WASHINGTON (ABP) — One of the most powerful leaders in conservative evangelical Christianity has reportedly discouraged his colleagues from supporting Fred Thompson as a presidential candidate. James Dobson, according to a Sept. 19 Associated Press report, sent a private e-mail…
Victories in Victoria
The small Southside Virginia town of Victoria in Lunenburg County is “the place to be” on Sunday, Oct. 14, as the church celebrates its centennial. The events are the culmination of a year-long celebration. John V. Upton, executive director of…
Baptist society seeks papers on First Amendement issues
The Baptist History and Heritage Society invites submissions for papers for its 2008 annual meeting to be held May 22-24, 2008, on the Atlanta campus of Mercer University. The society is seeking innovative and engaging paper presentations on the theme,…
Keeping true to Scripture
My professional pilgrimage has been marked by a sometimes painful series of movements between Christian academic institutions falling on opposite sides of the gender issue, or what has come to be called the complementarian/egalitarian divide. This has given me opportunity…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for October 4, 2007
STAFF CHANGES • Charles Stewart, to Haymarket Church, Haymarket, as pastor. • T. Kevin Schrum, Buckroe Church, Hampton, as pastor. • Jon Reed, resigning as pastor of Blairs Church, Blairs, to accept a pastorate in Tennessee. • Rupert Rose Jr.,…
RIGHT OR WRONG: Prayer in public school
In the spring, a mass e-mailing circulated at the school where I teach. It reports a teacher's presentation to a school board. She says all the things expected from the teacher on a relatively small salary, and closes with “……
How to ‘flunk’ retirement
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away,” Gen. Douglas MacArthur observed in the twilight of his long military career. Retired missionaries, on the other hand, just keep returning to the field — or finding new…
Care for the caregiver
DALLAS (BP)—No one likes to be labeled, but I am of the Baby Boomer Generation, born from 1946 to 1964. (You can just assume I am really close to the 1964 end of the spectrum.) We are mostly suburban kids…
OUTLOUD
“A convergent Christian, in many ways, is what [theologian] Don Carson calls a world Christian. Their allegiance to Jesus Christ and his Kingdom is self-consciously set above all national, cultural, linguistic and racial allegiances. Their commitment to the church and…