Al Mohler cozies up to Doug Wilson

By Sarah Farris Before Alex Camacho felt God's call to ministry, he planned to become a lawyer. Now he combines his passion for God, law and the Hispanic community into his roles as director of Immigration Services-a nonprofit organization accredited…

When 10 members of the all-black choir at Mount Zion Church in Killen, Ala., flew to Scotland in January on their first overseas trip, they were treated like long-lost family members. “They really, really loved us,” recalled Docary Ingram, pastor…

Cover Story for May 26, 2005 Even people from the humblest of beginnings need to realize God has a purpose for their lives, talk show host Oprah Winfrey told a crowd of church goers during her recent visit to a…

Contributions from Virginia Baptists for the Indian relief project through May 16 with the following designations: • Southern Baptist Convention (IMB): $101,890 • Baptist World Alliance (BWAid): $48,351 • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship: $83,863 • Virginia Baptist Mission Board: $406,841 Undesignated:…

Virginia Baptists' disaster relief ministry will offer critical incident stress management (CISM) training June 16-18 at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center. The training is one of the requirements for crisis care chaplains who are deployed during disasters. It is also…

Bluefield College student Matt Brooks will be leading Virginia Baptist college students on mission and in ministry in the coming year. Brooks has been elected statewide president of the Virginia Baptist Student Union. A junior from Jefferson City, Tenn., Brooks…

Every year, Baptist Student Unions across Virginia band together to raise money for Virginia Baptists' collegiate summer missions program. This program places college students in ministries in Virginia, around the country and around the world. Students have served in Africa,…

Pete Parks, Virginia Baptists' campus-based minister for the Tidewater region, will resign July 31 to assume a chaplain residency position at Norfolk Sentara Hospital. He is endorsed as a chaplain by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Parks has held his position…

Baptist polity is the subject of a new publication by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. Walking Together: The Struggle of Baptists with Polity in the 21st Century is an examination of how Baptists govern their churches and includes…

Bluefield College has sent 25 students to Europe this month for a music mission project with the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. Twenty-five BC students who are members of two music ensembles are traveling in Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic,…