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DREAM dream dream

By Amy Butler This excellent book tells the story of Little Bee, a 16-year-old Nigerian girl who, fleeing the violence in her home village, has stowed away on a British freighter to make her way to the United Kingdom. The…

Indian Baptist educator breaks stained-glass ceiling

AIZAWL, India (ABP) — A Baptist leader and educator is poised to break barriers as the first woman ordained as a pastor by a Christian denomination in her northeast Indian state. The Telegraph of Calcutta reported that leaders in the…

Baptists debate social drinking

CARROLLTON, Ga. (ABP) — Two decades after declaring victory in the war over biblical inerrancy, Southern Baptists are battling about booze. Seeking to remain relevant in today's culture, many Baptists have abandoned former taboos against social activities like dancing and…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Increasing mission funds

This is being written in regard to the current downward financial planning in many of our churches, the BGAV and the SBC. There’s something about this in the context of today’s economy that needs attention. While we keep using the…

OUT LOUD

“I believe that throughout my life, and particularly as I’ve gotten older, that it’s very important to take your body where your heart is. If you’ve got your body somewhere where your heart’s not, that’s just not where it ought…

State conventions call for revival, respond to GCR recommendations

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Widespread calls for spiritual awakening were voiced in resolutions and sermons at many Southern Baptist state convention meetings this fall. States also responded to recommendations from the Southern Baptist Convention’s Great Commission Resurgence task force. …

Bluefield College completes third semester of China exchange

BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College began its third semester of academic, cultural and student exchange with China this fall. Four students and one professor from the Jiangsu Institute of Education in Nanjing, China, spent part of the fall semester on…

Bluefield College named ‘Five Star Institution’ for 2009-2010 by NAIA

BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College has been named a “Five Star Institution” for its exemplary character and service by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). As part of its Champions of Character program, the NAIA, which boasts a proud…

United Kingdom’s ‘Fresh Expressions’ may assist Virginia Baptists

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — About 35 persons representing several denominations gathered at Columbia Baptist Church Dec. 2-3 to hear Anglican Bishop Graham Cray describe Fresh Expressions. In addition to Baptists from Virginia and Maryland, leaders from Methodist, Episcopal and Nazarene…

Lawson Pankey, longtime Virginia Baptist Mission Board staffer, dies

RICHMOND, Va. — Lawson Pankey, who for 25 years was a key figure on the staff of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, died Dec. 12. He was 85 years of age. Pankey joined the staff of what was then the…

Baptist collegiate ministry completes VCU renovation, dedicates facility

RICHMOND, Va. — Baptist collegiate ministry at Virginia Commonwealth University moved into a new era with the dedication Nov. 30 of its new — and newly-renovated — facility in the heart of campus. “There are daily signs that this building…

Virginia Baptists’ Christian Leadership Network to ‘expand footprint’

ROANOKE, Va. — The Christian Leadership Network is “expanding its footprint,” broadening its scope beyond Southwest Virginia to offer classes in other parts of the state and could eventually include locations in Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee. The Virginia Baptist-administered…

‘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