The Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies is seeking applicants for the 2007-08 class of Heritage Fellows. The Heritage Fellows program provides an opportunity for Baptist sophomores and juniors attending Virginia schools an opportunity to learn about some aspect of…
Beginnings and endings
Noah Calton Baldwin was the grand old man among the Baptists of Southwest Virginia. For nearly 60 years, he was a central figure in the religious life of the frontier from Marion to Abingdon. He was the father of the…
Leland and BTSR
As a Leland student, I would like to thank you for raising good questions about how Virginia Baptist's are to support theological education [“Theological opportunity?” Herald, Dec. 14]. I may disagree with your idea that BTSR and Leland duplicate the…
P.E.A.C.E. Plan initiatives to be addressed by Warrens
Rick and Kay Warren, co-founders of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., will be the featured speakers at 21-C, a conference hosted by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board Feb. 2-3 at The St. Paul's Baptist Church in Richmond. Every year,…
ANOTHER VIEW: When debt becomes demonic
Many American households are drowning in debt and see no way out of the pit that continues to grow deeper by the month. For example, 71 percent of all credit card accounts have only the minimum monthly payments being made…
Hope Builders to offer training for coordinators
Hope Builders/Christian Women Job Corps will offer Level 1 training for site coordinators on March 14-17 at CrossRoads Camp & Conference Center. Hope Builders, a ministry of Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia, seeks to treat women the way Jesus did—with…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for January 11, 2007
Staff Changes Wayne D. Underwood, to Jonesboro Church, Roseland, as pastor. Rand Forder, to Muddy Creek Church, Powhatan, as pastor. Chuck Price, to May Memorial Church, Powhatan, as pastor. Garland Jefferson, to Falling Creek Church, Richmond, as pastor. Merit Award…
Akins named assistant executive director at Mission Board
Glenn Akins has been named assistant executive director of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, effective Jan. 2. His responsibilities will be to serve as the VBMB's staff coordinator and chief information officer and to provide field services to churches and…
VBMB to sponsor building conference
A church building conference is being offered by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board on Feb. 24 at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center. The conference will focus on issues such as the importance of master planning, needs assessment and growth projections,…