In what has been described as the largest case of fraud targeting a religious group, the former top executive and legal counsel for the Baptist Foundation of Arizona were convicted on multiple fraud-related counts July 24. A Maricopa County, Ariz.,…
Afghan religious, political leaders discuss religious liberty with BJC
Traveling on a U.S. State Department-sponsored program, a member of parliament and three religious leaders from Afghanistan met with Baptist Joint Committee Executive Director J. Brent Walker for a conversation about religious liberty at the BJC's offices July 20. The…
MID-ATLANTIC DIGEST
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Churches maintain Ministry on the Mall. Baptists in the District of Columbia are continuing their Ministry on the Mall this summer, as churches offer hospitality to the tourists that flock to Washington's National Mall. Area churches offer…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for August 3, 2006
STAFF CHANGES Ricky J. Jenkins, resigning as pastor of Pioneer Church, Richmond, to accept a position with the Good News Jail & Prison Ministry. Clayton Sweet, resigning as pastor of New Hope Chapel, Pulaski. He and his wife Wanda, who…
EDITORIAL: What can one Christian do?
Once again CNN, the Internet and the Spirit have driven me to my knees. It is not fear so much as frustration that creates in me an agony of soul. In addition to information supplied by the network news reports,…
On baptism
I was interested to read a recent article about baptism [Herald, July 20]. As it happens, I was raised in an independent Christian church and baptized around age 14. About 12 years later, after my wife and I were married…
Baptismal practices
It amazes me that there are well-meaning church folk who continue to squabble over issues such as proper baptism practices. Do we understand that when we fret over “distinctive Baptist practices” that few in our society understand or care about,…
South of the border
Several Virginia Baptists — including this columnist — found their way south of the border to Mexico City for the recent gathering of the Baptist World Alliance. In a sense, I once again was following in the footsteps of my…
ANOTHER VIEW: All noncombatants are equal
The Bush administration's failure to act decisively for peacemaking in the war in Lebanon sadly resembles its failure to act decisively for the poor in Katrina-destroyed Louisiana. Beirut deserves our nation's best efforts at restraining Israel's disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks…
Moving out
Lowell and Eileen Vaught drove their grandson, Jonathan, to Farmville on Tuesday, July 11. They had made the trip from Troy before, but this day held a special excitement. Jonathan would not be returning with his grandparents. He would remain…
Virginia college ministry seeks names of first-year students on campuses
If we suppose, for the sake of argument, that an average person's life span is 77 years, and if we were to look for the most pivotal points in that person's life, what would they be? Some would argue that…
Poplar Spring students can’t get enough of Impact Virginia!
The students of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Richmond love Impact Virginia! — not only have they attended this mission-minded work camp for the past 10 years, this summer they decided one week at Impact wasn't enough. On Monday, June…