I was most impressed with your front page article in the April 19 issue. When a pastor leaves a congregation is a perfect time for a church to “relax, rest, regroup.” I advise a congregation, after a pastor leaves it…
A cry from the depths
Darrell Cook, the BCM director at Virginia Tech, walked me through the campus on the day students returned to classes. Obviously, the students looked dazed as if living in a surreal world starving for normalcy again. You could hear the…
David Olive named president of Bluefield College
David W. Olive will be the next president of Bluefield College, the BC board of trustees announced April 21. Olive, an executive vice president and chief operating officer at Pfeiffer University in Charlotte, N.C., will become Bluefield College's ninth president…
Emerging leader explores call at Senior High Weekend
EAGLE EYRIE — Taylor Smith, a high school sophomore, feels that God may be calling her into some type of youth ministry. So in March when she joined more than 500 other youth at Eagle Eyrie for Virginia Baptists' Senior…
Mission Board approves funding for resort ministry
The Virginia Baptist Mission Board has authorized funding for a resort and leisure ministries coordinator who will serve in a variety of locations in the state. The action came during the regular spring meeting of the board held in Richmond…
Heritage Seekers releases issue in two languages
Ciao! Mi chiamo Marta ed ho 10 anni. Faccio parte della Chiesa Battista di Roma e frequento la scuola domenicale della Chiesa. Ti voglio parlare del posto dove vivo. Devi compiere un lungo viaggio se vuoi venirmi a trovare! And…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
New director at CrossRoads. Reuben E. Todd has been elected director of CrossRoads Camp and Conference Center, a retreat facility owned and operated by Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia. For the last three and a half years, Reuben has served…
How can churches legally minister to illegal immigrants?
When the doorbell rings at many churches, a person in need may be standing in the doorway seeking some food, clothes, counseling or encouragement. If that individual is an undocumented immigrant, his presence presents legal and ethical issues many congregations…
Relationships key to helping immigrants, Baptist workers say
FREDERICKSBURG (ABP)—Every afternoon, Felicitas does something she thought might never happen. She meets the school bus near her Virginia apartment complex to pick up her son, Carlos, as he returns from another day of elementary school. Carlos has spina bifida,…
No easy answers
Sometimes, answers to the tough questions just don't come, campus ministers at Virginia Tech insist. When they do, they don't come easily. And they often come up short. As ministers and counselors descended on Virginia Tech to offer comfort and…
Anti-immigrant rhetoric nothing new, historians say
If American Protestants today have trouble knowing how to accept and assimilate a new wave of immigrants, they at least can take comfort in knowing their forebears wrestled with similar issues. “Americans have always struggled with immigrants. Non-conformist immigrants like…
Tech students gather at Baptist campus center
BLACKSBURG (ABP)—As the sun began to set and the wind continued to howl over a wounded campus and city, Virginia Tech students gathered for prayer, comfort and counseling at the school's Baptist student center. Blacksburg, the small city that houses…