Together with the John Leland Center, a Virginia Baptist education partner, the Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network will offer college/diploma and Masters degree classes for professional and volunteer ministry leaders in spring 2010. College/diploma classes will meet at five locations…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida’s mind wanders during the sermon
Dear Jimmy, I don’t know what the matter with me was last Sunday, but I just couldn’t seem to keep my mind on Brother Bobby’s sermon. It wasn’t that he was hard to listen to. No, in fact, he has…
HERITAGE: Death in the family
Dear Zachary, Cassidy and Emily: Across the years I have written several letters addressed to you, my grandchildren, which have appeared in this column. They have covered several different topics. When Zachary was born, I wrote about what it means…
OUT LOUD
“If you saw a woman struck by a car, would you call an ambulance right away? Or would you first ask for her papers to make sure she was not an illegal immigrant?” E. J. Dionne The syndicated columnist was…
ASK THE ARCHITECT: Embarking on a Journey
Greetings to our readers! Today we are beginning a monthly column designed to answer questions church leaders are asking about buildings. Although churches differ in many respects, almost all have buildings. It is what almost every church has in common….
Baptist pastor among dead in Haiti
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (ABP) — Baptists in Haiti mourned the death of a beloved pastor killed in the Jan. 12 earthquake. Gedeon Eugene, a vice president of the Baptist Convention of Haiti, told the Baptist World Alliance that Bienne L'Amerique, 46,…
Haitian Baptist college president describes country ‘in shock’
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A Christian college president in Haiti told Baptist World Alliance officials that the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit near the country's capital Jan. 12 "will affect everybody in Haiti." "The whole country is in shock…
Religious Right leader defends Robertson’s Haiti comment
VISTA, Calif. (ABP) — As several religious leaders criticized Pat Robertson's comments blaming Haiti's massive Jan. 12 earthquake on a pact supposedly made by its people with the devil, one came out to defend him. Gary Cass, chairman and CEO…
ABC, CBF plan multi-pronged responses to Haitian earthquake
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — American Baptists plan to tap both international relief efforts and local churches with strong ties to the Haitian-American community in responding to human suffering caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. The Cooperative Baptist…
Passport exports camp concept to Liberia
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — There's nothing unusual about using an obstacle course at summer camp to build trust and teamwork — but it has deeper meaning when the campers spent most of their childhood years growing up in a country…
Passport exports youth-camping concept to Liberia
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — There's nothing unusual about using an obstacle course at summer camp to build trust and teamwork — but it has deeper meaning when the campers spent most of their childhood years growing up in a country…
Haitian Baptist college president describes country ‘in shock’
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A Christian college president in Haiti told Baptist World Alliance officials that the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit near the country's capital Jan. 12 "will affect everybody in Haiti." "The whole country is in shock…