Historical drama Pressure clears the air on speaking truth to power

James E. White, a Virginia Baptist Mission Board department head and former Virginia Baptist pastor, will become editor of the Religious Herald on June 1. White, who has been team leader of the Mission Board's empowering leaders team since 2003,…

There is no Heritage Column for May 5, 2005

After nearly 40 years without significant repair, Bluefield College celebrated the completion of major renovations to its Harman Chapel and Performing Arts Center with a dedication ceremony April 15. Alumni, trustees, dignitaries and supporters of the project joined the Bluefield…

The Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies announces the appointment of three Baptist students from Virginia colleges to the 2005-06 Heritage Fellows program. The selected students are Diana Howell of Lynchburg College and Katherine Major and Karen Vassar of the…

K,0)h Leaving the Emerging Leadership Summit I was challenged and inspired and came away grateful that I have been summoned as well. This weekend experience served in many ways to renew my own call to ministry, a call I answered…

The first Emerging Leaders Summit was held April 15-16 in Charlottesville at University Baptist Church. The event, sponsored by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board's emerging leaders team, was held in collaboration with the traditional leadership training weekend for collegians. The…

By Ken Camp The future of Baptist colleges and universities depends on educators' willingness to “move on” beyond the political categories that have dominated denominational life for more than 20 years, Baylor University president Robert Sloan told a national conference….

The right to dissent-even about what makes a school religious-should be a key distinctive of Baptist higher education, suggested church historian and seminary dean Bill Leonard. “Baptists began as a community of dissent,” Leonard said during his presentation on how…

Virginia Baptists aren't the only ones struggling with the nature of Baptist colleges and universities. The question is bedeviling the Baptist landscape, as institutions and state conventions across the nation look for new ways to relate in the midst of…