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Transitions
ON THE MOVE
Brian Hoffman, to Massaponax Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, Va., as pastor.
Jeff Raymond, to Derbyshire Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., as pastor, effective Dec. 2.
Tom Everett, resigning as pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, Newport News, Va., to accept a position with the Wounded Warrior Project at Camp LeJune, N.C. The Wounded Warrior Project provides services to severely injured service members transitioning to civilian life.
Randy Ashcraft, to Farmville (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim pastor.
John Tadlock, to Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., as interim pastor.
Don Solomon, to Courtland (Va.) Baptist Church, as assistant to the pastor.
Gary Limbrick, to Bethel Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, Va., as youth minister.
Lynn Hardaway, to Norfolk Baptist Association, as church health missionary.
Shawn R. Howell, to Marion (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim minister of music.
John Smith, to Hargrave Military Academy, Chatham, Va., as chief development officer.
Jim Reger, to Shiloh Baptist Church, King George, Va., as minister of youth.
Kudos
ORDINATIONS
Dale Freeman, ordained to the ministry by Glebe Landing Baptist Church, Laneview, Va., on Oct. 28.
Susan Prather, minister to youth and children at Mount Hermon Baptist Church, Moseley, Va., ordained to the ministry by the church on Nov. 4.
Events
SAT.-SUN., NOV. 10-11
Berea Baptist Church, Rockville, Va.; homecoming weekend; free concert by Pepper Choplin, one of America’s most popular composers of Christian choral music, at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday; worship service at 11 a.m. on Sunday with Choplin leading the choir followed by a catered lunch.
SUN., NOV. 4
Cobham Park Baptist Church, Warsaw, Va.; gospel quartet “Calvary’s Mercy” in concert at 6 p.m.
SUN., NOV. 18
Calvary Baptist Church, Roanoke, Va.; organ concert by Seung-Won Cho, minister of music, at 4 p.m.
River Road Church, Baptist, Richmond, Va.; E. Carl Freeman concert series featuring the James River Singers performing “A New Creation” cantata by Rene Clausen at 5 p.m.
News
WFU School of Divinity's food initiative.
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In response to growing food-related challenges, Wake Forest University School of Divinity has launched a Food, Faith and Religious Leadership Initiative. “Food–food access, food quality, food production — is one of the defining issues of this generation,” said Gail O’Day, dean of the School of Divinity. The initiative will train religious leaders to look beyond emergency-based responses and begin to address the root causes of hunger, obesity, food injustice and damaged ecosystems. The initiative works with current students at the School of Divinity but has also created a continuing education program for religious leaders and congregations. It will focus on two geographic areas: Winston-Salem and Asheville.
Praise in the Park, Staunton, Va., is now seeking performers for the 2013 season. Two free gospel concerts are held every Tuesday evening in July and August at Gypsy Hill Park. Gospel bands of all genres, worship teams, choirs, youth and children, praise dancers and all variety of performers are needed. To receive an application call Linden Heights Baptist Church at 540.886.1138 or email [email protected]. Deadline to apply is Jan. 13.
Zoar Baptist Church
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Groundbreaking for a new sanctuary at Zoar Baptist Church in Deltaville, Va., was held Sept. 30. The congregation’s sanctuary was destroyed by a tornado in April 2011. Pictured are members with shovels breaking ground for the new facility.
In its first 10 years, nearly 1,000 students have studied theology classes in Campbell University Divinity School’s Hispanic Theological Education Program, which may be the state’s longest-running theological program taught in Spanish. Forty-two students attended the first class in 2002. The program had its largest enrollment so far — 127 — in 2012. Jaime Molina, pastor of Iglesia Revovacion Cristiana in Raleigh, and his wife Sandra have been co-directors since 2007.
Pastors of churches in Dan River Baptist Association attending the 175th anniversary celebration were (front row, left to right) John Eure, Lee Cooper, Bill Wilkins, Alfred Rimmer, Raymond Wooten, Aubrey Heath, Lee Roy Davis, Doug Gibson, Don Bryant, Joe McDowell, Scott Welch, (back row) Mike McDowell, Francisco Muniz, Jim Kopco, Larry Davis, Dave Anderson, Michael Parnell and Allen Mahan. |
The Dan River Baptist Association celebrated its 175th anniversary at its annual meeting on Oct. 28 at First Baptist Church in South Boston, Va. More than 150 participants attended the evening session. Fred Anderson, executive director of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society, brought the message, entitled, “What Baptist Principles are Worth to the World.” Tony Brooks, field strategist from the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, presented the Dan River Baptist Association with a plaque in honor of its 175 years serving Christ faithfully. It was presented to Steve Anderson, DRBA president, and Dot Carr, administrative coordinator.