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…
Leadership network working with Bluefield
Bluefield College and the Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network are working together to create off-campus continuing education opportunities for ministers and laypersons. Studies offered would be in areas such as Old and New Testament history and interpretation, church history, Christian…
REVIEW: ‘Heartache’ CD lends reassurance to sufferers
Coping with heartache can be a 24-hour-a-day challenge not only when the doors of the church are open. Some days even people with deep faith can find it difficult to cope in these uncertain times. The newly-released CD, Heartaches Take…
‘Justice Sunday II’ speakers rail against court rulings
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Speakers at a second rally designed to support socially conservative nominees to federal courts Aug. 14 decried several decades' worth of Supreme Court precedent on social issues, but made little direct mention of the current battle over…
Historically white Baptist college, black Baptist leaders to partner
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) — Officials from four leading African-American Baptist conventions gathered at a Kentucky Baptist college Aug. 8 to launch a new partnership. Meeting at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Ky., the leaders agreed upon an arrangement that will include…
Alabama 13-year-old serves church, others with skills
McCALLA, Ala. (ABP) — In many ways, Grant Frederick is just as ordinary as the next 13-year-old boy. He loves hanging out with his friends and watching television. But the fact that he is also his church's pianist and shuns…
Leaders predict SBC-backed network won’t find acceptance in Europe
(ABP) — Baptist leaders in Europe predict the Southern Baptist Convention will have a hard time drawing Baptists from the continent into a new international network that, some say, will compete with the Baptist World Alliance. When the SBC withdrew…