The Virginia Baptist Mission Board together with Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia held a reception May 4 to thank and honor volunteers who donate hundreds of hours at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center. The event was hosted by volunteer coordinator…
Sanders named minister at UVA
Leanne Sanders has been named full-time Baptist collegiate minister at the University of Virginia. Since January, Sanders has been serving in the position as a contract worker. “We are delighted that her position is now permanent,” said Susan McBride, team…
Leland Center gets $50,000 grant from Foundation
The John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Falls Church has a received a $50,000 grant from the Virginia Baptist Foundation. “Since its inception in 1923, discerning Virginia Baptists, often as their final act of Christian stewardship, have made outright,…
Conference inspires pastors, deacons
The inspirational preaching of Roger Roller and the musical skills of Drexel Rayford and Mark Andrist blended beautifully to produce a delightful yet thoroughly challenging call to share Christ at the Pastor, Deacon and Church Leader Conference held at Eagle…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida sees a movie
Dear Jimmy, I hope you're asittin' down 'cause you just won't believe what I'm afixin' to tell ya. Wonder of wonders, Uncle Orley actually took me to the movie house in town to see a picture show. If memory serves,…
ANOTHER VIEW: CP or not CP?
The Cooperative Program, started in 1925 as a cooperative fund-raising venture between the Baptist state conventions and the Southern Baptist Convention, appears to be in a state of flux. The report of an ad hoc committee appointed to study and…
A vision to fulfill
There is a grainy old photograph which pictures the very first assembly at Eagle Eyrie, the Virginia Baptist assembly and conference center near Lynchburg. The photograph shows a stark contrast between architecture and people. It was taken inside English Hall,…
Take a deep breath
I have read The Da Vinci Code and thoroughly enjoyed Brown's work of fiction. I am amazed (and a bit disappointed and put off) by all the rhetoric attempting to debunk a work of fiction. I am a Christian, and…
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…