A Racial Unity Service Hits Home for Minister

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—During a recent racial unity worship service at Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Carolyn Staley was feeling nostalgic about the civil rights movement.   An admonition from Steven Arnold, pastor of St. Mark’s Baptist Church, and a glance at the...

Money, Morality at Stake in Mountaintop-Removal Mining

There is coal, and then there is mountaintop-removal coal. Many environmentalists and political leaders concede that it will take years to wean the nation away from its heavy dependence on coal-fired power plants as a major source of electricity. In the meantime, they...

BWA to Appoint New Director for Freedom and Justice

Raimundo César Barreto Jr. of Brazil is being recommended by the personnel committee for the position of director of the Division of Freedom and Justice (F&J) for the Baptist World Alliance (BWA).   The recommendation, which was shared with the executive...