BLACKSBURG — Students with the Baptist Collegiate Ministries at Virginia Tech spent the last two weeks of March engaging the campus with discussions about things that polarize, all the while looking for chances to interject the love and hope of…
New England celebration
This year, the Baptist Convention of New England is celebrating 50 years of Southern Baptist work in New England and 25 years as a constituted state convention. The celebration will culminate at our annual meeting on Nov. 13-15, in Marlboro,…
BGAV’s Caribbean partners begin ministry to ‘diaspora’
NEW YORK (ABP) — With a worship service March 30, a group of ministers officially launched a Baptist fellowship to minster to the Caribbean “diaspora” in English-speaking countries. The Caribbean Diaspora Baptist Clergy Association kicked off its life with a…
Greetings from India
Greetings to you in the wonderful name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We trust that this mail finds you all in good health and joy. By the grace of God and by your prayers we are doing well. We are…
‘Photo-evangelism’ shown to be effective new missionary tool
LYNCHBURG — When Ralph and Tammy Stocks answered the call to the mission field, they assumed that their ministries would lead people to Christ. But neither of them imagined that one of their best evangelism methods would be family photos….
A tribute to Upper Zion
Several weeks ago I had the privilege of taking a guided tour of the Upper Zion area of Fort A.P. Hill with my mother, Evlyn Upshaw, and her sister, Annie Purks. These two sisters wept as they shared memories of…
SECOND OPINION: The utilitarian temptation
A few weeks ago, I was reminded in a news article that Judge Paul Pressler had actually said, at the beginning of the Southern Baptist controversy, that his side must “go for the jugular.” This is an image of slaying…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for April 17, 2008
STAFF CHANGES • Ben Thomas, to Bethany Church, Woodford, as full-time pastor. • Eric Kieselbach, to Kearfott Memorial Church, Martinsville, as pastor. • James N. Kim, to New Life International Church, as pastor. This is a new mission congregation meeting…
Standing fast in liberty
In the days when they called themselves “colored,” the African-American Baptists of Southside Virginia decided that they needed to organize a new district association. Hasadiah Baptist Association was so large that it covered 200 miles across 21 counties and included…
EDITORIAL: In crisis mode
I'm not crazy about the smell of burning wires. Especially at 30,000 feet. Recently on a flight segment from St. Louis to Cincinnati the distinctive odor of burning wires assaulted my olfactory senses. Wanting to believe it was my imagination…
OUT LOUD
“I want to say it again, and again, and again: Islam is not a religion. It is a political system … bent on world domination, not a religion.” Pat Robertson The religious broadcaster was speaking on his “700 Club” program….
Opinion: Democrats and the abortion issue
At a policy level, I was generally pleased with the answers of the candidates to the policy questions they were asked. They expressed commitment to domestic-poverty reduction, creation care, the abolition of torture, and efforts to combat AIDS. The fact…