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News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for July 20, 2006

STAFF CHANGES John W. “Tony” Neal, to Walnut Hills Church, Williamsburg, as pastor, effective Aug. 6. Randy Moore, to Clinchco Missionary Church, Wise, as pastor. He had been serving as interim pastor. Wayne A. Lowe Jr., to Epiphany Church, Matoaca,…

The amazing story of how God started Hungarian Baptist Aid

Second of two parts How could a disaster organization in Hungary grow in 10 short years from a $25 donation to become a dominant force in disaster relief? The answer lies in large part to the faith of its founder….

EDITORIAL: You can’t catch fish if you don’t go fishing

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19). The leaders of a certain fishing society promoted global fishing. They built fishing lodges and held conferences to encourage society members to fish. They wrote…

ANOTHER VIEW: An oasis in the deserts of life

“To be faithful to the gospel may mean death.” The words were spoken so calmly and matter-of-factly that their incredible impact caught me off guard. There I was, sitting in a meeting of the Baptist World Alliance's Freedom and Justice…

A miracle in Franklin County!

On Sunday, June 4, the members and friends of the Franklin Heights Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, Virginia, entered their new sanctuary for the first time. It was a moment which was long anticipated. When 6-year-old Cassidy James Anderson entered…

ANOTHER VIEW: Give him the glory!

(BP) — I firmly am convinced that Southern Baptists need to renew their understanding of who is in charge, of who has the power and who sets the agenda. This day, I call on all Southern Baptists to reaffirm that…

Interest in ‘closed’ country missions increasingly popular, mission boards say

DALLAS (ABP) — An increase in the number of Baptists serving in “closed” countries could lead to more incidents like a recent group from Texas experienced when they became trapped in Lebanon. As a result of Hezbollah military strikes and…

House passes bill attempting to intervene in cross dispute

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The House of Representatives passed a little-noticed bill July 19 attempting to make it easier for a controversial cross to remain on public land in San Diego. On a vote of 349-74, the chamber approved a bill…

As U.S. missionaries are reported safe, Lebanese Baptists describe suffering

BEIRUT (ABP) — As United States Marines began evacuating Americans in earnest from a besieged Beirut July 19 and U.S. Baptist groups reported their missionaries in the region safe, a Lebanese Baptist leader said his people's suffering would seem “quite…

Independent government study suggests lack of safeguards for religious grants

WASHINGTON (ABP) — An independent government study has found that federal programs providing grants to religious organizations do not sufficiently safeguard the separation of church and state. The determination echoes analysis by experts in the field and critics of President…

Republicans unveil voucher plan after recent education study

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Just days after a new Department of Education study suggesting children from similar backgrounds do about as well in public as in private schools, a group of congressional Republicans unveiled their latest plan for school vouchers. The…

Bush uses first veto in office on popular stem-cell bill

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Simultaneously pleasing his socially conservative base and overruling large majorities in Congress and the public, President Bush used the first veto of his political career July 19 to kill a bill that would have expanded embryonic stem-cell…

What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

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