Robert Greenleaf coined the phrase “servant leadership” in 1970. This idea became a counterpoint to power-based, hierarchical models of how we lead. Many others (Peter Drucker, Max DePree, Peter Senge, Ken Blanchard, etc.) later added harmonies to the melody, signaling…
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"Moire," by Marvin Tadlock. Award for Intermont artist. Marvin Tadlock, professor of art at Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Va., received a merit award this spring for his sculpture “Moire,” exhibited during the Knoxville (Tenn.) Art in Public Places Competition…
Virginia Baptist Foundation provides scholarships to 47 students in May
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Baptist Foundation awarded a total of $93,000 in scholarships to 47 undergraduate and graduate students May 22 at its fourth annual recognition service at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center. “It is an inspiration to learn…
WMU of India’s new web site enhances group’s ambitious goals
RICHMOND, Va. — Woman’s Missionary Union of India has just launched a new web site, thanks to a collaboration with its counterpart in Virginia.The new site — at www.wmuv.org/wmui — is the latest joint endeavor in a year-old partnership between…
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New Meredith president takes helm. Jo Allen starts her tenure as president of Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C. on July 1. Allen, elected April 18, is the first Meredith alumna to serve as president of the 120-year-old college, with historic…
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TRANSITIONS ON THE MOVE Wayne McCarty, to Cowan’s Branch Baptist Church, Gate City, Va., as pastor. Matthew Hensley, to Huguenot Road Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., as associate pastor for discipleship, effective Aug. 1. Jimmy Dunn, now serving as minister of…
HERITAGE: The future of the past
For the next four years there will be many emphases upon the 150th anniversary of the Civil War; and unlike the Centennial in the 1960s, the emphasis often will include emancipation. The Centennial was marketed as a celebration and it…
Opinion opens doors to guns in Va. churches, but some pastors are wary
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Virginians can carry firearms into churches and other places of worship, according to a legal opinion issued this spring, but some Baptist pastors in the state say they’re unsettled by the prospect of congregants with handguns….
Opinion opens doors to guns in Va. churches, but some pastors are wary
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginians can carry firearms into churches and other places of worship, according to a legal opinion issued this spring, but some Baptist pastors in the state say they’re unsettled by the prospect of congregants with handguns. Virginia…
BWA preparing for UN Earth Summit in 2012
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — The Baptist World Alliance is participating in preparatory meetings for the United Nations Earth Summit that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2012. The summit, nicknamed Rio+20, commemorates the 20th anniversary of…
Joplin pastor: Where do we go from here?
JOPLIN, Mo. (ABP) — Shortly after a monster tornado ravaged a third of Joplin, the large message sign at Forest Park Baptist Church in Joplin announced Pastor John Swadley’s morning message for the following Sunday: “Where Do We Go From Here?” With…
Baptist college hires female chaplain with ties to CBF
MARS HILL, N.C. (ABP) — Mars Hill College, located in the conservative mountains of an increasingly conservative North Carolina Baptist environment, has hired an ordained woman with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship ties as campus chaplain. Stephanie McLeskey Stephanie McLeskey comes to…