NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — My wife, Cary, and I travelled with a group of 25 from Virginia to South Africa during the FIFA World Cup with a mission to spread the gospel of Christ into the rural villages of South…
On mission in South Africa
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — My wife, Cary, and I travelled with a group of 25 from Virginia to South Africa during the FIFA World Cup with a mission to spread the gospel of Christ into the rural villages of South…
Suffolk pastor will be nominated as 1st vice president of BGAV
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Mark Croston, pastor of East End Baptist Church in Suffolk, Va., will be nominated for first vice president at the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, it was announced Sept. 10. Don Davidson, pastor…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Mike Reynolds, to New Hope Church, Skipwith, as pastor, effective Oct. 1. • Francisco Muniz, to Clover Bottom Church, Nathalie, as pastor. • Jeff Scott, to Northside Church, Mechanicsville, as senior pastor. • Rusty Mullins, to First…
EDITORIAL: The Bible speaks to a crazy world
Televised news reports of the 9/11 memorial services from Ground Zero in New York last Saturday replayed those ghastly images burned forever on our national psyche. The memorial service revealed that our corporate wound hasn’t yet healed. But we knew…
Skateboarder an overnight sensation after rescuing Quran
(RNS) At the end of a summer characterized by unprecedented levels of Islamophobia, Muslim Americans and their allies have found an expected reason to smile: Jake Isom, a skateboarder with a rat-tail from Amarillo, Texas. Last Saturday (Sept. 18), Isom,…
HERITAGE: Light in the forest
Virginia Baptists early established relationships with Indians. John Leland, arguably the most prominent of the 18th-century Virginia Baptist itinerant preachers, wrote that in the 1780s he preached in the “royal pavilion” of an Indian chief, John Tohan. Leland said: “After…
VITAL SIGNS: Assessing conflict in churches
So what do we make of the rising tide of conflict in local congregations? First of all, is there actually an increase in conflict? Anecdotally, the number of calls and conversations we are having around conflict seem to indicate that…
OUT LOUD
“For many people who do not understand Islam, Muslims do not appear in the Western media to act in a way that let them believe that Islam is a religion of peace. So there is a certain cognitive dissonance here….
Former Virginia chaplain leads fight to save woman on death row
JARRATT, Va. — Unless the U.S. Supreme Court or Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell step in to stop it, Teresa Lewis will die on Sept. 23, in the death chamber at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. Some will say the…
Virginia church disbands but result is $1 million for ministry
ARLINGTON, Va. — A Virginia Baptist congregation has closed its doors after 80 years, but the result will be about $1 million available over time to Christian ministries in Washington’s Northern Virginia suburbs. Trinity Baptist Church in Arlington held its…
CBFVA sponsors Service in September projects
RICHMOND, Va. — Nine locations across Virginia will host this year’s Service in September mission projects, coordinated in the state by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia. Service in September is a national mission project sponsored by Current, the organization…