The Virginia Baptist Mission Board and Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond have joined with more than 40 Baptist churches and organizations across the South to launch the Shiloh Network, a new cooperative effort to encourage and recruit young people to…
Eagle Eyrie sponsors trail contest for 50th
Virginia Baptists have been asked to help develop a spiritual meditation trail at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center near Lynchburg. The Eagle Eyrie Committee, which is planning the conference center’s 50th anniversary celebration this June, has announced a contest to…
Virginia Baptists’ liaison has deep roots in state
Virginia Baptists' on-site liaison with Indian Baptists is a recent graduate of the College of William and Mary with an impressive Virginia Baptist heritage. Robert Brown graduated last May from the Williamsburg school with a degree in economics and, after…
Robertson loses seat on NRB board
Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson of Chesapeake has lost his place on the board of directors of the National Religious Broadcasters, following a recent vote at the NRB’s annual meeting. NRB officials declined to say whether the voters may…
Virginia Baptists’ assistance to children’s home is making a difference in the l
By Robert Dilday Associate Editor From the beginning of Kunjumon Chacko's work with Prison Fellowship, it was the children of inmates that tugged at his heart-and eventually led to his network of children's homes across India. Last year, when thousands…
Disaster relief unit will provide basis for children’s ministry
Thanks to a contribution from a former Richmond church, Virginia Baptists will soon have a children’s ministry disaster response unit. The unit, a 16-foot long, 8-foot wide trailer, will be added to Virginia Baptists growing disaster relief program and provide…
Three students charged with Alabama church fires
By Hannah Elliott Associated Baptist Press Law enforcement officials arrested three men March 8 in connection with nine fires at Baptist churches in rural Alabama. Benjamin Nathan Moseley and Russell Lee Debusk, both 19-year-old students at Birmingham-Southern College, said they…
Falwell denies he holds to ‘dual covenant’
Denying a Jerusalem Post story that said he had embraced a “dual covenant” theology, Virginia evangelist Jerry Falwell said March 1 that he believes all people, including Jews, “must believe in the Lord Jesus Christ in order to enter heaven.”…
Chairman to ask IMB panel to revisit controversial issues
By Steve DeVane Associated Baptist Press The chairman of the International Mission Board is asking the board's personnel committee to take another look at two controversial measures the board passed in November. Chair Tom Hatley, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church…
Methodists reject Richmond over baseball team name
The United Methodist Church will not hold its 2012 leadership conference in Richmond because the name of the city’s minor league baseball team is racially charged, the church’s leadership has announced. Members of the conference’s planning commission said they were…
Terrorist executed for killing missionaries
Abed Abdel Razzak Kamel‚ convicted of murdering three Southern Baptist missionaries in a Yemeni hospital in 2002 died by firing squad Feb. 27, Reuters reported. Authorities already executed Kamel's accomplice, Ali al-Jarallah, Nov. 27 of last year. The Yemeni government…
Center seeks college students for Heritage Fellows
Baptist college students interested in church music and worship are encourged to apply for the 2006-07 class of Heritage Fellows of the Center for Baptist Heritage and Studies. The program provides an opportunity for Baptist sophomores and juniors attending Virginia…