She was a cheerleader. She wrote her school’s fight song. And now she is cheering and promoting Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia. Pat Wright, the newly-elected president of WMUV, has long been a cheerleader and an active player in the…
LEADERSHIP LINK: Pastor compensation: A view from both sides of the pulpit
I am often asked the question, “What should pastors be paid? Isn’t it their obligation to forswear the material world and share the word of God?” Pastors do what they do because they love it. These servants of God are…
HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic
Accepted a new call? Been ordained? Church celebrating an anniversary? Mission trip or project that you would like highlighted on the HeraldBeat page? Send info to HeraldBeat editor Barbara Francis at [email protected] Transitions ON THE MOVE David Klinedinst, to Spurgeon…
Performing the business of ministry
(ABP) — Pastor Tony Lankford had a relaxing-but-productive day planned for himself on Monday. His plan was to prepare the message he would preach the following Sunday on Daniel in the lion’s den. “I was going to go to the…
Seminaries provide help for pastors performing the business of ministry
(ABP) — Pastor Tony Lankford had a relaxing-but-productive day planned for himself on Monday. His plan was to prepare the message he would preach the following Sunday on Daniel in the lion’s den. “I was going to go to the…
Baptists write Obama about Burma
By Bob Allen American Baptist leaders wrote President Obama Nov. 12, voicing human-rights concerns in advance of his scheduled Nov. 19 visit to Myanmar. The Board of General Ministries of American Baptist Churches USA voted Nov. 10 to authorize ABC/USA…
Ministry: Abuse suit harms confidentiality
By Bob Allen A network of Reformed church plants accused in a class-action lawsuit of covering up sexual abuse of children appealed to a First Amendment defense in a statement Nov. 14. Sovereign Grace Ministries, which recently relocated from Maryland…
British Baptists downsizing
By Bob Allen The Baptist Union of Great Britain will downsize its national staff from 46 to 32 employees and change the way it works with associations and Baptist colleges to better serve local churches in the 21st century. Changes approved…
Faith leaders pledge to work with Obama
By Bob Allen A diverse group of faith leaders wrote President Obama Nov. 13 to congratulate him on his re-election and pledge to work with the administration during the next four years to help the nation “live up to the…
OPINION: The call of the question
The simple phrase “I move to call the question” was all it took to stop the discussion and have Ginter Park Baptist Church disassociated from the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Based on what I observed at the annual meeting,…
OPINION: The majority has spoken
After attending/voting at the Baptist General Association of Virginia 2012 annual meeting in Roanoke on the recent issue regarding Ginter Park Baptist Church with their ordination of an openly homosexual man, I feel that many will weigh in with a…
OPINION: On this I take my stand
“On this I take my stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.” These are the words of Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms on April 18, 1521. On this date, Luther refused to recant his reformation…