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Let’s tell a new story: Juneteenth and the Fourth of July

Note: This post is an excerpt from a chapter titled “Juneteenth” in the author’s forthcoming book, Backslide: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation After the Christian Turn Against Democracy, which will be published September 8 and is now available for pre-order....

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Ann Kitchens retires from Herald

For the past 12 years, Ann Kitchens has served Virginia Baptists on the staff of the Religious Herald. For many, she has been the face of the state paper as she staffed its booth at the Baptist General Association of…

Sanders named minister at UVA

Leanne Sanders has been named full-time Baptist collegiate minister at the University of Virginia. Since January, Sanders has been serving in the position as a contract worker. “We are delighted that her position is now permanent,” said Susan McBride, team…

Conference inspires pastors, deacons

The inspirational preaching of Roger Roller and the musical skills of Drexel Rayford and Mark Andrist blended beautifully to produce a delightful yet thoroughly challenging call to share Christ at the Pastor, Deacon and Church Leader Conference held at Eagle…

EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida sees a movie

Dear Jimmy, I hope you're asittin' down 'cause you just won't believe what I'm afixin' to tell ya. Wonder of wonders, Uncle Orley actually took me to the movie house in town to see a picture show. If memory serves,…

ANOTHER VIEW: CP or not CP?

The Cooperative Program, started in 1925 as a cooperative fund-raising venture between the Baptist state conventions and the Southern Baptist Convention, appears to be in a state of flux. The report of an ad hoc committee appointed to study and…

A vision to fulfill

There is a grainy old photograph which pictures the very first assembly at Eagle Eyrie, the Virginia Baptist assembly and conference center near Lynchburg. The photograph shows a stark contrast between architecture and people. It was taken inside English Hall,…

Take a deep breath

I have read The Da Vinci Code and thoroughly enjoyed Brown's work of fiction. I am amazed (and a bit disappointed and put off) by all the rhetoric attempting to debunk a work of fiction. I am a Christian, and…

Refreshing action

It was so refreshing to read the article in the May 11, 2006, edition of the Religious Herald! For as long as I have been involved in the Southern Baptist Convention as a youth pastor's — and now senior pastor's…