JERSEY CITY, N.J. (RNS)—The lights in a Jersey City mosque flickered at dawn, and more than a dozen West Point cadets stirred in sleeping bags scattered across the prayer room. As Imam Hussein Wahdan began the melodious call to prayer…
SBC annual meeting to focus on prayer
SAN ANTONIO (BP) —Prayer will be the the focus of the Southern Baptist Convention's June 12-13 annual meeting in San Antonio's Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Each of the SBC's five sessions will have a prayer focus. “The central focus…
Virginia Baptist Foundation awards scholarships to 42
RICHMOND — The Virginia Baptist Foundation has awarded scholarships to 42 recipients for the 2007-2008 academic year. “These scholarship recipients were determined by our scholarship committee during its recent annual meeting,” said Ronald C. Hall, president and CEO of the…
Jerry Falwell leaves complex legacy
WASHINGTON (ABP)—Many social observers agree: Few figures in the second half of the 20th century proved as polarizing in American popular and political culture as Jerry Falwell, who died May 15 at the age of 73. But the outspoken preacher…
Lakewood Manor opens new health services center
RICHMOND — Lakewood Manor, a component of Virginia Baptist Homes, has completed its new health services center and residents began occupying the units this month. The center will provide a residential living environment with 96 private nursing care residences and…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for 5-31-07
STAFF CHANGES • Bill Nieporte, to Patterson Avenue Church, Richmond, as pastor, effective July 1. • Donald G. Proctor, to Clover Bottom Church, Nathalie, as full-time pastor. • Jerry Wayne Stanfield, to Childrey Church, Nathalie, as pastor. • Peyton Fitzgerald…
Bluefield trustees consider new academic program, possible return of football
BLUEFIELD — Trustees of Bluefield College approved a new academic major for adult students and continued their study of the feasibility of football, further collaboration on a proposed new student and community center, and plans for the creation of the…
Virginia Baptists to “Blitz Build” house for Lynchburg family
LYNCHBURG — “Safety, privacy, happiness.” That's how Tianne Tyler describes the dream of home ownership. Currently, she and her 2-year-old daughter live in a small apartment that has no front window and a leaky ceiling, in a neighborhood where safety…
Thanks for care
The people of Northstar Church in Blacksburg would like to publicly thank the people who came to our town as a part of the disaster relief temporary child care unit the week following the tragedy at Virginia Tech. This fine…
Serious concern
A very serious concern continues in my own heart and mind since the horrendous happening at Virginia Tech. Where are those of you at the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, the Religious Herald, at the school, and/or throughout the Baptist populace…
Again the SBC is unfair
I noted with some sadness the article in the May 17 issue of the Herald announcing Virginia nominees to Southern Baptist Convention agencies. Once again, members of churches belonging to the Baptist General Association of Virginia are in scant evidence…
Frontline ministry
The closer people get to a foxhold, the more spiritual they generally become, a frontline military chaplain observed. Tough circumstances—and the accompanying escalated interest in spiritual matters—provide countless opportunities for military chaplains like U.S. Navy Capt. Bill Perdue of the…