I comment on statements on four pages in the issue of July 2. Page 5: “What if another religion becomes the majority?” I assert that other religions have already become the majority: the worships of money, power, pleasure, status, possessions….
SECOND OPINION: Fifty years as a pastor
April 20, 2010, will be a significant day in my life. It will mark the 50th anniversary of my ordination. Since January 1960 I have spent most of my days as a pastor. In September of 1974 I began my…
HERITAGE: The rabbit trap
In 1915 Frederic W. Boatwright was the busy president of the University of Richmond (although at the time the school was still known as Richmond College). He had just lived through the first academic year of the school’s relocation from…
Virginia musician chosen to lead hymn society
RICHMOND (ABP) — A Baptist woman has been tapped to head an organization of church leaders and artists dedicated to preserving the congregational singing of hymns. Deborah Carlton Loftis, visiting professor of church music at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond,…
Conservative evangelicals say ballot is key to win
The ink had barely dried on Maine Gov. John Baldacci’s signature legalizing gay marriage in May when Catholic and evangelical opponents began circulating a petition for a “people’s veto” to override lawmakers with a simple majority at the ballot box….
Two Northern Virginia churches helping each other
MCLEAN — It was in early 2007 that God opened a door that will forever connect the congregations of McLean Baptist Church and First Baptist Church, Herndon. The leaders at McLean were in the early stages of seeking God’s guidance…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
Tournament to benefit seniors. Virginia Baptist Homes Foundation will sponsor the Culpeper Golf Tournament on Monday, Sept. 21, at Country Club of Culpeper. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Endowed Fund for Seniorships of Culpeper Baptist Retirement Community, a unit…
Retired campus minister’s mission changed with the times
NORFOLK — There’s a catch in Robert Sandford’s voice as he talks about retiring. After all, Sandford has set a national record serving 41 years as a Baptist campus minister — 39 of them at Old Dominion University in Norfolk….
EDITORIAL: Information can be a dangerous commodity
What’s more threatening to an authoritarian regime than a terrorist? Apparently, a journalist. Make that a journalist for a religious publication, and the perceived threat is that much greater. Lynn Yarbrough, whose work in China as a Kingdom Advance Ambassador…