Compared to Southern Baptist Convention resolutions on the Boy Scouts and protection of children from sex predators, the one urging churches to develop intentional, compassionate ministries for the mentally ill got scant attention from local and national media. But it wasn’t overlooked by Ronnie Floyd,
On the site of the former Pocahontas High School -- the hub of the rural community until closed in 2008 -- leaders from Bluefield College and Clinch Valley Medical Center signed an agreement to create a health care clinic in the old high school that
Have you considered that giving is good for your health? Research shows that generosity benefits the well-being of those who give. Nick Davis of the Missouri Baptist Foundation examines other reasons to give at Christmas.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) -- Jack Causey, a fixture in North Carolina Baptist life for a half century, will retire from the Center for Congregational Health at the end of May.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America lists 10 best practices for ministerial health and wellness.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) -- During his installation March 18 as president of the Center for Congregational Health, Bill Wilson said churches and ministers are "in crisis." That's a breath-sucking observation from the head of an organization that has dealt with struggling congregations for nearly 20
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Twenty-five evangelical and Catholic leaders wrote members of Congress March 11 urging them not to let a dispute over abortion derail passage of health-care reform.
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- On the eve of a bipartisan summit on health-care reform in the nation's capital, thousands of people of faith signed a letter urging the White House and Congress to "complete the task at hand on behalf of the millions who are left
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Faith-based health care providers can lead the way in developing new models that emphasize wellness and prevention -- and create accountable-care organizations
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