Pewboy is in the driveway washing the mud off his pickup while Altarego witnesses the transformation from the shade. He is trying unsuccessfully to ignore the chatter of his companion. Pewboy is quite impressed that the South Carolina legislature unanimously…
Virginia Baptist Homes offers additional choices
RICHMOND — With the trend toward consumers wanting more choices and with the widespread availability of long-term care insurance, Virginia Baptist Homes has added a second pricing option, offering flexibility and choice. The fee-for-services option has recently become available at…
Cowboy churches are lassoing America
DALLAS (ABP) — The “cowboy churches” that are springing up throughout the United States are about more than worshiping God while wearing boots and cowboy hats. They are about finding ways to be relevant in the rodeo-circuit, country/Western culture. In…
A solitary journey
GENEVA, Switzerland — The visitor climbs the steep hillside paved with unforgiving cobblestones and follows the looming image of Saint-Pierre Cathedral, the church of John Calvin. Located hard by the cathedral is an imposing three-story mansion of classical architecture. It…
Lyons to direct Culpeper home
CULPEPER — Josh Lyons was recently named executive director of Culpeper Baptist Retirement Community. Prior to joining the staff of CBRC, Lyons served on the management team at The Chesapeake, CBRC's sister community in Newport News. Lyons is a graduate…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for August 7, 2008
STAFF CHANGES • Ray Farrow, to Mine Road Church, Spotsylvania, as pastor. • Kevin Niles, to Antioch Church, Yale, as pastor. He previously had served as associate pastor. • Jonathon Waits, to Central Church, Church Road, as pastor. • John…
OUT LOUD
“Closing a church leaves the feeling, for some of us anyway, that we have failed in the legacy entrusted to us. But creating a means to train candidates for the pastorate somehow lessens the feelings of failure and provides a…
Sherman diagnosed with leukemia, wife dies at 90
RICHMOND (ABP) — Virginia Baptist pastor and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship pioneer Cecil Sherman has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Sherman, 80, sought treatment options at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after receiving the diagnosis July 25 and exploring…
The SBC’s snubbing
I am writing in response to your recent editorial regarding the lack of appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention from Baptist General Association of Virginia [“SBC continues its snub of the BGAV,” Herald, July 10]. The continued snubbing is neither…