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The transmogrification of the SBC: When Baptists no longer are Baptist

As the Southern Baptist Convention in its recent annual meeting has proved itself unreliably Baptist, it gives me pause to think about how quickly the transmogrification of this Baptist denomination into its ecclesiastical opposite has happened. Baptist folk often have...

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Two CBF assemblies to celebrate 20 years of movement’

DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will stress community at the organization’s 20th General Assembly June 24-25, 2010, in Charlotte, N.C. Daniel Vestal, executive coordinator of the Atlanta-based CBF, told members of the group’s national Coordinating Council Oct….

Seminary adopts statement asserting male headship

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has adopted a policy statement that declares men and women equal before God but created for specific roles of headship and submission in the church and home. Seminary trustees voted Oct….

Baylor pulls proposal to alumni association

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University has withdrawn its invitation to move its autonomous alumni association in-house, citing  lack of a positive response to a request that the group give up its  independent nonprofit status and come under the authority…

Russian Baptists to hold rally with Orthodox, Catholics

MOSCOW (ABP) — An Oct. 15 meeting between high-level representatives of  Russia’s Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox communities resulted in the scheduling of a historic multi-confessional Christian rally for early next year, according to a Russian Baptist press release. The rally, scheduled…

Cynthia Clawson to be in concert Nov. 6

Grammy award winning artist, Cynthia Clawson will be performing in concert on Friday, Nov. 6. The 7 p.m. concert, sponsored by the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, will be held at First Baptist Church Newport News, one of Leland’s…

BGAV REPORTS: Committee on Convention Sites

Recommendations from the BGAV Committee on Convention Sites Background During the October 2008  Mission Board meeting at Eagle Eyrie, Kelly Lane offered a motion to have our annual meetings in Virginia Baptist churches rather than in a convention center. He…

BGAV REPORTS: Committee on Boards and Committees

The committee on boards and committees is assigned the mission of bringing to the association nominees for boards of partnering agencies, schools and institutions, and for the standing committees of the association. We are guided in this task by two…

BGAV REPORTS: Program Committee

The program committee is responsible for preparing the order of business for the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia and assuring that worship is emphasized during the meeting.  In response to the challenges we face today both…

Current Virginia Baptist Register now available

“What Mean These Stones” is the lead article in the forthcoming issue of the Virginia Baptist Register, the annual journal of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society.  Stories are told of the memorials, monuments and markers scattered across Virginia to honor…

HERITAGE: Lost lessons

They are old and yellowed mimeographed lessons probably intended for use in an adult Sunday school class or maybe a new members’ class. They cover four topics: Salvation, Christian Life, Members’ Responsibilities in the Program of the Church and “the…