The people of Northstar Church in Blacksburg would like to publicly thank the people who came to our town as a part of the disaster relief temporary child care unit the week following the tragedy at Virginia Tech. This fine…
Pastors challenged to link faith, society in ‘celebration of preaching’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Prophecy is not about gazing into the future. It's about passion for a better world right now, speakers at a celebration of preaching stressed in Nashville, Tenn. While many think of the prophets of the Bible…
Serious concern
A very serious concern continues in my own heart and mind since the horrendous happening at Virginia Tech. Where are those of you at the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, the Religious Herald, at the school, and/or throughout the Baptist populace…
N.C. pastor nominated as CBF moderator-elect
ATLANTA (ABP) — North Carolina pastor Jack Glasgow has been nominated to serve as the next moderator-elect of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Pastor of Zebulon Baptist Church in Zebulon, N.C., Glasgow is the former moderator of CBF of North Carolina…
Again the SBC is unfair
I noted with some sadness the article in the May 17 issue of the Herald announcing Virginia nominees to Southern Baptist Convention agencies. Once again, members of churches belonging to the Baptist General Association of Virginia are in scant evidence…
SBC meeting likely to include debate over resolutions, mission boards
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ABP) — The upcoming Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting may not, like last year's, feature a contested and unpredictable presidential election — but it is likely to air other contentious issues, according to those who track such…
Frontline ministry
The closer people get to a foxhold, the more spiritual they generally become, a frontline military chaplain observed. Tough circumstances—and the accompanying escalated interest in spiritual matters—provide countless opportunities for military chaplains like U.S. Navy Capt. Bill Perdue of the…
A definition of high energy
A dictionary gives the following definition of energy: “Capacity or habit of vigorous activity; also, ability to produce action or effect.” The compiler of words must have known Hugh Thomas Busey. In everyday laymen speak, he has been aptly called…
As the war goes on, so does the work of military
CHICAGO (RNS)–Once you've seen the brutal face of evil, you start looking for the tender face of God, Chaplain Robert Barry said. Barry is an Air National Guard chaplain who spends his summers working with injured soldiers at Landstuhl military…
EDITORIAL: An army waging war against itself
Universal Press Syndicate released the following story. The headline reads “Holiest site becoming one of the stinkiest.” The story follows. “Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre most recently made News of the Weird in 2004 because of continued petty territorial…
Southern Baptist tapped as Army chief of chaplains
Chaplain Douglas Carver has been nominated to serve as the next U.S. Army chief of chaplains—the first Southern Baptist to lead the Army's chaplain corps in more than 50 years. Carver, 55, also has been recommended for promotion in rank…
As Senate debates immigration bill, Christian leaders say it’s worth a shot
WASHINGTON (ABP)—It may face an uphill battle in Congress, but some Christian leaders are saying the Senate's latest immigration-reform proposal is better than doing nothing on the issue. The legislation passed an initial test when the Senate voted May 21…