Was it simply serendipity that the facing age of your editorial contained Fred's Heritage column entitled “Now it can be told”—or editorial irony? Allow me to share a few anecdotes from my experience with “the dilemma of reporting the facts.”…
God’s plan
If anyone knows why God made a plan to take the lives of so many people or his reason, please let me know. I just lost a grandson on Aug. 26. Let me know why and the reason so I…
Saving the General Association!
“You are acquainted with how its missionaries are suffering and its wants disregarded. [The General Association] must be more liberally supported than it has been for a year or two past. For it to go down would seriously injure our…
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CHURCH POSITIONS PART-TIME MINISTER OF MUSIC. Hillcrest Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, Va., is seeking a part-time minister of music. Candidates should have the leadership skills necessary to grow and direct a comprehensive music ministry. They must also demonstrate good communication…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for September 21, 2006
Staff changes Ben Laird, to Trinity Church, Martinsville, as pastor. Chris and Karen Harbin, to Central Church, Lowesville, as co-pastors. Ronnie Campbell, to Bethany Church, Baskersville, as pastor. Gregory Todd Randall, to Clarksville Church, Clarksville, as senior pastor. Richard L….
Making a difference: Churches mentor via Big Brothers Big Sisters program
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — A Birmingham chapter of the national Big Brothers Big Sisters program is using a new, faith-based approach to matching adults with children in need of mentors. The initiative, called Faithful Friends, is unique to the agency…
Impact of Thai coup unclear for Baptist mission work
(ABP) — Representatives from three Baptist agencies declined to speculate what long-range impact a coup in Thailand could have on missions in the region, but they confirmed the safety of all field personnel in the country. Spokesmen for the Southern…
ABP announces new columns, other features on website
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Associated Baptist Press is publishing a new series of syndicated columns, starting with Baptist ethicists David Gushee and Elizabeth Newman. The new columns are among several changes announced for ABP's website, ABPNews.com, including a daily collection…
Churches using golf tourneys to reach fathers on their turf
DORA, Ala. (ABP) — Ninety-three percent of the time, if the father figure in the household comes to know God and gets involved in a church, the rest of the household will as well, golf expert Scott Lehman said Aug….
Horses to teach life lessons for girls at Baptist home
WEST, Miss. (ABP) — There's something about the outside of a horse that's good for the inside of a man — or girl, according to Ellen Repasy. That's why she recently helped create a horse stable at a home for…
Slow-motion genocide in Sudan
After the Holocaust, the world said “never again.” Never again will we stand by and watch while millions are slaughtered. After the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s, the world said “never again.” After the Rwandan genocide of 1994, the world…
Baptist leaders propose nixing Arkansas newspaper board
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — Arkansas Baptist leaders will try to turn control of the Arkansas Baptist News over to the state convention staff, replacing the independent board that currently governs the newspaper. A task force, appointed last year by…