Decked in Sunday finery, the chattering line stretches out the door and up a gritty block of warehouses and homes in this working-class Paris suburb. Inside, the congregation at Impact Christian Center sways and chants to gospel rhythms with an…
Nigerian president challenges African Baptists
“The church is part of the larger society. Its members live in a society that is plagued with all sorts of challenges, contradictions and a penchant for negating all the values in the Holy Bible.” With these words, Olusegun Obasanjo,…
The ideal candidate
I remember, as a child, hearing about the “Yella Dog Democrats” who would vote for a yellow dog as long as it was running as a Democrat. Many of those YDDs were Baptists living in the South. Occasionally, I still…
BGAV Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting Program • “Voyage to Discovery” Thursday Morning, November 9 8:30 Congregational Praise Theme Interpretation–Charles M. Reese, Rebecca McCoy-Reese 9:00 Invocation–Susan McBride Call to Order–Bert Browning President's Remarks–Bert Browning Introductions–Roy Smith Welcome–Meyera E. Oberndorf, Mayor, Virginia Beach Report of…
BGAV Annual Meeting
Pastors Conference Wednesday, November 8 (details TBA) Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia and Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond Luncheon Thursday, November 9, 2006 12:00-1:45 DoubleTree Hotel African American Fellowship Dinner Thursday, November 9 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. DoubleTree Hotel…
Virginia Baptist Mission Board takes show on the road
For the first time in decades, the Virginia Baptist Mission Board held its fall meeting away from Richmond as members traveled to Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center Oct. 10-11 to transact business and fellowship with fellow board members and staff….
An oasis of knowledge
The first inkling one has that the influence of Amman Baptist School is far greater than the number of Baptists in the country of Jordan would indicate is the traffic jam caused by parents dropping off their children at the…
Brannock is nominee for BGAV president
Three pastors and an attorney will be nominated for statewide offices at the Baptist General Association of Virginia annual meeting, Nov 9-10 in Virginia Beach. Virginia Baptists Committed has named a slate of candidates for all three offices. Boyce Brannock,…
Kingdom Advance 2.0
I sat in the modest home of an elder member of my church. There was a tear in his eye as he spoke. “Pastor, I don't want our church to die. Nobody in our congregation wants to see that church…