LYNCHBURG, Va. (RNS) — Philip Weeks fondly remembers the days when his wife of 56 years, June, was a nurse and an artist whose paintings were compared to Rembrandt’s. Her paintings still hang in their home in Lynchburg, Va., but…
Virginia Intermont equestrians win 13th IHSA contest
BRISTOL, Va. — On the heels of winning Reserve Championship in the 2012 Overall Tournament of Champions National Series, Virginia Intermont College equestrians took first place in both home shows Feb. 4-5. VI’s Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Riding Team achieved…
Baptist campus minister named at Old Dominion
NORFOLK, Va. – Brett Baddorf has been named Baptist campus minister at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. Baddorf, who assumed the post Feb. 1, had been serving as interm campus minister for the past 18 months. Baddorf will coordinate…
Gardner-Webb hosts dialog on racial reconciliation
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — It’s been more than five decades since the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in America, a lifetime since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent revolution against the inequality and injustice that permeated the American South….
Baptist Build connects churches in Winston-Salem, N.C.
WINST0N-SALEM, N.C. — Rob Lemons doesn’t know anything about the family that will one day occupy the house he’s helping build for them. He doesn’t know their names or their story, but that really doesn’t seem to matter to Lemons….
At Bluefield College, students find ways to raise money
BLUEFIELD, Va. — College students are constantly facing the issue of “being broke.” Whether they need $300 to purchase a plane ticket, or a dollar to buy a sweet tea from Mickey D’s, scrounging up the change isn’t always easy….
Till death (or illness or dementia) us do part?
LYNCHBURG, Va. (RNS) — Philip Weeks fondly remembers the days when his wife of 56 years, June, was a nurse and an artist whose paintings were compared to Rembrandt’s. Her paintings still hang in their home in Lynchburg, Va., but…
Online ministry offers diverse prayer resources
By Alice Horner John Roland was studying for the ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas in 1999 when Hurricane Floyd hit his home state of Florida. He got so busy calling to check on his parents, grandmother and…
Retiring CBF head to lead new center for Baptist leadership
By Bob Allen Retiring Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal has been tapped to lead Mercer University’s new Eula Mae and John Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership. Vestal, 67, will assume his new role July 1, the day after…
Catholics support White House contraception mandate
NEW YORK (RNS) — A majority of Americans, including Catholics, believe that employers should be required to provide health care plans that cover contraception and birth control at no cost, according to a new survey. But the research by the…
Seminary trustees to confront president over audit, management issues
By Greg Warner Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s board of trustees will meet Feb. 10 in a special session to discuss the leadership of President Phil Roberts, Associated Baptist Press has learned. Trustee sources said the board’s executive leadership will recommend…
Land says Obama mandate most anti-Catholic government action in 150 years
By Bob Allen The Southern Baptist Convention’s top public-policy expert said Feb. 4 that President Obama’s health-care mandate covering contraception is the most anti-Catholic action by government since the denial of taxpayer funding to parochial schools. “This ruling by the…