It is incredible what God can and will do with your life when you completely open your heart to him. For many years even though I considered myself a Christian I never allowed God to have complete control. Our God…
ANOTHER VIEW: A year of challenges
In the last issue of the Herald, Denton Lotz reflected on the challenges facing Baptists in 2007. This concludes the article. 5. Ecclesiology Several years ago I asked Baptist historians to present some thoughts on the “ecclesial function of the…
Showing courage
Only two years into his big city pastorate at First Baptist Church of Richmond, Jeremiah Bell Jeter at age 36 engineered a major change. It was a threatening change not only to members of his congregation but also to fellow…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for February 8, 2007
Staff Changes Adam Meisberger, to Bethel Church, Reva, as pastor. He had been serving as interim pastor. Wes Moore, resigning as pastor of Liberty Church, Hopewell. Ray Goude Sr., to Faith Church, Hampton, as interim pastor. Bob Carter, to Temple…
Bob Agee to leave director post at Baptist college association
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Bob Agee has announced his retirement as executive director of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities. The move will become effective at the association's June 2007 annual meeting or “as soon thereafter as a…
Women take pulpits nationwide for sponsored day of preaching
ATLANTA (ABP) — Forty-five churches across the country invited women into their pulpits Feb. 4 for the Martha Stearns Marshall Day of Preaching. Baptist Women in Ministry sponsored the event to celebrate women and educate congregations about women in ministry….
Local missions gain prominence as Baptist churches join blitz
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Operation Inasmuch, the one-day missions blitz organization that started at a Baptist church in Fayetteville, N.C., became a national ministry Jan. 30. David Crocker, who was pastor of Fayetteville's Snyder Memorial Baptist Church when Operation Inasmuch was…
Opinion: Time for a national death-penalty moratorium
In a move that received very little attention, Gov. Phil Bredesen recently suspended all executions in Tennessee until May, pending a full review of what he called our “sloppy” execution procedures. The governor is to be commended for this brave…
Consultant says salvation is wholeness, not just ‘point-of-sale’ transaction
CONOVER, N.C. (ABP) — Despite decades of tweaking evangelistic methods, there is little evidence that many Christians are experiencing true life change, Ron Martoia told church leaders Jan. 29. Perhaps, the church consultant said, that failure is because Christians in…