The Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies is seeking applicants for the 2005-06 class of Heritage Fellows. The Heritage Fellows program provides an opportunity for Baptist sophomores and juniors attending Virginia colleges and universities to learn about some aspect of…
Massive response
Virginia Baptists are responding with fervor to the tsunami disaster in South Asia, providing thousands of dollars in relief funds and looking toward cooperating on a short-term project with Baptists in several of India's southern states. Baptists around the nation-including…
BGAV joins North American Baptist Fellowship, is endorsed for BWA membership
By Robert Dilday The Baptist General Association of Virginia has moved a step closer to full membership in the Baptist World Alliance. Last week, the BGAV joined the North American Baptist Fellowship, one of the BWA's regional fellowships. Representatives of…
Billy Kim retires as pastor of Korean megachurch
Korean megachurch pastor and evangelist Billy Kim, outgoing president of the Baptist World Alliance, retired Dec. 19 after 45 years as senior pastor of Suwon Central Baptist Church near Seoul, South Korea. Since becoming pastor of the congregation Jan. 1,…
A tragedy gets personal
Among the tens of thousands who lost their lives when the waves of December's tsunami surged onto Sri Lanka was a cousin of Richmonder Emily Thevathasan, who now hopes to participate in relief efforts on the stricken island. By Shawn…
Denominational leader James Sullivan dies at 94
James Lenox Sullivan, Southern Baptist statesman and retired president of the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board (now LifeWay Christian Resources), died Dec. 27 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tenn., following a brief illness. He was 94. A private burial service…
Virginia Baptists channeling funds for tsunami disaster
Financial assistance for victims of the tsunami in South Asia may be channeled through the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. “Virginia Baptists' hearts go out to the victims in the Indian Ocean area,” said Jim George, disaster relief coordinator for the…
130,000 and still climbing
The world's worst earthquake in 40 years and a resulting tsunami left tens of thousands of South Asians dead and millions more homeless the last week of December. Baptist relief agencies are responding to the mammoth disaster. As the death…
Baptist diaspora: Mainstream convocation to focus on ‘new day’ in Baptist life
Analysis for Jan. 6, 2005 By Robert O'Brien What might be called the “Baptist Diaspora”-a wide array of Baptists dispersed by a quarter century of denominational discord-will gather in Atlanta, Feb. 25-26, to envision “A New Day in Baptist Life.”…
A new year’s message
In January 1867, the editorial team of Jeter and Dickinson began their second full year of owning, editing and publishing the Religious Herald, which they had revived following “the War.” While they admitted that “our remuneration has been small,” all…
GUEST EDITORIAL: Happy Birthday, BWA
In this our 100th year of the Baptist World Alliance, we give thanks to God for his awesome grace and providence that has guided us from 1905 to 2005. Ebenezer said, “Thus far the Lord has helped us” (I Samuel…
Letters for Jan. 6, 2005
SBC excluding itself I just read my Religious Herald and saw that the Southern Baptist Convention leadership has chosen not to connect with the ecumenical group Christian Churches Together. I am confused. It is so painful to see the convention…