Contributions from Virginia Baptists for the Indian relief project through March 31 with the following designations: • Southern Baptist Convention (IMB): $96,197 • Baptist World Alliance (BWAid): $39,261 • Cooperative Baptist Fellowship: $77,444 • Virginia Baptist Mission Board: $226,275 –…
WMU of Virginia to have booth at Women’s Show
Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia will once more have a booth at the Southern Women's Show, to be held this year April 15-17 at the Richmond Raceway Complex in Richmond. WMUV has had a booth at the show for more…
VBMB launches certification program
Virginia Baptists have launched a new certification in children's ministry, in response to the growing trend that church staff, especially children's ministers, come from within the congregation. Eleven children's ministers/leaders from across Virginia already have committed to an intense program…
Church & People News for April 7, 2005
Staff Changes Jerry M. Bailey, to James Square Church, Lawrenceville, as pastor. James McLendon, to Ocean View Church, Norfolk, as senior pastor, effective April 17. Joseph McKissick, resigning as pastor of Trinity Church, Martinsville. Lynn Blue, to Poplar Springs Church,…
Court bars sentence because jurors used Bible
A convicted rapist and murderer should not receive the death penalty because some of the jurors who sentenced him consulted biblical law in making their decision, according to the Colorado Supreme Court. A closely divided panel of that state's highest…
Orthodox Jews angered at Israeli court’s ruling
Orthodox Jews in Israel and abroad have reacted angrily to the High Court's decision March 31 to grant citizenship to some non-Orthodox converts who studied to be Jews in Israel. The ruling was issued in response to a petition filed…
New fundamentalist group isn’t an alternative to the BWA
By Greg Warner Fundamentalist Baptists in February formed a new international organization they hope will include Southern Baptists, who last year withdrew from the Baptist World Alliance, an international fellowship Southern Baptist Convention leaders maligned as too 'liberal.” But the…
Anti-conversion bill in Sri Lanka could restrict liberty, relief work
The Sri Lankan government appears poised to vote on anti-conversion legislation in April, according to a number of media reports. If approved, the vote would cap a three-year effort by Buddhist leaders to stem the tide of rural Buddhists turning…
Baptist rescue workers seek survivors of latest earthquake
A search-and-rescue team from Baptist World Aid and Hungarian Baptist Aid is trying to find survivors on the Indonesian island of Nias after a March 28 earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale. According to reports, the quake killed hundreds…