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The Virginia Baptist Women's Chorale is celebrating its 30th anniversary in conjunction with the 50th anniverary of Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center. The celebration is planned for June 16 at 8 p.m. in Rooms 2-5 of English Hall. All current…

Editor's Note: Recognizing that a number of pastors in Virginia will soon retire from active pastoral ministry, we began this series in the previous issue with a foundational book review by Gary Chapman, who directs the Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership…

In the previous issue of the Religious Herald, Gary Chapman had written an excellent review of a book as the first installment of a three part series on “Preparing a church for a pastor's departure.” His work was mistakenly credited…

Tracy and Jay Proffitt have been employed in staff positions at CrossRoads Camp and Conference Center, a facility owned and operated by Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia. Tracy will serve as the manager of food services and registration, and Jay…

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…

(ABP) — After a decade of steady decline, attendance at the Southern Baptist Convention is expected to jump this year, amid ripples of unrest with the current leadership and perhaps the first openly contested presidential election since 1994. Several estimates…

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…

The John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Falls Church has a received a $50,000 grant from the Virginia Baptist Foundation. “Since its inception in 1923, discerning Virginia Baptists, often as their final act of Christian stewardship, have made outright,…