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HERITAGE: Wheeling and dealing

Hunter Riggins is forever engaged, quite literally, in wheeling and dealing. He is one of America’s leading automobile dealers; and across the years he has honed and refined the skills of relationship building, customer satisfaction and sealing the deal. And…

VITAL SIGNS: Disagreeing agreeably

After one particularly frustrating performance by his Green Bay Packers, legendary Coach Vince Lombardi called his team together. He was determined to get them refocused on the things that made for winning. As they knelt before the coach, he held…

OUT LOUD

“The Phelps family represent only themselves, but we do not have a copyright on the Baptist name, so they have the freedom to use and abuse that name. As a result, Baptists everywhere are defamed by them." A. Roy Medley…

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Matt Coiner, to Vesuvius Church, Vesuvius, as pastor. MISSION MOMENT: The Women on Mission at Central Hill Baptist Church in Windsor keep busy with a prayer shawl ministry for service men and women. Shawls are knit and…

D.C. convention delays vote on exec

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Executive Board members of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention delayed a vote on affirming the nomination of executive director candidate Ricky Creech March 14 because several of them had not received adequate information prior to the…

How to get in touch with summer camps and programs

For reservations, registration fees and more info, contact: Camp Piankatank www.camppiankatank.org 804.776.9552 CentriKid www.lifeway.com/centrikid 1.877.CAMP123 Crossroads Camp www.crossroadsccc.com [email protected] 434.277.8465 Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center www.eagleeyrie.org 434.384.2211 Impact! www.vbmb.org Dean Miller [email protected] 804-915-5000 Missions Connection Celebration – MC2 www.vbmb.org Diane…

Want to plug in to what God is doing through Virginia Baptists?

Being a Virginia Baptist means being part of a diverse family of believers who partner with others to spread the gospel of Christ. Focus partnerships of the BGAV at this time are with the Panama Baptist Convention, the International Baptist Convention…

Serving God and witnessing what he’s doing can transform lives

Every year this time as the temperatures begin to climb, it’s on our minds. Summer. Students are counting the days until the school year ends. Adults are longing for a much-needed break from the everyday grind. Families begin to look…

SBC leader fears Japan quake will cause fallout for nukes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's top public policy official predicted Japan's nuclear plant crisis would prompt calls to halt the expansion of nuclear power in the United States. Richard Land "That would be a tragedy," the head…

Poverty simulations have long history

ATLANTA (ABP) — Dragging middle class folks out of the classroom or out of their comfortable homes for a brief immersion experience into poverty is not something new. Larry McSwain, who popularized poverty plunges while teaching at Southern Seminary, now…

Poverty simulation begs middle class questions

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (ABP) — Tensed like a hungry cat watching a mouse emerge from a hole in the floor I watched the string of numbers on my lottery ticket as Anna Anderson read aloud numbers on the ticket she…

Debriefing a poverty simulation

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (ABP) — After spending 24 hours among the poor and homeless in a "poverty plunge" in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., participants were tired, some were grieved but all felt the calm satisfaction of having done something that will…

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system