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Reading Ryan Stollar’s final message through the lens of trauma

Note: This article discusses suicide, child sexual abuse and domestic violence. It may be distressing for some readers.   On June 30, child liberation theologian and abuse survivor advocate Ryan Stollar died by suicide, following a lengthy struggle with his...

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CBF leaders join in CCT response to King’s jail letter

ATLANTA (ABP) — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal and Moderator-elect Colleen Burroughs have issued a historic letter in response to Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The statement responding to King’s letter emerged from the…

A year of ‘gracious uncertainty’

By Bill Wilson On the threshold of a new decade in our new millennium, there is a pervasive mood among God’s people: uncertainty. We hear it weekly from clergy and laity alike, usually around a specific concern regarding employment or…

Another gun massacre? Let’s buy more guns!

By David Gushee And so Tucson joins Columbine, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, the Pennsylvania Amish schoolchildren, the Long Island Railroad killings, the Wisconsin church shooting and others. They come upon us one after another. Who can even remember them all?…

From the Eastern Shore to the Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Robert Brown, to Black-stone Church, Blackstone, as pastor. • Ben Sturgis, to Orchard Drive Church, Bassett, as pastor. • Kevin Wirt, to Pleasant Hill Church, Daleville, as pastor. • Matthew McCraney, to Rock Hill Church, Stafford, as…

ASK THE ARCHITECT: Master plan criteria

Whether your church is relocating to a new site or expanding within your existing property, there are a number of master plan criteria to consider. The following will impact the shaping of your master plan — they are the specific…

OUT LOUD

“In hindsight, maybe it wasn’t the smart thing to do, you know. I should have been more careful where I left it, or whatever.” Sgt. Matthew Neu The officer in the Manatee County, Fla., sheriff’s office was quoted in a…

HERITAGE: A Virginia gentleman

Mary Rives Black, a resident of Lakewood Manor, remembers watching young Lawson Pankey, about age 4, padding down the aisle of Elon Baptist Church at Pamplin where her father was pastor. The little boy was headed to the most enticing…

VIRGINIA BRIEFS

Center seeking applicants for Heritage Fellows. Virginia Baptist college students who will be in their sophomore or junior years in 2011-12 are invited to apply for positions as Heritage Fellows, a special recognition offered by the Center for Baptist Heritage…