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By Dee Whitten Virginia Baptist Mission Board It is more than just coincidence that the two largest and most influential evangelical churches in the United States have decided that the church needs to take a more active role in confronting…

Staff Changes Mark Miller, to Shalom Church, Mechanicsville, as senior pastor, effective Feb. 1. Nicholas Pierce, to Piedmont Church, Amelia, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Jeff Sowers has joined the launch team of Real Life…

Editorial for January 12, 2006 By Jim White Someone once wrote that true love is “when someone falls from a pedestal on which you have put him-but you catch him.” Every Baptist, indeed every true Christian, was deeply grieved by…

It’s all about Christmas It’s Christmas. Pure, plain and simple, it is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. For the spokespersons at the Baptist Joint Committee [“Is there a war on Christmas?” Herald, Dec. 15] and their cousins…

Heritage Column for January 12, 2006 By Fred Anderson The death last fall of Rosa Parks, an icon of the civil rights movement, brought back memories of my own. Like anyone who ever lived in the South in the days…

Although now back home in Livermore, Calif., disaster relief chaplain Naomi Paget is still moved by her experiences in the Gulf Coast region during the past two months. Following are selected entries from personal reflections she recorded during her temporary…

Full-time Pastor: First Baptist Church of Staunton is seeking a full-time senior pastor. We are a 150-year-old church with 270 resident members located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. We are an SBC and CBF-affiliated church. Send résumés and references by…