Two parallels and an outlier: Graham Platner, Roy Moore and Donald Trump

No congregation could be a Missouri Baptist Convention church without cooperating with the Southern Baptist Convention, if a constitutional amendment is passed this week. Requiring a church to cooperate with the national convention would be a departure from Baptist tradition….

A change in schedule has been announced for the Virginia Baptist Pastors Conference, which is set to meet Nov. 9, just prior to the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. An unscheduled conflict will prevent well-known preacher…

The Virginia Baptist Mission Board and Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia have modified their approach to Co-Missioners, the two organizations' joint missions initiative and education emphasis. Co-Missioners seeks to cast a unified missions vision for Virginia Baptist churches though hands-on…

By Dan Carlton and Bob Munson Look at a globe sometime. You will see that it is a long way from the Philippines to Virginia. But distance can be deceiving. When fellow Christians work together for God's kingdom, the other…

The emerging leaders team of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board recently spent a day on the campus of Bluefield College, discussing with BC leaders how to identify and train future leaders for churches affiliated with the Baptist General Association of…

The Virginia Baptist Media Library Association honored a longtime church librarian and heard from a national consultant during its fall conference, held Oct 7-8 at Calvary Baptist Church in Portsmouth. Jamie Hughes of Portsmouth was honored for 40 years of…

Clifton E. Hudgins has been named associational ministries coordinator for the Pittsylvania Baptist Association. Hudgins has been a Virginia Baptist Mission Board staff member since 1997, serving most recently as field strategist for the Ridge and Valley region. He will…

Former pastor Rick R. Hurst has been named director of donor relations of the Virginia Baptist Foundation Inc. Hurst was pastor of the former Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church in Richmond. Hurst has been pastor of churches in Georgia, Kentucky and…

Terry Raines, who heads disaster relief for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board left for Hungary and Pakistan on Oct. 16. After spending a couple of days in Budapest with Hungarian Baptists planning their work, Terry left for Pakistan. Following are…

The decline of mainline church membership over the last century had more to do with reproduction than theology, according to research by a trio of sociologists. The popular notion that conservative churches are growing because mainline churches are too liberal…

National leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship voted Oct. 14 to restore explicit references to Jesus deleted from the group's constitution in July. A preamble to the constitution was approved by the CBF Coordinating Council with little discussion and no…