STAFF CHANGES • Thomas E. Bryant, to Wylliesburg Church, Wylliesburg, as pastor. CENTENNIAL: Clifford Baptist Church in the Piedmont Association celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sept. 20. Approximately 850 people attending, including former pastors and wives, Marvin and Nancy Kerby and…
Jan. 5 is last day to receive CM receipts in treasurer’s office
Jan. 5, 2010, is the last day contributions toward the 2009 fiscal year may be sent to the treasurer’s office of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Churches are encouraged to forward their 2009 receipts to the Virginia Baptist Resource…
OUT LOUD
“I have heard it said that sex offenders are modern-day lepers. That is probably pretty accurate. And we know that Jesus didn’t shun lepers. He loved them and healed them. He expects us to do the same.” Pat Nolan The…
HERITAGE: The day after Christmas
It is a let down. The Christmas tree which carried a hefty price tag on Christmas Eve is worthless and at my house I have to pay to have it hauled away. The presents which were chosen and wrapped with…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida does what needs doin’
Dear Jimmy, My gracious sakes alive, I thought the snowflakes would never stop fallin’. The snow just kept blowin’ and driftin’ and gettin’ deeper and deeper! Why the drifts between the house and the barn got so high that I…
Top stories of 2009: Cast your vote
The last year was a significant one for Baptists and other Christians. The Religious Herald’s first issue in January will feature the top stories of 2009, based on a vote of its readers. The Herald staff is encouraging its readers…
Messengers ask Mo. Baptist Executive Board to drop agency lawsuits
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — Three messengers to the most recent Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting who seek to end a seven-year legal struggle between the convention and five formerly affiliated entities were given a chance to air their views…
Ugandan pastors blast Rick Warren for opposing anti-gay law
KAMPALA, Uganda (ABP) — A group of Ugandan pastors is calling on Southern Baptist mega-church pastor Rick Warren to apologize for his recent letter opposing anti-gay legislation pending in the east African nation. The Uganda National Pastors Task Force Against…
Chris Tomlin wants young worshipers to give ‘glory to God in the highest’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Throughout his December concerts, Christian recording artist Chris Tomlin is seeking to do more than spread Yuletide cheer. He wants young worshippers to find new meaning in traditional Christmas carols. No caption submitted “The lyrics of…
For five decades, Houston couple has brightened children’s Christmas
HOUSTON (ABP) — George and Novice Bruner’s Christmas list includes the names of more than 200 needy Houston children. George and Novice Bruner of Tallowood Baptist Church in Houston have given more than 40,000 gifts to about 4,000 children over…
Christmas Around the World: Global Baptists celebrate the holiday
The 180-member Suwon Central Baptist Church sanctuary choir, a 60-voice women’s choir and the 60-member children’s choir presented the music of Christmas. (ABP) — Christmas in the United States is both a secular and sacred holiday. There’s the hustle…
Evangelical leaders support abortion compromise in health-care plan
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Thirty-nine pro-life Christian pastors and leaders released a statement Dec. 18 applauding alternative language aimed at preventing health-care reform from being derailed by debate over abortion. With bill supporters in the Senate lacking a filibuster-proof majority to…