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Virginia Baptists disaster relief units ministering to hurricane victims

RICHMOND — Virginia Baptist disaster relief units are on the field in Texas following Hurricane Ike, reported Terry Raines, coordinator for mobile missions and disaster relief for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. BP photo by John R. Kennedy Communities like…

Missions in a dangerous world

Imagine being invited to go on a short-term mission trip to a country closed to mission personnel and bordering a closed nation torn by civil war. The trip would facilitate ministry to refugees. Participants cannot disclose the underlying reason to…

International worker advises: Avoid deception, but don’t show your hand

Deception never is an appropriate stance for mission workers, a former employee of both the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the International Mission Board insisted. But that's not the same as telling everything one knows or does, said Kent Parks, now…

Should missionaries always tell the whole truth?

Christian workers who serve in countries closed to traditional missions outreach should tell the truth — but that doesn't necessarily mean full disclosure, some Christian ethicists and missiologists insist. “It is not correct to lie about the reason for being…

Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia elects Laura McDaniel new executive

LYNCHBURG — Despite weather forecasts predicting that Hurricane Hanna would reach Lynchburg simultaneously with the scheduled election of Laura McDaniel as the eighth executive leader of Virginia's Woman's Missionary Union, by midday the sun was shining brightly. The election and…

Changes proposed in WMUV documents

The following changes will be presented at the annual meeting of Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia on Nov. 7, 2008, at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center during the business session at 2-3:30 p.m. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION ARTICLE IV BOARD OF TRUSTEES…

UVA’s Cedric Peerman challenges youth to be champions

HALIFAX — Cedric Peerman is a name University of Virginia football fans will instantly recognize. He has been one of the bright spots in the Cavalier's current season, and before he was sidelined with an injury last year, he led…

‘Who’s My Neighbor?’ is theme for BGAV’s Connect2008

RICHMOND — Connect:2008, the 185th annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, will be held in Roanoke Nov. 11-12 at the Roanoke Civic Center and the Hotel Roanoke & Convention Center. The theme for Connect:2008 is “Who's My…

EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida visits Bluebell Baptist

Dear Jimmy, I can tell I'm slowin' down ‘cause my mind is laggin' behind the calendar by several months. It seems like it ought to be about May with the summer comin' on instead of the middle of September with…

SECOND OPINION: Forgiving without forgetting

As we stood on the roof of his new six-story apartment building in Greenwich Village, my oldest son pointed south and asked, “Could we have seen the World Trade Center from here?” “Yes,” I replied. At 110 stories, the twin…

Hostess with the mostest

Eva Vest Easley of Bluefield was the hostess with the mostest. In her stately stone house, which guests aptly called “The Easley Mansion,” she and her husband, Tyler, entertained a parade of Baptist ministers, missionaries, denominational leaders, agency and institution…

OUT LOUD

“We're here to show Christ's love, be servants and witness to the lost using chainsaws as our tools to open doors.” Steve Cabler The member of First Baptist Church in Bartlesville, Okla., was part of a disaster relief team working…

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children