NEW YORK (ABP) — A spokeswoman for Westboro Baptist Church said on national radio Jan. 17 that people should be less concerned about the group's presence near funerals of fallen soldiers than with their message that America faces God's judgment…
Church gives away new home
DEXTER, Mo. (ABP) — As the area's economy continued to decline, Missouri Baptist pastor Steve Easterwood asked himself, "What can our church do to help?" The church where Easterwood is senior pastor, responded, "Let's give away a house." First Baptist…
Tireless retirees help burned-out church rise from ashes
ATHENS, Texas (ABP) — One year after Lake Athens Baptist Church lost its building to arson — and the same week two young men received life sentences for burning a string of East Texas churches — —more than 30 Texas…
CBF leaders join in CCT response to King’s jail letter
ATLANTA (ABP) — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal and Moderator-elect Colleen Burroughs have issued a historic letter in response to Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The statement responding to King’s letter emerged from the…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
Center seeking applicants for Heritage Fellows. Virginia Baptist college students who will be in their sophomore or junior years in 2011-12 are invited to apply for positions as Heritage Fellows, a special recognition offered by the Center for Baptist Heritage…
Group marks 183rd anniversary of Religious Herald’s first edition
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Baptist leaders and Religious Herald staff gathered in downtown Richmond Jan. 11 to mark the day 183 years earlier the Virginia Baptist newsjournal published its first issue. Marking the Herald’s 183rd anniversary were (from left) Jim…
VBS material ‘Finds Hope’ in writers at Newport News, Va., congregation
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — God often works unexpectedly. “Finding Hope: A Field Trip of Faith,” the Vacation Bible School material produced by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, is a prime example. Available March 1, “Finding Hope” is being called “a unique…
CBF leaders join in CCT response to King’s jail letter
ATLANTA — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal and Moderator-elect Colleen Burroughs have issued a historic letter in response to Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The statement responding to King’s letter emerged from the annual…
EDITORIAL: 22 years of therapy — for free
The editorial theme we and our New Voice Media partners chose for this issue has to do with the support ministers (and others) can give each other. Although I have mentioned it in previous editorials, I feel compelled be more…
Religious Herald marks 183 years
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Baptist leaders and Religious Herald staff gathered in downtown Richmond Jan. 11 to mark the day 183 years earlier the Virginia Baptist newsjournal published its first issue. Marking the Herald’s 183rd anniversary were (from left) Jim…
From the Eastern Shore to the Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Robert Brown, to Black-stone Church, Blackstone, as pastor. • Ben Sturgis, to Orchard Drive Church, Bassett, as pastor. • Kevin Wirt, to Pleasant Hill Church, Daleville, as pastor. • Matthew McCraney, to Rock Hill Church, Stafford, as…
VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Protests dropping of Herald subscription
I would like to protest. Since 1975 I have been a member of BGAV churches. I am a retired pastor, a member of Story Creek Baptist Church in Franklin County. I protest having to pay for a copy of the…