The world has changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. — The Lord of the…
OPINION: The pope, the world and our kids
OPINION: The pope, the world and our kids Michael Poole The world has changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none…
HERITAGE: Return to sender
For the last two years my associate and I have been sifting through an estimated 25,000 letters to and from George White McDaniel, a prominent 20th-century minister and denominational leader, as I have been writing his biography. McDaniel died of…
HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic
Accepted a new call? Been ordained? Church celebrating an anniversary? Mission trip or project that you would like highlighted on the HeraldBeat page? Send info to HeraldBeat editor Barbara Francis at [email protected]. Transitions ON THE MOVE Donald G. Roberts Jr.,…
OPINION: Are there membership boundaries for the Richmond Baptist Association?
At the March 19 meeting of the Richmond Baptist Association concerning Ginter Park Baptist Church, I spoke in opposition to the recommendation that was passed. The next night Beth Wright, director of the RBA’s children’s summer camp, spoke at our…
VITAL SIGNS: Cultivating a culture of call
Nearly all observers of the 21st-century church in America agree that the next generation of leadership is a cause for concern. Many write, blog, tweet and generally lament the state of leadership cultivation and training, or lack thereof. Far too…
Gordon Cosby, pioneering Christian activist and founder of Church of the Saviour, dies at 95
WASHINGTON — Gordon Cosby, the founder of the Church of the Saviour in Washington and a pioneering Christian activist whose ministry foreshadowed both the missional and emergent church movements, died March 20 at 95. Cosby died at Christ House, which…
Richmond association narrowly votes to retain membership of church which ordained gay man
RICHMOND — By a close margin, the Richmond Baptist Association voted March 19 to retain the membership of a church which ordained a gay man to the ministry last fall. The 176-158 vote endorsed a committee’s recommendation that the association…
Church joins faith-based initiative in assisting U.S. military family on Northern Neck
HEATHSVILLE, Va. — A rural congregation on Virginia’s Northern Neck may seem to be an unlikely location for an outreach and support program for the U. S. military, but through Partners in Care, a faith-based initiative which collaborates with the…