The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia clarified its identity and function March 11 by adopting a “Re-visioning” document which will guide the organization in the future. The CBFV “is a network of churches and inviduals being the presence of Christ…
Eagle Eyrie sponsors trail contest for 50th
Virginia Baptists have been asked to help develop a spiritual meditation trail at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center near Lynchburg. The Eagle Eyrie Committee, which is planning the conference center’s 50th anniversary celebration this June, has announced a contest to…
Virginia Baptists’ liaison has deep roots in state
Virginia Baptists' on-site liaison with Indian Baptists is a recent graduate of the College of William and Mary with an impressive Virginia Baptist heritage. Robert Brown graduated last May from the Williamsburg school with a degree in economics and, after…
Robertson loses seat on NRB board
Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson of Chesapeake has lost his place on the board of directors of the National Religious Broadcasters, following a recent vote at the NRB’s annual meeting. NRB officials declined to say whether the voters may…
Virginia Baptists’ assistance to children’s home is making a difference in the l
By Robert Dilday Associate Editor From the beginning of Kunjumon Chacko's work with Prison Fellowship, it was the children of inmates that tugged at his heart-and eventually led to his network of children's homes across India. Last year, when thousands…
Disaster relief unit will provide basis for children’s ministry
Thanks to a contribution from a former Richmond church, Virginia Baptists will soon have a children’s ministry disaster response unit. The unit, a 16-foot long, 8-foot wide trailer, will be added to Virginia Baptists growing disaster relief program and provide…
Three students charged with Alabama church fires
By Hannah Elliott Associated Baptist Press Law enforcement officials arrested three men March 8 in connection with nine fires at Baptist churches in rural Alabama. Benjamin Nathan Moseley and Russell Lee Debusk, both 19-year-old students at Birmingham-Southern College, said they…
Satellite images renew interest in search for Noah’s ark
DALLAS (ABP) — Recently released satellite images of an unknown formation or object on Mt. Ararat in Turkey have added fuel to archeologists' ongoing quest to find Noah's ark. The “new and significant development,” an image from a QuickBird satellite,…
More Baptist churches looking to Lent for community, confession, cadence
DALLAS (ABP) — For Mike Clingenpeel and Ray Vickrey, Easter doesn't mean much without about 40 days of reflection and repentance before it. Though the two men pastor churches in different states — Clingenpeel at River Road Church, Baptist in…
Ordination variations: Some wonder is it baptistic? Is it biblical?
(ABP) — Renowned 19th century British preacher C. H. Spurgeon rejected the practice. Baptist statesman George Truett surrendered to it only at his church's insistence. Christian ethicist T. B. Maston accepted it as a deacon but not as a minister….
Cincinnati leaders change direction on homosexuality discrimination
CINCINNATI (ABP) — Thirteen years after Cincinnati passed the nation's only law banning protection of sexual minorities, its City Council voted overwhelmingly March 15 to reverse the law's effect. The Cincinnati City Council voted 8-1 March 15 to amend the…
House passes resolution condemning Russian religious-freedom violations
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly March 15 to call on Russian officials to work more diligently to protect religious freedom across their nation. The resolution, passed 411-1, expressed the sense of the House that “the Russian…