Staff Changes David and Melissa Fox, to Marshall Church, Marshall, as co-pastors. Henry Styron, to North Pamunkey Church, Orange, as pastor. James Kopco, to Winn's Creek Church, Halifax, as pastor. Perry Clore, to Sharon Church, Scottsville, as pastor. Jerry Stanley,…
Virginia Baptists to join Baptists in India in carrying out ministry there
Cover Story for November 3, 2005 Virginia Baptists have carried out ministries in India for years-most recently in the aftermath of the devastating tsunami that hit the nation last December. Now those efforts are resulting with a full-blown missions partnership…
Virginia Baptists brave crowds at Martinsville’s NASCAR track to share gospel
Cover Story for November 3, 2005 By Jim White Before dawn on Sunday, Oct. 23, a dozen or so Virginia Baptists representing Henry County Baptist Association were already brewing coffee and stacking hundreds of donuts beneath their tent beside Gate…
Organic leaders, living churches: An interview with Bob Dale
Bob Dale, assistant executive director of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and director of the Ray and Ann Spence Network for Congregational Leadership, is author of the recently-published Seeds for the Future: Growing Organic Leaders for Living Churches, available at…
Here’s to bus rocking
Editorial for November 3, 2005 By Jim White In 1955, who could ever have imagined that a “colored” lady who refused to give up her seat on a bus would one day lie in state in the rotunda of the…
A little bit of home
Heritage Column for November 3, 2005 By Fred Anderson When the messengers assemble for the annual meeting of the BGAV to be held next week in Woodbridge there should be a prize for the registered messenger from a BGAV member…
Pastor electrocuted in baptism accident
Kyle Lake, pastor of the innovative University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, was killed by electrocution Oct. 30 while performing a baptism during a worship service. Lake, whose age was not immediately known, had been pastor of the church for…
Baylor’s trustee reduction: politics or efficiency?
Baylor University regents approved a charter change to downsize the school's governing board from 36 to 16 members over nine years. Chairman Will Davis of Austin characterized the vote on the reduction in board size as “not unanimous but overwhelming.”…
Bluefield, VBMB identify church leaders
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…