2006 Archives

Pastors representing hundreds of Christian churches throughout metropolitan Richmond were to gather at Richmond Hill Feb. 16 to covenant to lead their congregations in praying a common list of topics for an entire year beginning March 5, 2006. The effort…

Leaders of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina have nominated a candidate with support from both moderates and conservatives to the fractious statewide body's executive post. The convention's board of directors voted, without opposition, Jan. 24 to recommend Milton…

"The devastation is unbelievable, but the opportunity to help is even greater,” says Bluefield College sophomore Myra Bankert, one of four BC students who recently returned from a mission trip to the Gulf Coast to help the victims of Hurricane…

Staff Changes Robert Lee Bowers Jr., to Dogwood Church, Gum Spring, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Dennis Knight, to First Church, Mar-tinsville, as pastor. Thomas Parker, to Oak Grove Church, Cana, as pastor. Bill Collins,…

First Person for February 9, 2006 By Brooks R. Faulkner LifeWay Christian Resources It's a line by Jack Nicholson in the movie, A Few Good Men, and it goes like this: “You can't handle the truth.” It's an effort to…

Editorial for February 9, 2006 By Jim White Like millions of other Americans, I watched as a mule-drawn funeral coach bore the body of Coretta Scott King to the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta. As state troopers, a mix of…

Heritage Column for February 9, 2006 By Fred Anderson It has been said that when an old person dies, a library burns. If this is so, Virginia Baptists lost an extensive library last week in the death at age 87…

Another View for February 16, 2006 By David Briggs Religion News Service A Protestant and a Catholic murdered in a pub because they were friends having a drink together. A young woman killed in her bed. A journalist assassinated. All…

Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Thanks for including the interesting BP article about ultra-Darwinian Daniel C. Dennett by Albert Mohler (Jan. 12). Although Dennett would surely appreciate the compliment, Mohler is too generous in his reference to Dennett as “one of…

Editorial for February 16, 2006 By Jim White Like millions of other Americans, I have been watching the winter Olympics. I have been looking for an athlete with whom I can identify. You know, mid-50s, out of shape and in…

Michael H. Flake, 32, director of resort ministries in the north Georgia mountains for the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board, was found dead Jan. 27 in Helen, Ga., Baptist Press reported Jan. 27. BP did not report the…

Heritage Column for February 16, 2006 By Fred Anderson Joyce Journey signed on with one of those temporary job agencies; and one day they told her that they needed to place her in an office job with Virginia Baptists. “We…