The 32nd annual Special Education Retreat, held at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center Oct. 20-22, drew 371 people—204 of them students with special needs. Alice Rusher They were assigned to one of 14 classes by age and abilities. While they…
Joy to the Church
Have you ever had occasion to sit on the platform of a church or in the choir and look into the faces of the worshippers? It is sometimes unsettling. I remember such an occasion not long ago looking at the…
ANOTHER VIEW: Room at the inn
Jesus seeks the forgotten, the downtrodden and the rejected people of this world. Why? Because He embodies God's love. He also understands the plight of the rejected: He was born an outcast. On the first Christmas Eve, the subjects of…
Treasure houses
On a recent Sunday evening the lights were dark at the First Baptist Church of Richmond. The members were down Boulevard at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts where they were honoring their pastor, Peter James Flamming. On the last…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for December 21 ,2006
Staff Changes Lowell Wright, to Trinity Church, Louisa, as pastor. Robert Johansen, to Spring Creek Church, Darlington Heights, as pastor. Calvin Sacra, to North Bedford Church, Forest, as pastor. David Burgess, resigning as pastor of Seventeenth Street Church, Roanoke. Ray…
Baptist battles dominated news in 2006, editors say
DALLAS (ABP) — The election of an outsider as president of the Southern Baptist Convention was chosen by Baptist journalists as the most important story in Baptist life in 2006 — a year when denominational affairs outweighed world news in…
Embattled Bellevue Baptist faces new conflict: ‘moral failure’ allegations
CORDOVA, Tenn. (ABP) — The president of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary has called for the senior pastor at one of the largest Southern Baptist congregations in the United States to resign. Michael Spradlin, who leads the seminary situated across the…
NBC Nightly News to feature American Baptist ministry
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — A small American Baptist ministry has hit the big time. On Dec. 22, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams will feature Hope Unlimited on its weekly “Making a Difference” segment. Co-founded by David Swoap and…
Missouri Baptist leaders approve team to investigate executive
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — In a sign of continuing turmoil within the Missouri Baptist Convention, the body's Executive Board has appointed a committee to investigate their embattled executive director. The group also discussed allegations that a four-year-old church in…