How shameful it is that our secular media blames President Bush and our country for causing nearly every hostility that occurs almost anywhere in the world and at the same time blames us for interjecting ourselves in others quarrels and…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for August 17, 2006
STAFF CHANGES Rand Forder, to Muddy Creek Church, Powhatan, as pastor. effective Sept. 5. Terry Henley, to New Hope Church, Pulaski, as bi-vocational pastor. Ronnie Campbell, to Bethany Church, Baskerville, as pastor. He had been serving as assistant pastor. Maynard…
Now it can be told
About 100 years have passed since the following story took place. Maybe now it can be told! “Pastor John” had been at the country church for seven years and had earned the respect of the congregation. At age 65, he…
New Venturer Program offers mission opportunities
Rachel Brentner, a Lawrenceville, Va., kindergarten teacher, developed a passion for Belize and the people of that Central American nation on two mission trips with the Baptist Student Union at Pennsylvania State University. When she looked for a connecting organization…
ANALYSIS: Gore documentary film exposes diversity in evangelical opinion on environment
A recent movie by Al Gore has helped reveal a diversity of opinion among Christians when it comes to the environment. While in recent years some evangelical and conservative groups have begun to acknowledge the case for environmental concern, the…
Retired Lynchburg College leader named interim president of BC
A retired Christian educator with more than 14 years of experience as a college president became interim president of Bluefield College on Aug. 1. Charles O. Warren Jr., a native of Bluefield, W. Va., and longtime president of Lynchburg College…
International student workers connect at the Internet Café
Each year there are an estimated 5,000 international students who come to Virginia Beach to work during the summer. These students come from Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and China. They are usually A-B students, who are studying in the sciences as…
Retired Lynchburg College leader named interim president of BC
A retired Christian educator with more than 14 years of experience as a college president became interim president of Bluefield College on Aug. 1. Charles O. Warren Jr., a native of Bluefield, W. Va., and longtime president of Lynchburg College…
Muslim refugees say goodbye to Lebanese Baptist shelters
BEIRUT, Lebanon (ABP) — Hundreds of Lebanese Muslims who had taken refuge in Lebanese Baptist institutions said good-bye to their hosts Aug. 17. Meanwhile, Lebanese Christian leaders continued to care for refugees still in Beirut. As a cease-fire took hold…
Children’s educator to lead Eagle Eyrie conference
Renowned children's educator Catherine Stonehouse is slated to lead a seminar entitled “Children Matter” at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center near Lynchburg on Friday, Sept. 15 from 1-5 p.m. Stonehouse is professor of Christian education at Asbury Seminary in Asbury, Ky….
Winkler’s case shows pastors’ wives often fight unknown pressures
SELMER, Tenn. (ABP) — Mary Winkler allegedly killed her husband, a 31-year-old pastor, because of financial and familial problems — problems often present but undetected in the lives of pastors' wives. After posting her $750,000 bond, Winkler's lawyers said, she…
Washington Baptist University names new president
Jacob S. Shin has been named president of Washington Baptist University in Annandale, the school's board of directors announced last week. Shin had been serving as interim president of the Korean Baptist seminary since December 2005. Shin, a graduate of…