WASHINGTON (ABP) — A neo-Calvinist may face an evangelist for first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention this summer — in addition to the meeting's contested presidential race. Mark Dever, pastor of the Washington's Capitol Hill Baptist Church and…
Church & People News for April 27, 2006
Staff Change Robert “Bob” Bunn, to Holland Church, Suffolk, as full-time pastor. Quentin T. Madden, resigning as pastor of North Riverside Church, Newport News, to accept the pastorate of First Church, St. Simons Island, Georgia. Albert A. Peverall, to Fox…
IMB trustees elect former employee as chair, wrangle with Burleson again
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (ABP) –Trustees of the International Mission Board elected John Floyd, a former top administrator of the Southern Baptist agency, as trustee chairman — raising questions about a possible conflict of interest. Meanwhile, outgoing chairman Tom Hatley leveled additional…
Church & People News for May 4, 2006
Staff Changes Rodney Jenkins, to Pine Grove Church, Petersburg, as pastor. Tom Collins, resigning as pastor of Central Church, Church Road. Brad Steele, to West Side Church, Harrisonburg, as worship pastor. Ray P. Goude Sr., to Corrottoman Church, Lancaster, as…
Church & People News for May 11, 2006
Staff Changes Brent and Michelle Kimlick, to Bruington Church, Bruington, as co-pastors, effective in June. Jack R. Garland, to Riverside Church, Chilhowie, as pastor. Tom Cohick, to Beulah Church, Schley, as pastor. Jonathan Dundalow, to Western Heights Church, Petersburg, as…
Church & People News for May 25, 2006
Staff Changes Carl E. Burger, to Mount Tabor Church, Keeling, as pastor. Timothy Boschen, to Goldmine Church, Louisa, as permanent part-time pastor. Greg Smith, to Antioch Church, Scottsville, as pastor. Jason N. “Brent” and Michelle Kimlick, to Bruington Church, Bruington,…
‘I prayed a lot’: Virginia Baptist deacon heads Guantanamo detainee boards
Front Page story for March 30, 2006 By Jim White, Editor In reading Jimmy Carter's book Our Endangered Values, I was appalled by a chapter entitled “Attacking Terrorism, not Human Rights?” In this chapter, former President Carter cites several examples…
Passionate to help, pastor’s wife serves immigrants
Front Page story for April 7, 2006 By Jim White, Editor Soft-spoken but passionate about the plight of immigrants, Veronica Donahue of Tappahannock, Va, speaks from experience. Born and reared in Mexico City, she and her husband, David, now pastor…
When God calls, God supplies: Overcoming stutter, Norfolk navy chaplain finds su
Front Page story for April 13, 2006 By Jim White, Editor One would never suspect upon meeting him that Robert Carpenter, pastor of Norfolk's Talbot Park Baptist Church, was told by his closest friends that he could never become a…
Classified Ads for May 4, 2006
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Classified Ads for May 11, 2006
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