RICHMOND — The Virginia Baptist Foundation Inc. has awarded grants totaling $185,000 to eight Virginia Baptist ministry partners, according to Ronald C. Hall, president and CEO of the Foundation. The following recipients were awarded grants by the Foundation's board of…
Holy Spirit conference decries lack of unity
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP)—Pentecost and coming of the Holy Spirit are largely overlooked in Baptist churches, Pastor Dwight McKissic said at his Baptist Conference on the Holy Spirit. That lack of awareness is Baptists' loss, said McKissic and many of the…
EDITORIAL: Learning to lead
More than 1,400 churches are a part of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. In a conversation with Lyle Schaller a couple of years ago, he helped put this in perspective. “The BGAV is larger than most denominations in the…
Bible Society building bombed in Gaza incident
GAZA CITY, Palestine (ABP) — In the latest violence among warring Palestinian factions, a bomb severely damaged the Palestinian Bible Society building April 15 in Gaza City. The building, located in the city center, housed the Teacher's Bookshop, Gaza's only…
SECOND OPINION: Why some evangelicals aren’t green
Evangelicals are waking up to our responsibility to the environment. Evangelical initiatives on the environment are growing in cultural impact, but they continue to garner stout resistance. Too often, politics and capitalism get in the way of a clear evangelical…
News About Virginia Baptists and their Ministries for May 17, 2007
STAFF CHANGES � Timothy K. Norman, to Glen Allen Church, Glen Allen, as pastor. � Bruce Queen, to Walnut Hill Church, Petersburg, as pastor. � Belmont Church, Roanoke, has called John Fox as co-pastor for congregational ministries and David Burgess…
With a song in his heart
Sixteen Candles was a popular song for the teen and college set in 1959 and was among the repertoire of a singing group at the University of Richmond known as The Jeters. (Readers of this column and UR alums recognize…
RIGHT OR WRONG?
I'm worried about my elderly mother driving a car, but I hate to take away her independence by taking away her keys. The Bible says to honor your father and mother, and I don't want her to think I've lost…
Carol Seeley commissioned as Venturer to South Africa
When Carol Seeley heard Pastor Cheryl Allen's vision for the Touch Life Centre at Troyeville Baptist Church in Johannesburg, South Africa, Seeley knew that this ministry was where God was calling her to serve. Since last fall, Seeley had been…