By Lance Wallace CBF Communications More than 2,200 Christian teenagers-Baptists, Episcopalians and Presbyterians-explored common and distinct dimensions of their faith during the first “Faith in 3D” conference Jan. 13-16 at the Disney World Resort. With high-energy worship and intentionally diverse…
Mission opportunities for youth and young adults
The Virginia Baptist Mission Board and its international partners have many opportunities for young people to be involved in missions. Although the target ages are 16 to 26 for these youth-oriented experiences, there is some flexibility in the age expectation….
Conference to define leaders’ ‘Jesus-style’
By Karen McGuire Ministry Resources, Lead Like Jesus Lead Like Jesus, a small nonprofit organization in Augusta, Ga., has the dream of inspiring and equipping people around the world to lead like Jesus. One way that noble goal expresses itself…
Safeguards vowed after Va. shooting
Officials of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have vowed to work to keep their missionaries safe after one missionary was murdered in Chesapeake and another was injured. The statement from the Salt Lake City-based church was issued…
DDM conference set in Richmond
A conference focusing on the largest unreached people group in America is set for March 9-11 at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center in Richmond. “A Future and a Hope” is aimed at anyone interested in persons with developmental disabilities, including…
Robertson offers apology for remarks
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson of Chesapeake apologized Jan. 12 to the family of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for suggesting on television that Sharon’s recent stroke could be God’s judgment for ceding the Gaza Strip and Northern West Bank to…
Sherman to get Judson-Rice Award
Cecil E. Sherman of Richmond, the first national coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, will receive the sixth annual Judson-Rice Award at an April 21 dinner at First Baptist Church of Asheville, N.C. The event is sponsored by the board…
Alley given First Freedom award
Robert S. Alley, University of Richmond professor of humanities emeritus, has been named one of three recipients of a 2006 First Freedom Award from the Council for America’s First Freedom. He joined Vaclav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic….
Register to feature U of R founders
In a salute to the 175th anniversary of the University of Richmond, the latest Virginia Baptist Historical Society’s annual journal, The Virginia Baptist Register, features three articles examining the role 19th-century Baptists played in the founding of that institution. In…