Altarego: Hey, Pewboy, look at the mess you’re making. Pewboy: I know, but it’s got to be done. I don’t know why calendars have to designate a day to clean out our fireplaces, but there it is plain as day:…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
BTSR plans 20th anniversary banquet. To launch its 20th anniversary celebration, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will sponsor a banquet on Thursday, March 12 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The banquet, to be held in Lingle Hall on the BTSR campus, is…
Center for Baptist Heritage plans film festival to highlight story
The Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies will sponsor the Key Film Festival, designed to allow Baptists an opportunity to share the Baptist story through video. The Festival is in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Baptists as an expression…
Top 100 churches in gifts to Virginia Cooperative Missions in 2008 listed
First Baptist Church in Alexandria led churches affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia last year in contributions to Virginia Cooperative Missions. Rounding out the top 10 churches in total Virginia CM gifts were Bon Air Baptist Church in…
Top 100 churches in total Cooperative Missions giving in 2008 listed
First Baptist Church in Alexandria led churches affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia last year in total contributions to Cooperative Missions. Rounding out the top 10 churches in total CM gifts were Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond,…
Going home
Last month this columnist spoke in a “Virginia Baptist” church in a very far corner of Southwest Virginia. Actually, my speaking engagement was at First Baptist Church of Dalton, as in Dalton, Georgia. In 2006 the Georgia church joined the…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
Around Virginia for February 12, 2009 STAFF CHANGES • Thomas S. Larson, to Fox Hill Church, Hampton, as pastor. • John Robertson, to Red Bank Church, Nassawadox, as pastor. • Bill Corey, to Antioch Church, Mechanicsville as pastor. He had…
New statute not needed, says Virginia Baptist committee
RICHMOND—The Baptist General Association of Virginia’s religious liberty committee released a statement this week concerning Virginia’s Statute for Religious Freedom. The full text is: Religious liberty is again under attack. Now it is Virginia’s Statute for Religious Freedom. A proposed…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
Heritage Center announces essay contest. The Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies reminds all high school juniors and seniors of the third annual Roots and Wings Young Scholars Essay Contest. Entries for the contest should be postmarked by April 15…