By Betty N. Surrency Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Lead Like Jesus Longtime friends Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager and co-founder of Lead Like Jesus, and Bob Buford, founder of Leadership Network and author of HalfTime…
Bivocational ministers vital to Kingdom Advance
By Darrell Fletcher Field Strategist, VBMB Whenever I think about bivocational ministry, I remember a pastor friend of mine. For several years he pastored a country church along the Clinch River. At the same time, he milked cows twice a…
Hispanic ministries meet needs in Virginia
Courtney Hodges CBF Communications Greg and Sue Smith have built their two-year-old ministry among Hispanics on a principle that has served the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship well-partnership. Two years ago, the CBF of Virginia appointed the Smiths as missionaries. After serving…
Virginia Baptists have seat at table for AIDS conference at Saddleback
By Dee Whitten Virginia Baptist Mission Board It is more than just coincidence that the two largest and most influential evangelical churches in the United States have decided that the church needs to take a more active role in confronting…
Church & People News for January 12, 2006
Staff Changes Mark Miller, to Shalom Church, Mechanicsville, as senior pastor, effective Feb. 1. Nicholas Pierce, to Piedmont Church, Amelia, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Jeff Sowers has joined the launch team of Real Life…
EDITORIAL: When a preacher sins
Editorial for January 12, 2006 By Jim White Someone once wrote that true love is “when someone falls from a pedestal on which you have put him-but you catch him.” Every Baptist, indeed every true Christian, was deeply grieved by…
Letters for January 12, 2006
It’s all about Christmas It’s Christmas. Pure, plain and simple, it is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. For the spokespersons at the Baptist Joint Committee [“Is there a war on Christmas?” Herald, Dec. 15] and their cousins…
Classified Ads for January 12, 2006
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IMB seeks removal of blogging trustee, accuses Wade Burleson of ‘broken trust’
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board will seek to remove a member of their board, apparently for posting information about the board's deliberations on his weblog. Oklahoma pastor Wade Burleson has been outspoken…
Alito faces more abortion questions, broaches church-state issues
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Despite further intense questioning on the third day of his confirmation hearings, Samuel Alito revealed little of his views on abortion or other controversial constitutional questions, including church-state relations, Jan. 11. Alito, currently a judge on the…
Ethics pioneer Foy Valentine dies suddenly in Dallas
Editor's note: This article updates and corrects the one issued Sat., Jan. 7. DALLAS (ABP) — Pioneer Baptist ethicist Foy Valentine died suddenly Jan. 7 of an apparent heart attack, family members said. He was 82. A native Texan and…
Alito hearings begin with emphasis placed squarely on abortion rights
WASHINGTON (ABP) — While senators waxed eloquent on many of their pet issues during the opening day of confirmation hearings for President Bush's nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, one hit the primary issue on…