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Virginians answer God’s call to children’s ministry

RICHMOND — This spring when Anna Kissne entered the Virginia Baptist Mission Board's certification in children's ministry program, she was taking another step in answering God's call to minister to children. Anna's faith journey began in her native Romania at…

Virginia children raise funds to help Croatians

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Children at 40 Virginia Baptist churches have joined children in congregations across the country to raise more than $250,000 to provide goats, sheep, pigs and cows to struggling families in Croatia, still suffering from years of war….

WMU launches first Children’s Ministry Day

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The first ever National Children's Ministry Day promises to deliver active compassion as children are involved in missions projects across the country. On Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, all children's groups in churches are encouraged to join with…

Great Commission 2.0

For kids these days, Internet security is hard to come by. But for kids concerned about eternal security, the Net's precisely the place to be. Dozens of Christian groups are rethinking flannel graphs and 10 a.m. Sunday school classes, finding…

LifeWay offers resources on iTunes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Individuals searching for everything from Beth Moore Bible studies to Vacation Bible School songs need look no further than their iTunes account. In 2006, LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention began placing downloadable audio files on…

Eddie Stratton to direct development; Walter Harrow to assist in treasurer’s office

RICHMOND – Eddie Stratton, treasurer of the Baptist General Association of Virginia and the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, has assumed responsibilities for development and fundraising for the Mission Board. Stratton will continue his role as treasurer, a post he has…

African American pastor blazes trail at Northern Virginia church

NEW BALTIMORE—Broad Run Baptist Church, whose members since the Civil War have been almost exclusively white, installed African-American Larry White as pastor on June 24. Broad Run, the oldest continuously active Baptist church in Virginia, was organized on Dec. 3,…

Bottled water craze may find way into late Jerry Falwell’s legacy

LYNCHBURG—Move over, Perrier. The next designer bottled water may come out of Lynchburg, courtesy of the late Jerry Falwell. Liberty University, the school founded by the fundamentalist Baptist evangelist who died May 15, has announced that it will bottle water…

VIRGINIA BRIEFS

BTSR reorganizes development office. Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond has reorganized its development office to include include fund development, congregational relations, communications and alumni relations, new president Ron Crawford announced July 3. In addition, new staff members have been named…

EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida confronts the INS

Dear Jimmy, Your poor uncle is as confused as a termite in a yo yo. We thought we were helping a young couple and at the same time gettin' some needed work done around the place, but now it seems…

SECOND OPINION: What would Marlo do?

Marlo Rodriguez is a 24-year-old illegal immigrant in Virginia—euphemistically called “undocumented” by the press and other politically correct operatives. He came to Northern Virginia 16 years ago, when he was only 8. His parents, together with two younger siblings—who at…

FAITHSHAPERS: Eyes on the prize

In Philippians 3:14, Paul writes, “I press on toward the goal to win the prize ….” He is talking about his life as a Christian, but this passage came to mind as I thought about how to approach parenting from…

What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

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