No one who has talked with Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt can doubt that he is a man who is deeply concerned about dipping baptism figures in the SBC. For the fourth straight year Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer…
Huguenot Road awarded grant by Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
ATLANTA — Huguenot Road Baptist Church in Richmond has been awarded an “It’s Time” Missional Ministry grant of $25,000 by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The grant will help fund the church’s partnership with the Hyaets ministry in Charlotte, N.C. Hyaets,…
HERITAGE: The bishop of the Blackwater
If Baptists had bishops (and they don’t), the bishop of the Blackwater Baptist Association was Ira D. “Tuck” Hudgins. He filled the role of elder statesman, counselor and pulpit supply until his death on April 28 at age 91. Fred…
SBC names Virginians to committees, boards
NASHVILLE, Tenn — Appointments — including a number of Virginians — to Southern Baptist Convention committees and nominees to serve on its boards of trustees have been announced by Baptist Press, the SBC’s news service. Two Virginians serve on the…
OUT LOUD
“We want this to be a political mud pit for Obama. Our mission is to tar him with the blood of the babies so he can never shake it between now and 2012.” RANDALL TERRY. The anti-abortion activist was referring…
Virginia Baptist chairs disaster relief network for North American Baptists
FALLS CHURCH (ABP) — Several Baptist denominations in the United States and Canada have established a formal disaster-relief network to coordinate efforts among the various groups, according to a May 13 press release from the Baptist World Alliance. Terry Raines…
Churches can become welcoming places to parents of children with learning differences
Parents of squirming children who cannot stay focused and who often end up labeled as “troublemakers” some-times feel isolated – and maybe even unwelcome in church. Author Maren Angellotti believes they are in good company. The parents of John the…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Ethan Waters, to Glenn Memorial Church, Prospect, as pastor. • Kevin Wirt, resigning as pastor of Burkeville Church, Burkeville. • Kevin Sayler, to New Beginnings Church, Richmond, as interim pastor. • Aaron Lee, to Gayton Church, Richmond,…
Huguenot Road Church transforms sister congregation
Last month the ministerial and support staffs at Huguenot Road Baptist Church were not in the office for three days — and it wasn’t spring break. On March 30-April 1 they could be found at a sister church engaging in…
Operation Inasmuch impacts Sandston community
SANDSTON — The members of Sandston Baptist Church in Sandston spent Saturday, April 18, serving their community through Operation Inasmuch. This was the third year the congregation has sponsored this hands-on experience, motivated by Matthew 25, in which Jesus says the…
5-year-old Iraqi Christian boy kidnapped, then killed
WASHINGTON (BP) — The body of a kidnapped 5-year-old Iraqi Christian boy was discovered riddled with gunshots May 11, according to a report issued May 13 by International Christian Concern, a Washington-based human rights organization. The youth, Tony Adwar Shaweel,…
Officials deny report that BGCT holding up IMB funds
DALLAS (ABP) — Leaders said blogs accusing the Baptist General Convention of Texas of escrowing funds from the Lottie Moon Offering to improve its cash flow were erroneous and result of a record-keeping glitch. Officials at the Southern Baptist Convention Executive…