RICHMOND — Prospects for reconstructing at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center the 18th-century house associated with an early Virginia Baptist leader moved a few steps forward last April, when the the Jeremiah Moore House Commission held its initial meeting at…
BAPTIST BRIEFS
N.C. colleges may elect trustees, lose funding Five colleges affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina would be able to elect their own trustees under a plan adopted by the convention's board of directors, but the schools will…
Heritage Center releases new worship study
RICHMOND — An analysis of worship styles in Virginia Baptist churches is the focus of a new resource available from the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. Each year the Center appoints several Virginia Baptist college students as Heritage Fellows…
Georgia church is largest yet to call woman as senior pastor
DECATUR, Ga. (ABP)—A female pastor who broke the “stained-glass ceiling” in Texas Baptist life is expected to move to a historic church near Atlanta, making it by far the largest Southern Baptist church led by a woman. A search committee…
VIRGINIA TIDBITS
Falwell's sons take up mantle Jonathan Falwell, son of the late Jerry Falwell, will become pastor of the 24,000-member church his dad founded in Lynchburg more than 50 years ago. Members of Thomas Road Baptist Church elected Jonathan Falwell, 40,…
Half of SBC pastors believe in ‘prayer languages,’ study reveals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP)—Half of the senior pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention believe some people are granted a special, spiritual language for prayer, a recent survey has found. The findings, from LifeWay Christian Resources, come in the midst of continued…
EDITORIAL: Sounds like competition to me
In the current issue of SBC Life, former Southern Baptist Convention president Bobby Welch explained what he will be doing as the SBC's new “strategist for global evangelical relations.” According to Welch, his responsibilities will be “to establish enhanced international…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for June 14, 2007
STAFF CHANGES � Jim Hewitt, to Pocahontas Bassett Church, Bassett, as pastor, effective July 9. � Matthew W. Rondeau, to Mt. Tirzah Church, Charlotte Courthouse, as pastor. � Danny Blalock, to Moore's Swamp Church, Elberon, as full-time pastor. � Skip…
SECOND OPINION: Hold churches accountable for abuse
We need to take another step to stop clergy sexual abuse. Let's post a list of churches that we learn knowingly allow—or force—an abusing minister to move on without doing something to warn others. This sounds harsh. But it's nothing…