STAFF CHANGES • Derek Hamby, to Randolph Memorial Church, Madison Heights, as pastor, effective Aug. 1. • Jeff Schaloff, to Fox Hill Road Church, Hampton, as pastor. • Jim Vaught, to Ferry Farm Church, Fredericksburg, as pastor, effective Aug. 1….
LifeWay offers resources on iTunes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Individuals searching for everything from Beth Moore Bible studies to Vacation Bible School songs need look no further than their iTunes account. In 2006, LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention began placing downloadable audio files on…
Virginia couple reaches out to workers in Chinese city
MACAU, China — Like the bamboo scaffolding around a new building is how Larry and Sarah Ballew describe their ministry in Macau, China. It's an appropriate metaphor for Macau, an old city being transformed by new hotels and casinos. With…
Broad left-right coalition faces stiff opposition to Farm Bill reform
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Justice for poor farmers and support for free trade are motivating a broad coalition of liberal, moderate and conservative groups to urge changes to an agriculture bill the House is considering. But the legislation affects much more…
Eddie Stratton to direct development; Walter Harrow to assist in treasurer’s office
RICHMOND – Eddie Stratton, treasurer of the Baptist General Association of Virginia and the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, has assumed responsibilities for development and fundraising for the Mission Board. Stratton will continue his role as treasurer, a post he has…
Virginia Baptist Venturer in Ghana ministering through AIDS awareness
Megan Redd, one of Virginia Baptists' Venturers serving in collegiate ministry at Cornell University in New York, recently emailed the glocal missions and evangelism team at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center to describe her recent student-led mission trip to Ghana….
Turkish voters give mandate to moderate Islamist party
ISTANBUL (ABP) — Despite the fears of the nation's secular elite, Turkish voters kept a moderate Islamist party in power after parliamentary elections July 22. The Justice and Development Party, known by its Turkish initials as AKP, received about 47…
African American pastor blazes trail at Northern Virginia church
NEW BALTIMORE—Broad Run Baptist Church, whose members since the Civil War have been almost exclusively white, installed African-American Larry White as pastor on June 24. Broad Run, the oldest continuously active Baptist church in Virginia, was organized on Dec. 3,…
Missions education resource inspires church’s art show
BALTIMORE — Photographs documenting an immigrant's journey, masquerade masks and paintings stretching the edge of imagination—all are part of supporting the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's HIV/AIDS ministry in Africa and reaching out to a transitioning Baltimore community. Hosted by University Baptist…
Christian hostages in Afghanistan wait as Korean official tries to win release
KABUL, Afghanistan (ABP) — A senior official from South Korea traveled to Afghanistan July 26 to try to save 22 Korean Christians taken hostage by Taliban fighters. The kidnappers killed the group's leader, 42-year-old Bae Hyung-kyu, July 25. The group,…
Bottled water craze may find way into late Jerry Falwell’s legacy
LYNCHBURG—Move over, Perrier. The next designer bottled water may come out of Lynchburg, courtesy of the late Jerry Falwell. Liberty University, the school founded by the fundamentalist Baptist evangelist who died May 15, has announced that it will bottle water…
Baptist morality activist arrested on sex-for-hire charges in N.C.
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Coy Privette, the president of a Christian morality group and a former state legislator and Southern Baptist Convention leader, has been arrested on prostitution-related charges in North Carolina. Privette, the president of the Christian Action League…