The Feb. 22 edition, your editoral and the whole issue, was one of the finest. Thanks! Bob Boggs, Glen Allen
Saddleback’s Rick Muchow shares experiences of worship leading
For 20 years, Rick Muchow, worship leader of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., has shared the platform with Rick Warren. While others might have wilted under the intensity of this experience, Muchow has thrived. In Richmond to lead the…
Fine editorial
Yours has to be one of the very finest editorials I have read in my 54 years of Christian service! God bless you for presenting that continuing harangue in such a fine manner. It said so much! Thank you for…
Campbell to direct board’s stewardship
Donald J. Campbell, pastor of Poroporone Baptist Church in Shacklefords, has been named director of stewardship development for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. Campbell, who will serve in the position on a part-time basis, will continue as pastor of Poroporone…
The man from Mount Vernon
William James Cumbie was a mover and shaker on the Virginia Baptist scene for nearly 60 years. He first appeared on the Virginia scene in 1948 when, at age 25, he was the energetic new pastor of the First Baptist…
Workshop to focus on ‘organic leaders’
Organic leadership in churches will be the focus of a series of workshops sponsored by the Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network. Bob Dale, most recently assistant executive director of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and founding director of the Ray…
ANOTHER VIEW: ‘Aunt Ida’ is very perceptive
The excellent editorial in the Jan. 24 issue of the Religious Herald, entitled “Aunt Ida preaches to preachers,” highlighted the profile of most forced terminations. The epidemic is much wider spread than most realize. And the effects are deeper and…
Supreme Court clears way for case over student’s anti-gay T-shirt
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In a procedural move, the Supreme Court cleared the way March 5 for a lawsuit over a California school district's suspension of a teenager who wore an anti-gay T-shirt to class. The decision means the court may…
Opinion: Retrieving a consistent pro-life ethic
Christians are so tangled up with politics these days that our political loyalties threaten to engulf our Christian commitments. We want the politicians to listen to us and the politicians want us to listen to them. It is nice to…
BWA committee nominates Jamaican as first non-white general secretary
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Neville Callam will make history for Baptists around the world if elected general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance. If elected in July, the 55-year-old Jamaican pastor will be the first non-white chief executive of…
Correction
In the March 5 ABP story “Southwestern seeks McKissic's removal; trustee likens attempt to 'lynching,''” please make the following corrections: In the 9th paragraph, one reference to McClain should be McKissic. Also McKissic is misspelled in the second reference. Replace…
SBC’s Land criticizes Giuliani for ‘divorce on steroids’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's top ethicist criticized one thrice-married GOP presidential candidate March 6 for what he called “divorce on steroids.” Richard Land, head of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said evangelicals might accept…