The Baptist Ministry Assistants of Virginia will hold its annual meeting Friday, Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The meeting, focusing on the theme, “Reaching the Masses … In Your Own Backyard,” will be held at the Pittsylvania…
Praying it forward
RICHMOND — The first day of school stirs up many emotions. Some students (and teachers, too) approach the day with dread while others can't wait to get started. As both students and staff head back to school they anticipate new…
SBC candidate calls for God’s wrath against AU
BUENA PARK, Calif. (ABP) — An early candidate for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention has called on Baptists to pray for misfortune to befall employees of a church-state watchdog group. Wiley Drake, a pastor, radio crusader and Baptist…
FAITH DIGEST
Belief in afterlife ages well. As Americans get older, their confidence in the afterlife increases, according to a recent survey of people over 50 conducted by AARP, the advocacy group for seniors. Seventy-three percent of older people believe in life…
Baptist experience
At a time when many are trying to rewrite Baptist history and many are ashamed to put the name “Baptist” on their church sign, the publication by William E. Hull of his newest book, The Meaning of the Baptist Experience,…
SECOND OPINION: Responding to the immigration crisis
Without question immigration currently is a hot button issue for all Americans, all Christians and all Virginia Baptists. Daniel Carro, coordinator of the Latino Network of Virginia Baptists and professor of divinity at the John Leland Center for Theological Studies,…
Historic First Baptist of Dallas names Robert Jeffress as senior pastor
DALLAS (ABP) — First Baptist Church in Dallas has called one of its own products, Robert Jeffress, to become its new senior pastor. According to a statement on the church's website, more than 3,000 congregants affirmed the 51-year-old at an…
Virginia Baptists’ Venturers program to total 14 this fall
RICHMOND—By this fall, Virginia Baptists' Venturer program will have 14 Venturers serving around the world in response to requests from Virginia Baptist mission partners for assistance with a variety of ministry needs. Venturers are individuals and couples at least 18…
OUTLOUD
“Martin loved jokes. He said, ‘If a preacher can't tell a joke, don't fool with him 'cause he can't preach either.' ” Samuel Billy Lyles The Memphis, Tenn., pastor was recalling the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King during…
Imagining the future
In the summer of 1877, “the June meeting” or annual meeting of the General Association was held in Danville. Jeremiah Bell Jeter, one of the grand old men of the Association, was present and actively engaged in the meeting. Jeter…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for August 9, 2007
STAFF CHANGES • Patrick Johnson, to Moores Memorial Church, Gate City, as pastor. • Brad Russell, to Old Powhatan Church, Powhatan, as pastor. • Bruce Hunter has concluded his service as pastor of Beaver Dam Church, Troy. • Chris Fowler…
FAITH DIGEST
Study links religious liberty with prosperity. Religious freedom goes hand-in-hand with economic well-being and freedom of the press—but not necessarily with a secular or religiously oriented government. Those are the some findings of a global survey conducted by the Center…