LYNCHBURG, Va. — Pat Wright was born with a keen sense of direction. A passionate traveler, she disdains GPS navigation systems, she says, relying instead on her instincts and familiarity with maps. That instinct will serve the Williamsburg, Va., woman…
Mid-Atlantic response teams distributing thousands of meals, others begin recovery operations
Baptist disaster response units from the Mid-Atlantic initiated feeding operations in earnest over the weekend as organizers began turning their attention to recovery efforts in the still-struggling Northeast a week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the region. Volunteers from North Carolina…
After four years as WMUV president, Ann Brown finds rich symbolism in collection of bracelets
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Nothing symbolizes Ann Brown’s four years as top elected officer of Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia like bracelets — in a wild variety of colors, shapes and materials. Brown, whose tenure as WMUV president ended Nov. 3,…
Mid-Atlantic response teams distributing thousands of meals, others begin recovery operations
Baptist disaster response units from the Mid-Atlantic initiated feeding operations in earnest over the weekend as organizers began turning their attention to recovery efforts in the still-struggling Northeast a week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the region. Volunteers from North Carolina…
Mid-Atlantic response teams distributing thousands of meals, others begin recovery operations
Baptist disaster response units from the Mid-Atlantic initiated feeding operations in earnest over the weekend as organizers began turning their attention to recovery efforts in the still-struggling Northeast a week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the region. Volunteers from North Carolina…
Mid-Atlantic response teams distributing thousands of meals, others begin recovery operations
Baptist disaster response units from the Mid-Atlantic initiated feeding operations in earnest over the weekend as organizers began turning their attention to recovery efforts in the still-struggling Northeast a week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the region. Volunteers from North Carolina…
Faith and the arts to be the focus of forum hosted by Religious Herald in Roanoke
“When you embrace the arts of the community you embrace the community as well,” says Jay Smith, cultural architect for Convergence: A Creative Community of Faith. That conviction is at the heart of Convergence, a Baptist congregation in Alexandria, Va….
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 Brian Hoffman, to Massaponax…
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 Brian Hoffman, to Massaponax…
OPINION: Finding the ‘Jesus candidate’
I would love to begin this article by asking for all the faithful Christians to vote for the Jesus candidate come Nov. 6. Such rhetoric is certainly nothing new in our religiously-charged culture and I have heard many pastors, despite…
Richmond church strengthens multi-ethnic identity with new executive pastor position
RICHMOND — William H. “Bill” Whitaker II said he knew that God was preparing him for a change in ministry. Having served as executive business pastor at First Baptist Church of South Richmond for more than 12 years, Whitaker said…
LETTER: Politicians are asking the wrong question
“Are you better off?” is the wrong question. It appeals to our ego without the balancing biblical imagery of the Good Samaritan who sees a need, feels compassion, stops his journey, anoints with oil and wine, bandages wounds, transports a…