HALIFAX — Team members Vicky Barker, Donna Moorefield, Hugh and Dot Haley, Harrell and Joyce Burton, George and Sara Crump, Woody and Joan Waller and C.J. Womack. “What an experience!” “I’ll be going on the next trip.” “It’s humbling to…
Youth minister helps students go on mission online
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Like innovators of the past who used the printing press, radio and television to spread the gospel, a growing number of Christians today are taking their message to social media such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs, podcasts,…
Wide-open freedom of the Web offers challenges and ministry opportunities
While social networking sites are far from private or anonymous, the public nature hasn’t prevented individuals from boldly posting information or photographs they likely wouldn’t share with such a diverse crowd in “real” life, pastors note. Daniel Johnson, associate pastor…
Ministry leaders tap into online networking
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Visit Facebook, search the word “LifeWay” and John Cade’s profile pops up. Known as “John at LifeWay,” Cade uses the social networking site to connect with 700-plus student leaders for ministry. LifeWay Christian Resources is harnessing…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Randy T. McDaniel, to Calvary Church, Floyd, as senior pastor. • Willard D. Bowen, to Welcome Grove Church, Warsaw, as pastor. • Robert Putt, now serving as pastor of West Lynchburg Church, Lynchburg. He had served as…
Getting to know you: Christians are engaging social media
Just how many Christians are flocking to Facebook? It’s not an idle question, to judge from the number of people asking it on the wildly popular social networking site. “We Can Find 10,000,000 Christians on Facebook” is the name of…
Fredericksburg congregation adopts multi-site, multi-generational model
FREDERICKSBURG — Given the present economic conditions, most people know exactly how they would use a gift of one million dollars or even a multi-million dollar-valued piece of land. Fairview's Charlotte Street campus. Fairview Baptist Church in Fredericksburg and its…
West Lynchburg church prepares more than 2,600 meals
LYNCHBURG — A missions team from West Lynchburg Baptist Church in Lynchburg recently prepared 2,622 meals — in a little over an hour and a half. It’s the second time in the past six months that members have collected money…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida visits the Holy Land
Dear Jimmy, Well, shut my mouth and call me a hymnal. Your old uncle and I actually made it to the Holy Land. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would actually step on some of the…
Military destroys Afghan Bibles
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The U.S. military says it has destroyed Afghan-language Bibles confiscated from soldiers in Afghanistan to ensure troops did not break regulations against proselytizing. According to Reuters, officials denied that evangelical Christian soldiers seen in a video by…
ABP directors give posthumous award to Herb Reynolds
DALLAS (ABP) — The late Herbert H. Reynolds, longtime president of Baylor University, was praised recently by one of Congress' most ardent defenders of church-state separation as a mentor who "ignited my passion for religious liberty and separation of church…
Evangelical global-warming skeptics hire lobbyist
WASHINGTON (ABP) — As Congress debates clean-energy legislation, a conservative Christian group is ramping up lobbying efforts to raise questions about the science of climate change. The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation Committee recently hired Shannon Royce, a…