BLUEFIELD — Bluefield College celebrated the inauguration of a new president, David W. Olive, during a Nov. 2 campus ceremony, which challenged the BC family to embrace its heritage, while imagining its future. Hundreds of local and regional dignitaries and…
Virginia Interfaith Center purchases new headquarters
RICHMOND — The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy has purchased a building in the historic Richmond area of Shockoe Bottom to be used as its new statewide headquarters. The 19th century building, on Franklin Street next to the Richmond…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida makes room at the table
Oh my goodness. You just don't know what you missed last Sunday. How I wish you and your family coulda been here for Sunday dinner. Things mighta gone a lot smoother if you had been here. ‘Course, as far as…
Herald trustees to include non-Virginians
RICHMOND — A recently-adopted bylaw change by the Religious Herald's board of trustees will give the newspaper representation from outside of Virginia, the paper has announced. The trustees, who elect their own successors, voted to reduce the number of annual…
Associations work with VBMB to evangelize Central Virginia
BOWLING GREEN — The Hermon Baptist Association has partnered with the Dover and Fredericksburg Baptist association, the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and local churches to start a new congregation called Living Proof. The new church held its first service at…
IMB attorney says board has power to suspend trustee
RICHMOND (ABP) — Although the Southern Baptist Convention is the only group with power to unseat a trustee of one of its agencies, the International Mission Board's attorney said Nov. 8 the board has the legal power to effectively bar…
Encountering God at the river: Piankatank to expand vision
Imagine having your morning devotional in a comfortable room with a large window overlooking an exquisite coastal river vista complete with an island and miles of shimmering water. The Camp Piankatank Commission has been working for several years to make…
Missouri convention overwhelmingly rejects Moran-allied candidates
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (ABP) — For the first time in eight years, messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting have rejected a slate of officer candidates allied with an organized fundamentalist faction. Meeting Oct. 29-31 at a resort on…
Thank goodness
Thank goodness for Michael Cox's theological musings presented in his Oct. 18 article “Imprecatory Prayer: Is Invoking a Curse a Valid Part of Prayer?” Cox suggests the Bible, as the “word of God,” encourages Christians “to invoke a curse or…
No “News About Virginia Baptists and their Ministries” for November 8, 2007
Imprecatory praying
I must admit that the subject of “imprecatory prayer” is new to me. While I have prayed for many things, praying for a curse to fall on some one is not among them —although, I must confess I've been tempted…
Tennessee Baptists gear up for struggle over trustees
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (ABP) — Tennessee Baptists are gearing up to fight a battle that most Southern Baptist state conventions finished a decade ago. Many of the state's moderates feel it is no longer worth fighting. Nonetheless, some conservatives and moderates…