RICHMOND, Va. — Phillip E. Rodgerson, long-time director of missions and evangelism for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, died Friday morning, June 10, just two weeks shy of his 88th birthday. A native of Norfolk, Va., Rodgerson earned bachelor of divinity,…
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TRANSITIONS ON THE MOVE Wayne McCarty, to Cowan’s Branch Baptist Church, Gate City, Va., as pastor. Matthew Hensley, to Huguenot Road Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., as associate pastor for discipleship, effective Aug. 1. Jimmy Dunn, now serving as minister of…
HERITAGE: The future of the past
For the next four years there will be many emphases upon the 150th anniversary of the Civil War; and unlike the Centennial in the 1960s, the emphasis often will include emancipation. The Centennial was marketed as a celebration and it…
EDITORIAL: Where arts and history converge
Never one to pass on an opportunity to mix business with pleasure, while traveling in Germany recently I visited the German village of Schwäbisch Hall. A quintessential German mountain town nearly 875 years old, it features narrow, winding cobblestone streets…
LETTER: Virginia Baptists and abortion
This is a letter to correct observations I made in a letter to the Religious Herald back in early 2005 concerning the position of Virginia Baptists on abortion. While I acknowledge the straight forward resolutions in the booklet “Truthfully Speaking”…
OUT LOUD
“To me the real moral of the story is that big-time college sports are a mess and a poor platform for the promotion of religious virtue.” Tom Krattenmaker The commentator, who writes on religion and sports, was speaking of the…
VITAL SIGNS: Dreaming with God
I’ve made a transition in recent years in the way I think and talk about God’s will. For many people, the will of God is a mysterious, elusive and frustrating concept. Too often, we have made it into a game…
TRENDING: Leadership through the lens of discipleship
Robert Greenleaf coined the phrase “servant leadership” in 1970. This idea became a counterpoint to power-based, hierarchical models of how we lead. Many others (Peter Drucker, Max DePree, Peter Senge, Ken Blanchard, etc.) later added harmonies to the melody, signaling…
VA BRIEFLY
"Moire," by Marvin Tadlock. Award for Intermont artist. Marvin Tadlock, professor of art at Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Va., received a merit award this spring for his sculpture “Moire,” exhibited during the Knoxville (Tenn.) Art in Public Places Competition…
Virginia Baptist Foundation provides scholarships to 47 students in May
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Baptist Foundation awarded a total of $93,000 in scholarships to 47 undergraduate and graduate students May 22 at its fourth annual recognition service at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center. “It is an inspiration to learn…
WMU of India’s new web site enhances group’s ambitious goals
RICHMOND, Va. — Woman’s Missionary Union of India has just launched a new web site, thanks to a collaboration with its counterpart in Virginia.The new site — at www.wmuv.org/wmui — is the latest joint endeavor in a year-old partnership between…
NC BRIEFLY
New Meredith president takes helm. Jo Allen starts her tenure as president of Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C. on July 1. Allen, elected April 18, is the first Meredith alumna to serve as president of the 120-year-old college, with historic…