Sarah Ann King, the 22-month- old daughter of two staff members of CrossRoads Camp and Conference Center, died Jan. 30 after a struggle with cancer. Sarah Ann, whose parents, Robbie and Kelly King are site manager and food service manager,…
BTSR receives major annuity gift
Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond has been named the sole beneficiary of a sizeable charitable gift annuity. With the assistance of the Virginia Baptist Foundation, A. Tredway Layne, a longtime friend and supporter of the seminary, has established the Ruth…
Southside Association seeks volunteers
The Southside Baptist Association is seeking volunteers to help pour the footings and lay the foundation for a developmental home for men in Farmville, according to Jim George, project ministries and disaster relief coordinator for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board….
Responding with a purpose
Virginia Baptists are helping Baptists in India to restore hope to thousands of victims of the tsunami that wreaked havoc around the Indian Ocean at the end of last year. One effort involves support for a continuing Christian witness there….
How you can help in India
There are a variety of ways to participate in the Virginia Baptist relief project with Indian Baptists: • Raise funds for the immediate placement in a children's home of at least 100 children affected by the tsunami. The cost for…
GUEST EDITORIAL: The century of democracy? Don’t hold your breath
These are heady days for lovers of democracy. Millions of Iraqis defied the threat of death from terrorist murderers-including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has declared war on “evil” democracy-to go to the polls in January. It's the “biggest change since…
On God’s Hill
About a century ago a strong-willed and highly-articulate visionary named Nannie Helen Burroughs, a native Virginian, persuaded her fellow African-American Baptists to establish a school for girls and young women. She dreamed of a self-help educational institution which would provide…
Churches continue to support CBF Asian response, global missions
ATLANTA (ABP) – With the dollar bills and coins they collected taped to yardsticks and rulers, children at Riverchase Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., paraded down the sanctuary aisles Jan. 30 to contribute money for tsunami relief efforts in South…
Rio Grande border remains safe, according to ministry leaders
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ABP) — Echoing much of what the U.S. Department of State said in a recent travel alert, Texas River Ministry leaders said the Texas-Mexico border remains safe as long as church groups exercise “common sense.” The State…