Another View for March 3, 2005 By Karen Anne Vassar In January I was given the opportunity to leave the country for the first time in my life. I traveled with students from the College of William and Mary and…
Georgia churches look to Virginia for affiliation by ‘affinity’
By Robert Dilday First Baptist Church of Rome, Ga., is considering ending its affiliation with the Georgia Baptist Convention and joining the Baptist General Association of Virginia, whose Richmond headquarters are 600 miles away. And two other north Georgia churches…
Nominee Recommendation Sheet for Service in BGAV
How you can help in India
There are a variety of ways to participate in the Virginia Baptist relief project with Indian Baptists: • Raise funds for the immediate placement in a children's home of at least 100 children affected by the tsunami. The cost for…
GUEST EDITORIAL: The century of democracy? Don’t hold your breath
These are heady days for lovers of democracy. Millions of Iraqis defied the threat of death from terrorist murderers-including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has declared war on “evil” democracy-to go to the polls in January. It's the “biggest change since…
On God’s Hill
About a century ago a strong-willed and highly-articulate visionary named Nannie Helen Burroughs, a native Virginian, persuaded her fellow African-American Baptists to establish a school for girls and young women. She dreamed of a self-help educational institution which would provide…
Letters for Feb. 17, 2005
The result of 21-C I am sharing this as a result of the time I spent at 21-C a couple of weeks ago. It was refreshing to hear Bob Roberts share of his church's approach to being “church” in his…
Church & People for Feb. 17, 2005
S T A F F • C H A N G E S David Washburn, to First Church, Waynesboro, as senior pastor. Mike Copple, to Dundas Church, Dundas, as pastor. Leonard Castleman, to Fairmont Church, Boones Mill, as pastor….
Polish Baptists express sorrow over SBC meeting
The leader of Polish Baptists is expressing his “regret and sorrow” about a meeting, planned for Warsaw this summer, that at least one Southern Baptist Convention leader has described as an organizational gathering for “an alternative to the Baptist World…
Swedish preacher wins appeal on gay comments
A Swedish preacher sentenced to a month in prison for referring to homosexuals as a “cancerous tumor” in society was acquitted Feb. 11 by an appeals court. The court in Jonkoping, in southern Sweden, ruled that a sermon by Ake…
Jimmy Draper to retire as LifeWay executive
Making good on a promise made a year ago, Jimmy Draper, president of Lifeway Christian Resources for 14 years, announced his retirement Feb. 7, to take effect next February. Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's publishing house immediately named a…
Baylor University regents approve Sloan resignation
Baylor University regents Feb. 4 formally approved the transition of President Robert Sloan to chancellor beginning June 1 and asked two of their officers to name a search committee to seek his replacement. Sloan, who has served as Baylor's 12th…