On most days, if we’re realistic, the idea of religious tolerance serves only to usher a person just inside the other’s front door. It might provide a sort-of, kind-of knowledge, but it still leaves something to be desired in the…
Virginia churches occupying facilities, leaving old ones
RICHMOND, Va. — Several congregations in Virginia are occupying new facilties or leaving old ones. • Acts 2 Church, Virginia Beach, Va., is now sharing the facilities of Renaissance Community Church, 5045 Indian River Rd. in Virginia Beach. The church…
21-C to host national gathering of Fresh Expressions
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — This year’s 21-C Conference — a 10-year-old evangelism and vision-casting event sponsored by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board — will host the inaugural national gathering of Fresh Expressions U.S., a movement which develops creative expressions of church…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE George Theodore “Ted” Williams, to Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Gordonsville, Va., as pastor. Nathan Pruett, to Grace Baptist Church, Asheville, N.C., as pastor. Brett Dietrich, to Ironbridge Baptist Church, Chesterfield, Va., as director of children’s ministries. Danny…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE George Theodore “Ted” Williams, to Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Gordonsville, Va., as pastor. Nathan Pruett, to Grace Baptist Church, Asheville, N.C., as pastor. Brett Dietrich, to Ironbridge Baptist Church, Chesterfield, Va., as director of children’s ministries. Danny…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE George Theodore “Ted” Williams, to Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Gordonsville, Va., as pastor. Nathan Pruett, to Grace Baptist Church, Asheville, N.C., as pastor. Brett Dietrich, to Ironbridge Baptist Church, Chesterfield, Va., as director of children’s ministries. Danny…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE George Theodore “Ted” Williams, to Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Gordonsville, Va., as pastor. Nathan Pruett, to Grace Baptist Church, Asheville, N.C., as pastor. Brett Dietrich, to Ironbridge Baptist Church, Chesterfield, Va., as director of children’s ministries. Danny…
Moved by the plight of refugees in Liberia, a Virginia church makes a difference with a 5K race
PALMYRA, Va. — When Effort Baptist Church in Palmyra, Va., sent its first team to Liberia in 2003, they found themselves in the midst of “pretty dark, pretty frightening circumstances,” says June Clifford, the church’s pastor. They were there to…
Retirement center’s book sale to benefit ESL
RICHMOND, Va. — Lakewood Manor in Richmond, Va., one of the Virginia Baptist Homes’s four retirement centers, will hold its fifth annual Book Sale to Benefit Literacy, March 9-10 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The sale will be held in Lakewood…
SIDEBAR: Thousands of children bear weapons in wars around the world, say international aid groups
International law prohibits anyone under 18 serving in armed forces, and considers it a war crime for anyone under 15 to fight. Nevertheless, according to Amnesty International around 21,000 children were exploited as child soldiers in Liberia’s civil war. It…
TRENDING: Finally valuing introverts
At UNC, I learned from the great Southern studies scholar Samuel Hill about the South’s general preference for extroversion, especially in evangelical Christian circles. From my mentors in ministry, I learned about how pastors need to “work the crowd,” take…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE George Theodore “Ted” Williams, to Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Gordonsville, Va., as pastor. Nathan Pruett, to Grace Baptist Church, Asheville, N.C., as pastor. Brett Dietrich, to Ironbridge Baptist Church, Chesterfield, Va., as director of children’s ministries. Danny…