The Latino Network of Virginia Baptists will sponsor up to 10 Latino youth from Virginia to attend the 2008 Baptist Youth World Conference in Leipzig, Germany, to be held July 30-Aug. 3 The conference will involve youth in fellowship, worship,…
Top 100 Virginia churches in per capita CM gifts
First Baptist Church in Gretna led the state last year in per capita contributions to Cooperative Missions. Rounding out the top 10 in per capita giving were First Baptist Church, Gretna; Journey Baptist Church, Roanoke; Leetown Baptist Church, Kearneysville; Atlantic…
A week in the life
Other buildings say that no one will ever read my journal, but I still keep writing because even a pile of bricks has dreams. I know Virginia Baptists care about missions and about stewardship, so my dream is that the…
Growth in a small town
Darrell Henry, senior pastor of Oakwood Baptist Church (www.oakwoodbc.org) in Chickamauga, Ga., will be one of the featured breakout session presenters for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board's upcoming Pastor-Deacon-Church Leadership Retreat at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center, May 11-12. Recently,…
Meeting to focus on church music
Church muic takes the spotlight on Tuesday, May 22, with two special events to be held at Second Baptist Church in Richmond. In the afternoon, from 3:30-6, a Music Convocation will be sponsored by the Center for Baptist Heritage &…
Praise in the Park set for July
Members of Linden Heights Baptist Church in Staunton are making plans for the fifth annual Praise in the Park. The kickoff will be Sunday, July 1. Gospel concerts will continue every Tuesday night during July and August. The free concerts…
Trustees, McKissic make peace
Texas pastor Dwight McKissic and his fellow trustees at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have apparently decided to make peace, despite their previous public disagreements. In a March 27 statement, trustee chairman Van McClain said board leaders and McKissic had “jointly…
EDITORIAL: What will the Hammond era mean for the BGAV?
The trustees of the North American Mission Board took an unprecedented step March 19 when they unanimously elected Geoff Hammond to be NAMB's new president. What makes his election interesting to Virginia Baptists is that he comes to the position…
Evangelizing
I read your editorial, “Remember evangelism?” in the March 22 edition of the Religious Herald with great interest. I certainly agree with the reasons you identified why so many Baptist fail to witness about their faith. I would even take…
Relational evangelism
As I read your editorial on evangelism in the March 22 issue, I commend you for calling our attention to the task of evangelism which is ours. We have certainly ceased doing a very good job with evangelism in our…
Sexual abuse
Thank you for your fine article “Some things can't be ignored” [Herald, March 8]. One of my own readers informed me of this, a lady who has been in contact with me for at least a decade. As the Baptist…
Pioneering in music ministry
Sixty years ago a young married couple, recent graduates of the prestigious Westminster Choir College and still in their 20s, arrived on the Virginia Baptist scene and almost immediately made contributions which had lasting results. Jim and Hattie Copeland came…