Historical drama Pressure clears the air on speaking truth to power

Heritage Column for April 6, 2006 By Fred Anderson The Arizona sheriff looked him in the eye and told him that he would amount to nothing, that by age 16 he would be in jail. An abusive stepfather seemed to…

Heritage Column for April 13, 2006 By Fred Anderson This columnist prepared a biographical sketch of John Courtney for the Dictionary of Virginia Biography, an ambitious publishing effort of the Library of Virginia. Obviously the project is still in its…

Staff Changes Randy Moore, to Clinchco Missionary Chapel, Clinchco, as interim pastor. Mike Jones, to Enon Church, Roanoke, as interim pastor. Nick Pegram, resigning as minister of education and administration at Manassas Church, Manassas, after 17 years of service. Krista…

Staff Change Betty Watson, retiring as music director at Stockton Memorial Church, Richmond, after 23 years of service. Death Retired Virginia Baptist pastor Charles Herbert Morris died March 27 in Richmond at the age of 83. He and his wife,…

Staff Change Kathy S. Shereda, to High Hills Church, Jarratt, as pastor, effective May 1. Mack C. Scott Jr., to Temple Church, Norfolk, as pastor, effective April 23. Todd Childers, to Norwood Church, Forest, as pastor. John Rayburn, to Glade…

The Tennessee Baptist Convention will hold a rare special convention May 9 to deal with a growing rift with Baptist-affiliated Belmont University. Belmont wants to elect its own trustees, who have been appointed by the convention for more than 50…

Texas leadership consultant Harriet Harral will be nominated as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's moderator-elect, the highest elected position in the national group. The CBF moderator presides at the group's annual General Assembly and leads the Coordinating Council, or executive committee….

Leaders of 34 U.S. church bodies have officially launched the broadest-ever Christian unity organization in American history and said fighting poverty will be its first priority. Christian Churches Together in the USA was formally inaugurated on March 31 after a…