By Diane Smith ‘We've been coming to Family Missions Week for six years. My son, who is 14, chose not to play All-Stars baseball this summer because he did not want to miss Family Missions Week. I came here because…
FIRST PERSON: Ukrainian children come to Tidewater
By Roy Smith Just 21 miles from the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, the world's worst civilian atomic disaster in history, children play in the little village of Kovpyta in rural Ukraine. From the looks of things, they…
Humor in the pew
Classified Ads for August 11, 2005
Part-time Youth Director: First Baptist Church of Virginia Beach is seeking a part-time Youth Director. Please send résumé with qualifications background and experience to First Baptist Church of Virginia Beach, Attn: Personnel Committee, 401 35th St., Virginia Beach, VA 23451…
Part of the family: Virginia is elected new BWA member
By Robert Dilday and Marv Knox Virginia Baptists will continue their century of ministry with the Baptist World Alliance but in a new way-as full-fledged members of the world organization. At its meeting July 27, the BWA's General Council added…
Aunt Ida’s big change
At the Vatican
Heritage Column for July 28, 2005 By Fred Anderson ROME, Italy – Before we left for the sabbatical, I mentioned to a Baptist friend that I wanted a tour of the Vatican library, one of the world's largest-if not the…
Classified Ads for July 28, 2005
Church Office Position: Branch's Baptist Church in Richmond is seeking a person to work in the church office. Need good computer skills (desktop publishing, including bulletins and church newsletters), pleasant phone manners and ability to help with general office duties….
A church for people on the grow
Cover Story for July 21, 2005 In an unprecedented and historic act of generosity, on Sunday, June 12, the congregation of Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church voted to give its buildings located at 700 East Belt Boulevard to Saint Paul's Baptist…