By Robert O'Brien Oak Hill Academy offers more than basketball-but basketball success at the small Baptist academy has been sensational. Since Steve Smith took over as head coach in 1985, he has compiled 604 wins and only 38 losses against…
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Church & People News for August 18, 2005
Staff Changes Dave Holladay, to Floyd Church, Floyd, as pastor. Bill Kittle, to Rock Hill Church, Stafford, as pastor. Mark Hornsby, to Loch Lomond Church, Manassas, as pastor. Mark Flores, to Mount Hermon Church, Bedford, as pastor. Mickey Ryan, to…
A necessary evil is still evil
Editorial for August 18, 2005 By Jim White Every payday the vignette replayed itself. About 2 a.m. Kenny, a fellow Marine, would shake me awake. By this time, he had had sufficient time to move from bar to bar getting…
Gone to America
Heritage Column for August 18, 2005 By Fred Anderson OXFORD, England – At nearly 400 years as a permanent settlement, Virginia has been through many epochs in its growth and development. When Virginia was young, say 100 years old, Baptist…
Letters for August 18, 2005
Fair choices The issue of July 14 had two letters bewailing the fact that the Southern Baptist Convention appointments for Virginia were all from the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia and none from the Baptist General Association of Virginia. They…
Humor for August 18, 2005
HUMOR IN THE PEW “A cheerful heart is good medicine.” (Proverbs 17:22a, NIV) Do you have a humorous story about some aspect of church life? How about sharing it with Religious Herald readers? Send your stories to [email protected]; by mail…
FIRST PERSON: Kingdom Advance alive on Eastern Shore
By Charles Peterson O.K., I admit it. I love where I pastor. I love both the people and the place. I am what the natives call a “come here,” having only arrived at our church nine months ago. I can…
REVIEW: ‘Caring’ book is not sanitized account
By Jim White Did I Care Enough? is not for readers who want a sanitized, sugarcoated account of suffering. Rather, it describes a five-year journey into a labyrinth of tangled emotions and unreasonable requirements called “caregiving.” At times tender and…
New Bluefield web site goes on line
The Bluefield College website has been remodeled and on Aug. 12 the college launched the site to better meet the needs of prospective students, current students, alumni, faculty, staff, parents and friends. According to organizers, those visiting www.bluefield.edu will find…
BWA leaders hope new identity statement will help world to understand Baptists
BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP) — The Baptist World Alliance marked its 100th anniversary by unveiling a new identity statement that BWA leaders hope will be used to clarify Baptist beliefs for other Christians, as well as non-believers. The “Message from the…
Seminarian, dismissed by Baylor, loses lawsuit over ‘lewd’ e-mails
WACO, Texas (ABP) — A Baylor University seminary student who lost his scholarship in 2003 for being gay has also lost a lawsuit the school filed against him for alleged lewd conduct. McLennan County, Texas, District Court Judge Alan Mayfield…