December marks the 40th anniversary of a Richmond-area ladies trio called “The Christadoes”—which means, “We Sing Unto Christ.” That name is not only the meaning of “Christadoes,” but it is also the testimony of June Caskey of Grove Avenue Baptist…
Bluefield professor elected officer in national religious profs association
Bluefield College professor Tim Crawford, chair of the division of Christian studies, has been elected to serve as vice president of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion. The BC professor of Bible and Hebrew earned the one-year national…
Newest BGAV church opens in Loudoun County
On Oct. 1, Loudoun Bible Church opened with a bang in Ashburn. The opening service consisted of a heart-warming commissioning ceremony, soul-stirring gospel music, a celebratory reception featuring noted jazz artists, AJQ Jazz, and an inaugural sermon by pastor Wayne…
Summit calls global church to focus to AIDS crisis
When 5,500 people die of AIDS every day, the need is not for charity but for justice, says Bono, and the church must do something about it. “That's a lot of our brothers and sisters to be losing for no…
ABC Board confirms decisions to sell building, elect leader
Leaders of the American Baptist Churches USA have approved selling the “Holy Doughnut”—the organization's Pennsylvania headquarters building—and confirmed the appointment of a new head for the denomination's international missions organization. The ABC's General Board voted nearly unanimously Nov. 14 to…
Uzbek court fines Baptists preachers
Following a raid on a Baptist church in the southern Uzbek town of Karshi, two visiting Baptists were, on October 25, given massive fines of over 45 times the country's minimum monthly salary each for participating in unregistered religious worship….
Kazakh Baptists fined heavily
Two Baptists in Zyryanovsk in the eastern Kazakhstan, who were given large fines on June 27 for religious activity without registration, have failed in their appeals to have the fines overturned. Pastor Yegor Prokopenko was given the massive fine of…
Gay marriage now legal in South Africa
South Africa became the fifth country to legalize gay marriage Nov. 30 when Acting President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka signed a landmark bill into law. South Africa is the first African country to take such a step. Canada, Spain, Belgium and the…
Catching the Spirit of Advent
In churches across the Commonwealth, many of them Baptist, the Advent season was initiated by the lighting of the first Advent candle. The four candles on the wreath traditionally stand for hope, peace, joy and love—attributes of Christ's presence in…
ANOTHER VIEW: The Pension Protection Act of 2006
In 1930 author Watty Piper introduced to the world The Little Engine that Could, coining the now familiar refrain, “I think I can, I think I can.” This timeless adage has taught generations of Americans the powerful truth that positive…
Play acting at Beaver Dam
When the trophies are awarded to church anniversary committees, please send a large one to the 175th anniversary committee of Beaver Dam Baptist Church in Fluvanna County. The plans for the D-Day invasion were not as well conceived and detailed!…
Thanks for conference
After all the dust has settled I wanted to write and say what a good job John Chandler did with the Virginia Baptist Pastors conference this year in Virginia Beach. I enjoyed listening to the story of the other pastors…