Cover Story for July 21, 2005 In an unprecedented and historic act of generosity, on Sunday, June 12, the congregation of Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church voted to give its buildings located at 700 East Belt Boulevard to Saint Paul's Baptist…

By Greg Warner At least 12,000 Baptists worldwide will make their way to Birmingham, England, for the Baptist World Congress July 27-31, apparently undeterred by recent terror attacks in London. Registration for the congress climbed above the 12,000 mark July…

By Roy Smith Challenging the commonly-held belief that people who live in apartment communities are inaccessible, Chris McNairy, a missionary with the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board, recently led a group of pastors from the Portsmouth and Norfolk…

Cover Story for July 28, 2005 Helena, Arkansas, sits in one of the poorest counties in the United States. But thanks to two former Virginia Baptists motivated by their commitment to Christ, residents of this depressed community are finding hope…

Another View for July 28, 2005 By Michael Blackwell They looked like the all-American family: Jim, the smiling, smartly-dressed pastor of a loving church, and his wife, a short-order cook and concerned mother. The guidance and care they provided for…

Staff Changes Randy Bartley, to Hills Grove Church, Claudville, as pastor. Don McKinney, to Hume Church, Hume, as pastor. Joe Glass, resigning as pastor of Hampton Roads Church, Hampton, to relocate to Kentucky. Parke Deans, to Abingdon Church, Abingdon, as…

An act of self-sacrifice First of all, congratulations on your new position in working for the Kingdom at the Religious Herald. Second, thanks for writing a wonderful article on Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church [Herald, July 14]. Truly, it was an…

Heritage Column for July 28, 2005 By Fred Anderson ROME, Italy – Before we left for the sabbatical, I mentioned to a Baptist friend that I wanted a tour of the Vatican library, one of the world's largest-if not the…