STAFF CHANGES • Mark Reon, to Jackson Memorial Church, Chesapeake, as pastor, effective Jan. 1. • Jamie Mann, to Nash's Chapel Church, Wise, as interim pastor. • Glen McCune, to Chamberlayne Church, Richmond, as minister of music. HYMN FESTIVAL“Joined Together…
Alexander to leave VBMB for missionary service
RICHMOND — Greg Alexander, who has coordinated the work of Virginia Baptists' collegiate ministers for over three years, will leave his position on Dec. 31. Alexander and his wife, Roslyn, have been appointed missionaries by the Southern Baptist Convention's International…
Faith Digest
Atheists to launch bus ads. Beginning Nov. 18, holiday ads from the American Humanist Association will appear on Washington, D.C., buses, declaring: “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake.” The $40,000 ad campaign is not necessarily…
Three decades later, memories of Jonestown tragedy linger
WASHINGTON (RNS) — In life, the 900 people who followed Jim Jones to build a utopian commune in the South American jungle in 1977 were relatively anonymous. But in death, the Jonestown pilgrims became front-page news when they died a…
Who is my neighbor?
ROANOKE — The Baptist General Association of Virginia, acknowledging an uncertain economic environment, approved a reduced budget for 2009 during a quiet annual meeting that drew about 1,250 people. At the Nov. 11-12 meeting, messengers also elected a retired public…
BGAV resolutions affirm stewardship, pray for leaders
Resolution of Appreciation With praise and thanksgiving to God through our Lord Jesus Christ, in whose name we have gathered, and to whose glory we consecrate our work together, We, the messengers to the 185th annual meeting of the Baptist…
FCC approves ‘white space’ technology; some churches worry about interference
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Federal Communications Commis-sion has decided to grant Google, Motorola, Dell and Microsoft permission to develop “white space” devices that some pastors worry will interfere with wireless microphones. The “white space” devices would use the same radio…
Archaeologists find fragments linked to High Priest
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Israeli archaeologists have discovered a fragment from an ancient sarcophagus cover that bears a carved inscription with the words “The Son of the High Priest” in Hebrew. The High Priest was ancient Judaism's highest religious official and…
BGAV resolutions affirm stewardship, pray for leaders
Resolution of Appreciation With praise and thanksgiving to God through our Lord Jesus Christ, in whose name we have gathered, and to whose glory we consecrate our work together, We, the messengers to the 185th annual meeting of the Baptist…