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When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...

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Roundup of Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic

STAFF CHANGES • Wayne Tyree, to Mt. Zion Baptist Church, New Canton., Va., as pastor. • Randy Cheeley, to Dinwiddie Baptist Church, Dinwiddie, Va., as pastor. • Philip Reynolds, to First Baptist Church, Hickory, N.C., as pastor. Temple Baptist Church…

HERITAGE: Beyond the borders

There is a world beyond the borders of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Sometimes this thought challenges the sensibilities of the most provincial among us, yet Virginia Baptists have been exploring that larger land for a long, long time.  Luther Rice,…

Brunswick County churches unite to help teenager

Joseph Giles Jr. presents a check to Makayla Clary. LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. — For the past three years churches in southern Brunswick County, Va., have gathered during Holy Week and collectively received an offering to support a needy cause. This year’s…

EDITORIAL: Where arts and history converge

Vacations are wonderful! This week I have been traveling with my uncle (not Orley) through the Black Forest and Bavarian regions of Germany. Uncle Raymond and his wife, Irene, lived in Schwabisch-Gmund while he was stationed there in the army…

Ed Vick: Baptists’ Columbus

By David Wilkinson For more than 17 of its nearly 21 years, Associated Baptist Press was blessed to have a Columbus on deck for its voyage across uncharted waters as the first and only independent news service created by and…

Wellness responsibility of both minister and church

HERNDON, Va. (ABP)—Most congregations know healthier clergy lead to healthier churches, but few consider how clergy wellness and congregational busy-ness are related, said Larry Golemon, an ordained Presbyterian minister and former research manager at the Alban Institute. “Clergy wellness can…

Ministry rebuilds damaged ministries

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Clergy wellness means different things at different stages of a ministry, and ministers who come to Ministering to Ministers Foundation are at a point of personal or professional crisis. Charles Chandler began Ministering to Ministers after…