The visitor to the Heritage Gallery of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society was ready to leave. He rather intently had examined each of the panels in the religious liberty mural. We knew that he was a professor of law and…
Serving seniors for 60 years
Virginia Baptist Homes Inc. is proud to be a ministry of Virginia Baptists and to have assisted thousands of seniors in housing and healthcare over the past 60 years under the umbrella of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. The…
Suspicion rooted in ignorance, denial
Thanks for your recent editorial entitled “SBC continues its snub of the BGAV.” You are “right on” with your evaluation and comments regarding the SBC leadership's suspcion of the BGAV. Suspicion is usually rooted in ignorance and denial, both of…
Wounded ministers
Ministers' wounds can cause them to question — or even abandon — their call to ministry. But what wounds a minister? “There is a great deal of idealism wrapped up in a pastor's desire to serve people through the church…
BGAV nominees to SBC committees
I would like to respond to the editorial by Jim White in the Religious Herald, “SBC continues snub of the BGAV,” [July 10] concerning the nomination of individuals from the BGAV. My name is Steve Tyree, pastor of Elon Baptist…
Rejected ministers find acceptance and help
RICHMOND — Statistically, a pastor stands a better chance of being fired than a coach in the National Football League. Charles Chandler, executive director of the Ministering to Ministers Foundation, reports more than 20 percent of all pastors will be…
How does God offer salvation?
I have been cogitating for some time on the matter of the CBF breakout session titled “The Changing Shape of Our Salvation,” led by John Killinger during the recent CBF meeting in Memphis. In the June 26 issue of the…
Uncertain times breed anxiety, disrupt churches
RALEIGH, N.C. (BP) — Uncertain times bring anxiety into the church and, as Wayne Oakes has observed, the conflict that often results can be traced to loss of control. Oakes, minister/church relations consultant for the Baptist State Convention of North…
Did God really say?
In his editorial concerning generous orthodoxy, [“How generous should orthodoxy be?”, June 26] Jim White wrote about John Killinger's presentation at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, in which Killinger questioned the view that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation….
Mentoring program helps ministers chart true course
No one ever promised vocational ministry would be easy, said Michael Godfrey, executive director of True Course Ministries. That's why he knew his mentoring program for clergy would meet an immediate need. Godfrey's 32 years experience in Christian ministry revealed…
O’Brien to head Carson-Newman
Veteran Baylor University professor and administrator Randall O'Brien has been named president of Baptist-affiliated Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn. Trustees elected him July 8. O'Brien will assume full-time duties Jan. 1, 2009, after a transitional period that begins in…
Wounded ‘soldier of the cross’ scarred by Christian service
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — After 18 years serving in hot spots around the globe, Kevin Turner finally was wounded in the line of duty — not physically, but emotionally and spiritually. As president of Strategic World Impact and an ordained Baptist…