NEW YORK, N.Y.–WORLD magazine has named veteran journalist and businessman Warren Cole Smith to be the publication’s associate publisher. In this newly created role, Smith will be responsible for public relations and development for the magazine. “WORLD has a first-rate team of writers and editors who have been telling other people’s stories for the past... Continue Reading

The Associated Baptist Press is reporting that a North Carolina judge has ruled in favor of two registered sex offenders arrested in May for attending a Baptist church near Raleigh. The men were indicted May 11 for violating a state law requiring sex offenders to stay at least 300 feet away from places used primarily... Continue Reading

Sarah Hunter Pressly, 88, of Due West, widow of Dr. Francis Young Pressly, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. She was born on Nov. 6, 1921 in Little Rock, Ark., to the late John L. and Sarah Douglass Hunter. Mrs. Pressly was a graduate of ErskineCollege and the University of... Continue Reading

A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization requested a meeting with Christian evangelist Franklin Graham to discuss his latest remarks attacking Islam, saying on CNN……”true Islam cannot be practiced in this country. You can’t beat your wife. You cannot murder your children if you think they’ve committed adultery or something like that, which... Continue Reading

Renaissance Weekend, the non-partisan retreat founded in 1981 to build bridges among innovative leaders from diverse fields, brought 1,000 participants to Charleston, South Carolina, for 500 lectures, seminars, discussions, and performances concluding with their singing of “Auld Lang Syne” and “God Bless America” at the stroke of the New Year. The tradition was founded and... Continue Reading

An interview with The Rev. Robert White, interfaith chaplain of Bethesda House in Schenectady since 2006 when he retired as senior minister at the First Reformed Church of Schenectady. What are some tenets of the Reformed Church movement? It’s the religion of the original Dutch settlers, identical in theology and worship to the Presbyterian Church.... Continue Reading

Award-winning Christian music artists Natalie Grant and Bart Millard are set to host the 2010 GMA Dove Awards, where the Christian music industry’s highest honor will be bestowed for the 41st year. The Gospel Music Association (GMA) officially announced its initial hosts, appearances and plans for the annual awards show Wednesday – one month after... Continue Reading

In the USA Today/Gallup Poll, Graham was ranked sixth in the list of men living today that Americans most admire – a result that comes as no surprise given that he has been on the top-ten list every year since 1955. Pope Benedict XVI, meanwhile, was virtually tied with Graham with two percent of the... Continue Reading

Rev. Tim Tinsley, former associate minister of Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas, has been called as the 13th pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga, Tenn. He was elected by the congregation at a meeting December 20, Judge Mickey Barker, chairman of the nine-member search committee, said. Judge Barker stated, “We’re excited about Rev.... Continue Reading

Bryan Brown is a conservative, activist and unapologetic Christian. Of that there is no doubt. But does that mean he is also mentally ill? Too ill even to be a lawyer? The bureaucracy that controls access to Indiana’s legal profession believes that very thing. Brown alleges that he was subjected to a series of hostile... Continue Reading