MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (ABP) – Keith Beene, the 40-year-old administrator of a professional society for Baptist communications professionals, died unexpectedly in the early hours of Nov. 16, according to the group's president. David Winfrey, president of the Baptist Communicators Association, said…
Church starters begin pioneering work in mountains of India
ATLANTA (ABP) — For five years, Sam Bandela has worked among hill tribes in the mountainous central region of India. As tsunami relief and personal challenges intervened, Bandela struggled to find trusted local partners, train indigenous church planters and fund…
Budget changes only topic of discussion during Virginia Baptist meeting
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Virginia Baptists increased their support for a variety of state, national and international ministries – and for the second year in a row persuaded their budget committee to modify its proposal because of concerns about funding…
Budget changes only topic of discussion during Virginia Baptist meeting
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Virginia Baptists increased their support for a variety of state, national and international ministries – and for the second year in a row persuaded their budget committee to modify its proposal because of concerns about funding…
Panel to study BGAV’s regional affiliations
RICHMOND — The scope of the Baptist General Association of Virginia's relationship with churches outside of Virginia will be the focus of a recently-appointed subcommittee. BGAV president Boyce Brannock appointed the six-member subcommittee for the study of regional relationships and…
BWA Tour
BWA TOUR Baptist World Alliance general secretary Neville Callam (right) ended his several-weeks tour to meet Baptists across the nation with a visit to Richmond, where he was greeted at a luncheon. Joining him was John Upton, executive director of…
Herald trustees to include non-Virginians
RICHMOND — A recently-adopted bylaw change by the Religious Herald's board of trustees will give the newspaper representation from outside of Virginia, the paper has announced. The trustees, who elect their own successors, voted to reduce the number of annual…
Proposed BGAV budget for 2008 alters funding for schools, colleges
RICHMOND — Virginia Baptists will be asked this week to approve a 2008 budget that offers a new way to fund their educational institutions. The changes are part of the proposed Baptist General Association of Virginia budget of $14,360,000 —…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida makes room at the table
Oh my goodness. You just don't know what you missed last Sunday. How I wish you and your family coulda been here for Sunday dinner. Things mighta gone a lot smoother if you had been here. ‘Course, as far as…
SECOND OPINION: A truly evangelical Baptist future
In moving this summer from Union University to Mercer University I transitioned from a school that moves in the orbit of the Southern Baptist Convention to an institution that moves in the orbit of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. And so…
David Olive inaugurated as president during Bluefield College celebration
BLUEFIELD — Bluefield College celebrated the inauguration of a new president, David W. Olive, during a Nov. 2 campus ceremony, which challenged the BC family to embrace its heritage, while imagining its future. Hundreds of local and regional dignitaries and…
Generations
For nearly 180 years, across five generations, the Religious Herald has arrived uninterrupted in the homes of the Ryland family of Virginia. Samuel Peachey Ryland subscribed when the first issue of the Herald came off the press in January 1828….