CAMDEN, S.C. (ABP) — Another Southern Baptist minister has been arrested on child sex-abuse charges, this time for sending pornographic photos of himself to what he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Kevin Ogle, 42, pastor of Northgate Colonial Baptist Church…
American religious delegation travels to Iran to seek peace
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABP) — A Christian delegation led by Quakers and Mennonites met with political and religious leaders in Iran to improve relations between the United States and the volatile nation. Representatives from the American Friends Service Committee and the…
Correction
In the story Feb. 22 story “Experts: More danger than meets eye in upcoming Supreme Court case,” please replace the 20th paragraph with the following: While the government is not arguing that the Flast expansion be overturned, Bull's friend-of-the-court brief…
Witness classes to be offered in Hampton Roads
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is sponsoring a series of classes designed to strengthen believers' faith and equip them with the knowledge and confidence to tell others about their beliefs. The Christian Life and Witness Course is open free of…
Clinton’s confession
My spiritual gift of “mercy” may not serve me well always, and that may be what is driving my emotions here, but I am appalled at the well nigh undeviating scorn of former president Bill Clinton's testimony of repentance. Politics…
Justice is theme of BTSR’s preaching, worship seminar
“Let Justice Roll” is the theme of the ninth annual Chester Brown, Hampton Baptist Church Preaching and Worship Conference, set for May 21-23 and sponsored by Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond. Plenary and worship sessions, which will be held at…
WMUV’s actions
Thank you for your January articles updating us on recent changes in Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia. As a former employee of WMUV, and one of many dismissed or pressured to resign during the tenure of the former WMUV executive…
Embrace postmodern change, says Sweet
Deal with it, get over it or get help. That's Leonard Sweet's mantra when it comes to understanding Christianity's fluid role in the postmodern world. The Christian church is in the midst of a “perfect storm,” Sweet told a crowd…
Friends to civil liberty
In the summer of 1789, the General Committee—an early and loose organization of Virginia Baptists—met in Richmond. In a spirit of national pride, they endorsed a letter of congratulations to the Republic's first president, a fellow Virginian, George Washington. Although…
FIRST PERSON: Hip hop and holubtsi
I love the ethnic diversity of inner cities. In Philadelphia, a group of Baptist state convention executives and editors were treated to a quick glimpse of contemporary Baptist life in the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania-South Jersey (BCPSJ), where Anglos make…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for February 22, 2007
Staff Changes Jeff Hudgins, to Heritage Church, Farmville, as pastor. Shawn Dobbins, to Preston Oaks Church, Roanoke, as pastor. Jeff Kinder, to Cedar Grove Church, Lebanon, as pastor. Daniel Joseph Mochamps, to Corrottoman Church, Lancaster, as pastor. Harold Cook, resigning…
FIRST PERSON: Hip hop and holubtsi
I love the ethnic diversity of inner cities. In Philadelphia, a group of Baptist state convention executives and editors were treated to a quick glimpse of contemporary Baptist life in the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania-South Jersey (BCPSJ), where Anglos make…