Cover Story for November 10, 2005 By Robert Dilday Associate Editor Virginia Baptist churches will be asked to provide $14.1 million next year for ministries in their state, if a proposed Cooperative Program budget is adopted by messengers attending the…
FIRST PERSON: A shout in the wilderness
By Neva Zorn Coming from a small church does not mean that there are small blessings. On the contrary. Our congregation, Wilderness Baptist Church, in Spotsylvania is a small church with a big heart. We are 200 years-plus and have…
Virginia hollows to faraway India
Heritage Column for November 10, 2005 By Fred Anderson When Ray Allen retired from the active pastorate in 1995, he admitted that he might have “a book or two” in him. Recently he was as surprised as anyone that one…
21-C will feature ‘Lead Like Jesus’ seminar
Virginia Baptists' 21-C Leadership Conference, set for Feb. 3-4, 2006, at Saint Paul's Baptist Church in Richmond, will feature a Lead Like Jesus Celebration on Friday, hosted by Ken Blanchard, co-founder of the Lead Like Jesus ministry, and Reggie McNeal,…
Richmond pastor is new BGAV president
Bert Browning, pastor of Huguenot Road Baptist Church in Richmond, will lead Virginia Baptists as president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia in 2006. Browning, a Virginia pastor since 1976, was elected at the BGAV annual meeting in Woodbridge….
Women’s Chorale celebrates 30th year
The Virginia Baptist Women's Chorale will be celebrating its 30th anniversary concert season in 2006. The Chorale is composed of women that serve in a music leadership role in their church. Female music leaders from all across the state will…
Connect:2005 – Messengers focus on worship and mission
Cover Story for November 17, 2005 By Robert Dilday Associate Editor Virginia Baptists approved a reduced budget for 2006 during a peaceful annual meeting Nov. 10-11 which focused on worship and a new mission partnership with Baptists in India. About…
Prayer breakfast set for Veterans Day
A Veterans Day prayer breakfast will be held Nov. 11 at 7:30 a.m., during the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. The event, sponsored by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board's glocal missions and evangelism team, will be…
Chesapeake team breaks new partnership ground in China
Front page story for November 24, 2005 Four Virginia Baptist couples from Chesapeake broke new ground last month when they spent a week in Nanjing, China, teaching the children of migrant workers there. The eight Americans-all members of Jackson Memorial…
Foundation assets reach all-time high
Assets of the Virginia Baptist Foundation reached an all-time record high this year, with a total of $78 million reported on Sept. 30. This total represents the assets under management by the Foundation at the close of the third quarter…
Adrian Rogers dies, was leader in SBC’s shift
Following a battle with cancer and double pneumonia, Adrian Rogers, the longtime pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in suburban Memphis and one of the fathers of the movement that moved the Southern Baptist Convention to a more conservative stance, died…
Thanks, Virginia Baptists!
On behalf of literally thousands of people across the Gulf region of our nation, I want to say a huge “Thank you” for your thoughtfulness in giving to bring help in the aftermath of Katrina. It is impossible for me…