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…
Church & People News for March 9, 2006
Staff Changes Steven B. Flowers, to Antioch Church, Yale, as pastor. Armand A. Jalbert, to Sedley Church, Sedley, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Curtis Faison, resigning as pastor of Newsoms Church, Newsoms. Jere Allen, to…
Church & People News for March 16, 2006
Staff Changes Thomas J. Ferrell, to Bethel Church, Woodford, as pastor. David and Judy Bailey, to Oakland Church, Gum Spring, as co-pastors. Wes Moore, to Liberty Church, Hopewell, as pastor. Keith Reynolds, to New Vision Church, Martinsville, as pastor. Roger…
Six tips for preachers
Another View for March 16, 2006 By Tom Ehrich Religion News Service Every weekend, bold men and women stand up in church and do something many parishioners wish they wouldn’t do: They preach. They stand inside lofty pulpits, behind lecterns…
It’s time we focus on our own sins
Another View for March 16, 2006 By Anne Graham Lotz Religion News Service When I attended the “The Hand of God in U.S. Politics” seminar at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the attendees seemed alarmed about the power…
Whether I live or die
Editorial for March 16, 2006 By Jim White We heard the words spoken over the past weekend. “A State Department spokesman reports that the FBI has verified that a body found in Iraq Friday morning was that of 54-year-old Tom…
What TFA told FDR
Heritage Column for March 16, 2006 By Fred Anderson In September 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a letter on White House stationery which was sent to a young minister in Toledo, Ohio. By happenstance, the minister probably received the letter…
Letters to the Editor for March 16, 2006
Methodist decision I recently read the article in the March 9 issue of the Herald regarding the United Methodist Church's general conference for 2012 not being held in Richmond due to the R-Braves name being racially charged. While I don't…