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EDITORIAL: Bluebell Baptist is fired up as worship takes an unexpected twist

Dear Jimmy, Well, nobody can say if it’s not in the bulletin it doesn’t happen at Bluebell Baptist, that’s for sure. Truth be told, I like a measure of predictability. Still, when somethin’ unexpected happens, like it did this past…

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Mark Lewis, to Lyndale Church, Richmond, as pastor, effective in May. • Jim Fuller, resigning as pastor of Green Valley Church, Lebanon. • Stephen Renalds, to Stanardsville, Stanardsville, as interim pastor. • Mike Dodson, to New Salem…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Both churches staying the course

I read you article about the Airlee Court Baptist Church in Roanoke. The heading sounded like they had drifted from their course and that Journey Church was trying to take over their buildings. If I understand the situation correctly, Airlee…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Biblical justice vs. social justice

I read you opinion on social justice and Glenn Beck's call to flee a church that uses certain terms. A few things to note: First, Glenn is clearly ignorant on the origins of social justice, but he has a handle…

VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: Glenn Beck and social justice

I didn’t see the Glenn Beck program you address, but based on what I can gather from his website and other commentators, he was taking issue with those religious organizations which preach a type of “social justice” or “economic justice”…

ASK THE ARCHITECT: April showers and blooming flowers

My favorite time of year! I am just like a little kid when more than 800 daffodils and tulips poke their heads up in my yard each spring. Every fall my wife says “Jim, don’t you plant any more bulbs this…

At JMU, emptying trash becomes sacrifical act for Baptist students

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Campus outreach events for Baptist collegiate ministries at James Madison University include a variety of different activities, and this year is no exception. To add to the variety and uniqueness of our organization, however, we have tried…

Richmond church marks 25 years of ties to nearby retirement center

Pictured are (left to right) Pastor Paul Lee, Rose Spradlin, Nellie Walters, Anna Lee, Anne Potts, Evelyn Wolcson, Brittany Csaky, Amy Kennedy and Martha Alvis. RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Boyles Group at Lyndale Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., and…

Youth at Smithfield church package 30,000 meals for Haitian relief

Students with some of the meals packaged. SMITHFIELD, Va. — Smithfield Baptist Church in Smithfield, Va., hosted a Stop Hunger Now event March 12-14 in conjunction with a youth missions emphasis, Youth Missions Coming Alive. Students and adults from churches…

OUT LOUD

“The church in the United States can offer a message of hope and reconciliation to a nation that is deeply divided by politlcal and cultural differences. Too often, however, we have reflected the political divisions of our culture rather than…

Caribbean Baptist Fellowship installs new leaders

MONTEGA BAY, Jamaica — The Caribbean Baptist Fellowship, one of Virginia Baptists’ international mission partners, installed William Thompson as its new president and Everton Jackson as executive secretary/treasurer during the organization’s General Assembly March 18-21 in Jamaica. The assembly of…

HERITAGE: Miss Eliza comes to Virginia

The telephone caller was a trust officer in an Atlanta bank. She was administering an estate and was attempting to find the proper home for a physical object, an old portrait which had special meaning to its deceased owner. After…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war