PETERSBURG — Most Baptist churches discourage deceit, but Immanuel Baptist Church in Petersburg celebrated subterfuge on Sunday, Dec. 13, when it brought one of its members home from Germany to surprise his wife and family. Photo by Kimberly Carter Alicia…
Students in Southwest Virginia find ministry on campuses
GATE CITY — Look up “emerging leader” in your Virginia Baptist Kingdom Advance Unabridged Dictionary and you will find pictures of Mark Estepp and Jessica Roloff. Both are students at the University of Virginia's College at Wise and are active…
New registration process for 21-C to provide ministry profile
RICHMOND — Online registration holds many benefits for meeting planners and attendees — it's easy and efficient for both parties and it has the ability to gather information that benefits both. So it is with this year's registration for 21-C…
Register to include focus on hymns
RICHMOND — The forthcoming issue of the Virginia Baptist Register includes the address delivered by Milburn Price at a music convocation sponsored by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies and held last May. Price, the recently retired dean of…
EDITORIAL: To release the oppressed
Can Christians close their eyes to the needs of others and still claim to be fully devoted followers of Jesus? Can Christians observe the strong inflicting pain on the weak and not feel the pain themselves? Can they remain only…
Kenyans hunger for ‘normal life’
NAIROBI, Kenya (BP) — Suitcase in one hand and daughter's hand in another, the young couple picks their way through a charred landscape that just yesterday was a thriving used-clothing market. They slow their pace so the 4-year-old can see…