By Betty N. Surrency Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Lead Like Jesus Longtime friends Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager and co-founder of Lead Like Jesus, and Bob Buford, founder of Leadership Network and author of HalfTime…
Hispanic ministries meet needs in Virginia
Courtney Hodges CBF Communications Greg and Sue Smith have built their two-year-old ministry among Hispanics on a principle that has served the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship well-partnership. Two years ago, the CBF of Virginia appointed the Smiths as missionaries. After serving…
Bivocational ministers vital to Kingdom Advance
By Darrell Fletcher Field Strategist, VBMB Whenever I think about bivocational ministry, I remember a pastor friend of mine. For several years he pastored a country church along the Clinch River. At the same time, he milked cows twice a…
Church & People News for January 12, 2006
Staff Changes Mark Miller, to Shalom Church, Mechanicsville, as senior pastor, effective Feb. 1. Nicholas Pierce, to Piedmont Church, Amelia, as pastor. Wayne Collis, to Gordonsville Church, Gordonsville, as pastor. Jeff Sowers has joined the launch team of Real Life…
EDITORIAL: When a preacher sins
Editorial for January 12, 2006 By Jim White Someone once wrote that true love is “when someone falls from a pedestal on which you have put him-but you catch him.” Every Baptist, indeed every true Christian, was deeply grieved by…
Letters for January 12, 2006
It’s all about Christmas It’s Christmas. Pure, plain and simple, it is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. For the spokespersons at the Baptist Joint Committee [“Is there a war on Christmas?” Herald, Dec. 15] and their cousins…
A new beginning
Heritage Column for January 12, 2006 By Fred Anderson The death last fall of Rosa Parks, an icon of the civil rights movement, brought back memories of my own. Like anyone who ever lived in the South in the days…
Classified Ads for January 12, 2006
Full-time Pastor: First Baptist Church of Staunton is seeking a full-time senior pastor. We are a 150-year-old church with 270 resident members located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. We are an SBC and CBF-affiliated church. Send résumés and references by…