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Mercer announces scholarship for kids of CBF missionaries

ATLANTA (ABP) — In an effort to alleviate the stress missionary parents can feel in trying to finance a college education for their children, Mercer University has announced it will provide undergraduate tuition scholarships for children of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship…

Divorce a tragedy, time with loved ones important, Albom tells Dallas church

DALLAS (ABP) — Divorce is insidious, but time with loved ones is precious, author Mitch Albom told an audience as part of a Dallas church's lecture series Nov. 1. Divorce does terrible things to kids, he says, even when they…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for November 2, 2006

Staff Changes Robert Johansen, to Spring Creek Church, Darlington Heights, as pastor. Matthew Straw, resigning as pastor of Westhampton Church, Richmond. Judy Barger, to Grandin Court Church, Roanoke, as interim minister of music. Dan Foss, to Chestnut Hill Church, Lynchburg,…

Virginia Baptists assist Europeans in supporting church planters

Virginia Baptists are partnering with Baptists in Europe to support church planters across that continent as well as in war-torn Iraq. Approximately 60 indigenous church planters in 21 countries in Eastern Europe and the Middle East are being supported by…

Chaplain Service job seems made to order

When a prison inmate requests a special diet for religious reasons, is it really part of the inmate's faith? It's Randy Myers's job to find the answer. It's the kind of question Myers will grapple with in his new job…

Virginians help dreams come true in African ministry

Nineteen volunteers from Community Heights Baptist Church of Cedar Bluff, Va., went to Kyela, Tanzania, for two weeks in July. Hundreds of churches take mission trips—what makes this one different is that it began 15 years ago. Pastor Allen Jessee…

Breakout sessions at BGAV to focus on RASNet

Five breakout sessions at this year's annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia will focus on the Ray and Ann Spence Network for Congregational Leadership, RASNet's director Bob Dale told Paige Peak, communications officer for the Virginia Baptist…

Evangelical Forum to hold 5th annual meeting

The Evangelical Forum will host its fifth annual meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Green Run Baptist Church in Virginia Beach. The meeting is being held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia….

New issue of Heritage Seekers is released

Sam Houston and Texas Baptists are featured in the new issue of Heritage Seekers, the magazine for children and families published by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. The theme of this issue is on the spirit of individualism,…

N.J. court gives gays marriage rights, but not claim to name

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Oct. 25 that the state's constitution requires that marriage rights be available to same-sex couples on an equal basis with heterosexuals. But the court left state legislators to decide whether to refer to the…

Questions and answers on N.J. gay marriage decision

Q: What did the New Jersey Supreme Court rule? A: The majority said that while there is no “fundamental right to same sex-marriage” in New Jersey, it is unconstitutional to deny gay couples the same rights as married couples. Q:…

WMU children’s curriculum to make education easier

Today's children are tomorrow's missionaries and missions leaders in Baptist churches, so Woman's Missionary Union is taking children's missions education to the next level, describing their new materials as “relevant, redesigned and ready-to-use.” “Think about it,” said Mitzi Eaker, children's…

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