In 1942 Alma Cree finished business school in Henderson, N.C, and did the unthinkable. She had grown up hearing about the Foreign Mission Board and imagined that it would be “a good place to work.” She wrote a blind letter…
Mission Board to expand Capital Stewardship Services
The Virginia Baptist Mission Board's executive committee voted Jan. 16 to reorganize and expand its program of Capital Stewardship Services and has enlisted Reggie McDonough, former executive director of the board, to lead it. Mission Board executive director John Upton…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries
Staff Changes Lewis McElfresh, to Summit Point Church, Summit Point, W.Va., as pastor. Virginia Swaim White, to Arlington Church, Arlington, as permanent part-time pastor. Jonathan Wolf, to Dundas Church, Dundas, as pastor. Mark T. Holland, to Boulevard Church, Richmond, as…
Virginia Baptist from Georgia serves on panel
When the Baptist General Association of Virginia's religious liberty committee met at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center in Richmond on Jan. 18, one committee member had traveled more than 600 miles to get there. Paula Batts is a member of…
Theological education
Thank you for your editorial suggesting that there are ways to provide theological education in a more effective and efficient mannger for Virginia Baptists [“Theological opportunity?” Herald, Dec. 14]. Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond would be eager to discuss cooperative…
Henry to speak at evangelism conference
Jim Henry, former pastor of First Baptist in Orlando, Fla., and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, will be the keynote speaker at the Southwest Evangelism Conference on Feb. 19 at First Baptist Church in Galax. The conference will…
ANOTHER VIEW: A year of challenges
Christmas vacation is always a time for me to read, meditate and review the past year. I send these seven challenges for 2007, not because I have the answers, but because I feel they are critical issues confronting the church….
FIRST HAND: What is the future of liturgical worship?
In a recent academic publication by InterVarsity Press, Liturgical Theology, Simon Chan presents an intriguing case for the use of liturgy. With the center of the church shifting from Western Europe and North America to the southern hemisphere, perhaps it…
South African pastor killed by gunman during Bible study
FISH HOEK, South Africa (ABP) — Phillip Mokson, founding pastor of Masiphumelele Baptist Church near here, was shot and killed Jan. 22 as he taught a Bible study inside the church building. Family members including his wife, children and grandchildren…
Episcopal Church left historic Christianity, conservatives say
Two leaders of The Falls Church, one of the largest Episcopal parishes in Virginia that voted to sever ties with the Episcopal Church, said they left the denomination because the American Episcopal Church “no longer believes in the historic, orthodox…
Accrediting agencies asked to probe seminary’s dismissal of female prof
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A supporter of a professor who lost her job at a Southern Baptist seminary — allegedly due to gender discrimination — has filed complaints with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and Association of…
Chaplain: Grounds for his ouster were overturned by Congress
While the U.S. Navy has rescinded a regulation that restricted chaplains from conducting public worship outside of Sunday chapels, an evangelical claims the military branch is firing him for violating that guideline. A chaplain at the Naval Air Station in…