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Church & People News for September 1, 2005
Staff Changes Adam Woods, resigning as pastor of Critz Church, Critz. Dan Tatum, to Hampton Church, Hampton, as minister of congregational life. Dee Whitten, to Chestnut Grove Church, Earlysville, as interim pastor. Church News Carlisle Avenue Church, Richmond, will host…
Church & People News for September 15, 2005
Staff Changes Jonathan Parks, to Kenbridge Church, Kenbridge, as pastor. Lonnie Hylton, to Reed Island Springs Church, Ararat, as pastor. Robby Burke, to Barboursville Church, Barboursville, as pastor. Steve Turner, concluding his ministry as pastor of Glade Spring Church, Glade…
Church & People News for September 22, 2005
Staff Changes J. Adam Tyler, to Mount Zion Church, New Canton, as pastor. Robert Hudman, resigning as pastor of Enon Church, Roanoke. Billy Dixon, to Critz Church, Critz, as interim pastor. Bruce Updyke, to Stuart Church, Stuart, as interim pastor….
Leaders predict SBC-backed network won’t find acceptance in Europe
By Greg Warner Baptist leaders in Europe predict the Southern Baptist Convention will have a hard time drawing Baptists from the continent into a new international network that, some say, will compete with the Baptist World Alliance. When the SBC…
A new way of doing church?
Cover Story for September 1, 2005 By Kim Lawton In a dark sanctuary filled with votive candles, fast-paced images flash across video screens. Participants file forward to write their names on a wooden cross on the floor, while at the…
Religion run amok
Editorial for September 1, 2005 By Jim White Country singer Dierks Bentley croons, “Well, I know what I was feeling, but what was I thinking?” Perhaps Pat Robertson has adopted this as the theme song for The 700 Club. Waxing…
Fatherly advice
Heritage Column for September 1, 2005 By Fred Anderson Zachary, our 7-year-old grandson, attempted to teach his grandfather how to play chess, a game whose mysteries this columnist must confess has eluded him. Zachary already has won a chess tournament…
Letters for September 1, 2005
Christian response to war I think that Mr. White's article [“A necessary evil is still evil,” Herald, Aug. 18] was very timely and absolutely addressed a major problem that we are facing in this country today. I, for one, do…
Radical we are not
Another View for September 1, 2005 By Kevin Rutledge The cost of discipleship as Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Baptists is a call to a radical lifestyle, full of uncomfortable places. This is not a message that today's American church is following….
Shiloh Association gets new ministry center
By Donnie Johnston Thanks to a retired Culpeper couple, the Shiloh Baptist Association finally has a home. “One of my goals as director of missions has been for the association to have a home of its own,” Lanny Horton said….
‘Alphin Challenge’ deadline approaches
The first true Sunday school in America started in Accomac, Va., in 1785. That's the starting place for Bill Alphin's challenge for Virginia Baptists to start new small groups. Alphin, who coordinates Bible study and discipleship for the Virginia Baptist…