A conference on “Keeping People Over 60 While Reaching People Under 40,” led by Eddie Hammett, will be held May 1 from 6-9 p.m. at Villa Heights Baptist Church in Roanoke. The church is located at 4080 Challenger Ave., NE…
NAMB names 2nd largest group of missionaries
The Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board named 128 new missionaries and chaplains during a Feb. 25 service in Albuquerque, N.M. It was the second-largest missionary commissioning in NAMB history. During the service, which also was sponsored by Hoffmantown…
New web-based prayer walk expands CBF’s ministry
Nell Green, one of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global Missions field personnel, has taken the concept of prayer walking to a virtual level. Green has developed an online prayer walk accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world with Internet access….
African couple to receive 2007 Human Rights award
Joao and Nora Matwawana, a couple from Angola, are the recipients of the Baptist World Alliance's 2007 Denton Lotz Human Rights Award. The Matwawanas played a pivotal role in peace efforts in Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and…
Southwestern Seminary leaders agree to meet with McKissic, halt removal
Board leaders at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and an embattled trustee have agreed to meet and discuss their differences—with a threat to remove Texas pastor Dwight McKissic from the board taken off the table. McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church…
Former Southern Baptist pastor acquitted of seeking gay sex
A prominent former Southern Baptist pastor was cleared of criminal charges in a sex-solicitation case March 7. An Oklahoma judge acquitted Lonnie Latham of asking an undercover male police officer to have sex. Latham had publicly supported Southern Baptist efforts…
EDITORIAL: Remember evangelism?
According to figures used by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, four-and-a-half million Virginians have never declared their belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. What are Virginia Baptists going to do about it? Let's get specific. What are…
What kind of moderate?
Occasionally we hear the cry of a prophetic voice. I heard such a cry when I read the article written by Michael Gillen, “What kind of moderates are Virginia Baptists?” [Herald, March 8]. That prophetic voice challenges Virginia Baptists to…
More diversity
Thank you, Mike Gillen! Your article urging us to respond to the growing multi-ethnic culture around us put words to the thoughts in my own heart. I too desire to see more diversity in denominational leadership to truly reflect our…
Sexual abuse
I want to thank you whole-heartedly for this editorial in the March 8 Religious Herald [“Some things can't be ignored”]. You set the stage well, provided context, addressed difficult issues, offered resources, and provided very helpful and wise biblically-based counsel…
With a smile!
When the deacons—all four or five of them—hold a meeting this year at Cut Banks Church in Dinwiddie County, there will be someone missing. It is the first year since 1933 that Oliver McGill “Gillie” Wells has not served as…
ANOTHER VIEW: Retrieving a consistent pro-life ethic
Christians are so tangled up with politics these days that our political loyalties threaten to engulf our Christian commitments. We want the politicians to listen to us and the politicians want us to listen to them. It is nice to…