O, Death O, Death Won’t you spare me over til another year Well what is this that I can't see With ice cold hands takin’ hold of me Well I am death, none can excel I’ll open the door to…
VITAL SIGNS: Describe a healthy pastor search process, please
The search process for a new pastor is both an exhilarating and a risky time for a congregation. Healthy congregations go at this task from the framework of a spiritual discernment process that is unique to the free-call tradition of…
OPINION: It’s not about Sunday
We need to focus more on Sunday morning. We need to start a new worship service. We need to do more to get young people through our doors. These are the cries so often heard in the 21st century Baptist…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE Michael Cheuk, to University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va., as senior pastor, effective in August. Michael Wyre, to Lynn Haven Baptist Church, Vinton, Va., as pastor. Alex C. Gallimore, to Hester Baptist Church, Oxford, N.C., as pastor….
Group is changing the face of homelessness in Baltimore
BALTIMORE—It’s a humid Monday night in downtown Baltimore, but the heat isn’t slowing Greg Gilchrist down. He keeps a towel handy next to his Bible as he preaches to a crowded room at Code Blue Shelter. Amens ring across the…
For Bluefield student, providing clean water is mandate
BLUEFIELD, Va.—“Every time you take a sip of clean water, someone dies of unclean water somewhere in the world.” That’s the statement that stirs the heart of Bluefield College student J.D. Taylor. So much so, he’s doing something about it…
OPINION: Encountering community
As a congregation, we talk much about the importance of being part of a living, breathing community, existing in relationship with others. We see this evidence weekly, as we share meals and stories, prayers and tears, laughter and celebrations. We…
Relief group assesses damage after eastern N.C. storm
GREENVILLE, N.C.—A Baptist disaster relief assessment team was in eastern North Carolina July 2, evaluating damage from a severe thunderstorm that knocked out power and downed trees the night before—only 48 hours after similar storms spread havoc across much of…
Team begins food distribution, despite travel challenges
WARM SPRINGS, Va.—Despite mechanical troubles along the way, a Virginia Baptist Mission Board feeding unit arrived in storm-damaged Bath County, Va., in the early hours of July 2 and by 1 p.m. had set up operations in time to distribute…
Mid-Atlantic Baptists respond as storm knocks 2 million in area out of power in record-breaking heat
RICHMOND, Va.—In the aftermath of furious thunderstorms that swept the Mid-Atlantic June 29, leaving nearly 2 million households without power in the midst of record-breaking heat, Baptists in the region were initiating feeding and cleanup services in stricken areas. The…
Mid-Atlantic Baptists respond as storm knocks 2 million in area out of power in record-breaking heat
RICHMOND, Va.—In the aftermath of furious thunderstorms that swept the Mid-Atlantic June 29, leaving nearly 2 million households without power in the midst of record-breaking heat, Baptists in the region were initiating feeding and cleanup services in stricken areas. The…
Mid-Atlantic Baptists respond as storm knocks 2 million in area out of power in record-breaking heat
RICHMOND, Va.—In the aftermath of furious thunderstorms that swept the Mid-Atlantic June 29, leaving nearly 2 million households without power in the midst of record-breaking heat, Baptists in the region were initiating feeding and cleanup services in stricken areas. The…