I have loved the Youth Evangelism Conference, sponsored by Virginia Baptists, for 14 years, since my return to Virginia as a youth minister in 1993. I served for 10 years on the advisory team for YEC and was always thrilled…
Finding a home
Shiloh Baptist Church, along the King's Highway in King George County, Va., has been home for many people in the course of its 150 years. It was created to give people a home during one of the great divisions among…
ANOTHER VIEW: Back to the past for a map of the future
During the 1985 Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, Texas, I woke up before the crack of dawn in order to reserve 20 seats on the floor of the arena for each day of business. I was a young, motivated pastor….
Lebanon
How shameful it is that our secular media blames President Bush and our country for causing nearly every hostility that occurs almost anywhere in the world and at the same time blames us for interjecting ourselves in others quarrels and…
Now it can be told
About 100 years have passed since the following story took place. Maybe now it can be told! “Pastor John” had been at the country church for seven years and had earned the respect of the congregation. At age 65, he…
New Venturer Program offers mission opportunities
Rachel Brentner, a Lawrenceville, Va., kindergarten teacher, developed a passion for Belize and the people of that Central American nation on two mission trips with the Baptist Student Union at Pennsylvania State University. When she looked for a connecting organization…
ANALYSIS: Gore documentary film exposes diversity in evangelical opinion on environment
A recent movie by Al Gore has helped reveal a diversity of opinion among Christians when it comes to the environment. While in recent years some evangelical and conservative groups have begun to acknowledge the case for environmental concern, the…
Retired Lynchburg College leader named interim president of BC
A retired Christian educator with more than 14 years of experience as a college president became interim president of Bluefield College on Aug. 1. Charles O. Warren Jr., a native of Bluefield, W. Va., and longtime president of Lynchburg College…
International student workers connect at the Internet Café
Each year there are an estimated 5,000 international students who come to Virginia Beach to work during the summer. These students come from Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and China. They are usually A-B students, who are studying in the sciences as…