Another view for September 15, 2005 By Nancy Elliott I have perused the Herald for the weeks since the meeting of the Baptist World Alliance to read any word of the meeting of the BWA Women's Leadership Conference which preceded…
New Orleans Baptist Seminary president hopes campus will reopen in summer 2006
Despite devastation on the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary campus, President Chuck Kelley said he plans for the main campus to be fully operational in August 2006 and is hopeful that some activities will be held on campus as early…
Beyond all imagination: A reflection on Katrina
Guest Editorial for September 15, 2005 By Lacy Thompson If there is a word for what has happened in New Orleans-and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast-during the last 10 days or so, only God knows it. It does not exist…
WMUV issues statement supporting evacuees
Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia issued the following statement Sept. 12: “As the advisory and trustee boards of Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia gather at CrossRoads Camp and Conference Center, Sept. 9-10, 2005, we issue this prayer of support to…
Keystones of Baptist principles
Heritage Column for September 15, 2005 By Fred Anderson History is full of persons whom you might have known if you had lived during their time. Dear Readers, if you had lived a century ago and had been active in…
Letter for September 15, 2005
Thanks to Virginia Baptists I just wanted to write a brief note from here on the island of Manhattan to thank the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and all Virginia Baptists for their support of collegiate ministry in the Northeast and…
Ministry futures
Horizons Column for September 22, 2005 By Bob Dale 2005 will go down in history as a “bookend” year, a year bounded by two massive crises-the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Amid such horrific human needs, our faith is always…
Sunday in Peel
Heritage Column for September 22, 2005 By Fred Anderson Land of our birth, O gem of God's earth, O Island so strong and so fair; Built firm as Barool, Thy throne of Home Rule Makes us free as thy sweet…
Uncle Orley makes his will
Editorial for September 22, 2005 By Jim White Some of you have been kind enough to ask if I've heard recently from my fictional Aunt Ida, WMU director extraordinaire from Bluebell Baptist, and Uncle Orley, a deacon. It so happens…
Church & People News for October 13, 2005
Staff Changes Stephen Turner, to Claybrook Church, Weems, as pastor. Ronnie L. Rogers, to New Hope Church, Appomattox, as pastor. Ashley Gatewood, to Laurel Hill Church, Verona, as minister of students. Mike Gibson, resigning as minister of music at Bethlehem…
American Baptists cutting staff, but ‘not collapsing,’ says Medley
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — The American Baptist Churches USA is shutting down its communications department — the latest step in budget cuts and restructuring brought on by declining funds and theological division in the denominational group. Although the ABC…
As disasters keep coming, relief groups respond in Pakistan, Guatemala
(ABP) — Rescue specialists from Hungarian Baptist Aid have joined the recovery effort in Pakistan, where the country's worst earthquake ever killed an estimated 41,000 people Oct. 8. Other Baptist organizations — including the Baptist World Alliance, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship…