 37 percent of adults who aren’t church-goers say they have been hurt by an experience or person within the church, my first response was...
