MOSCOW (ABP) — An Oct. 15 meeting between high-level representatives of Russia’s Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox communities resulted in the scheduling of a historic multi-confessional Christian rally for early next year, according to a Russian Baptist press release. The rally, scheduled…
Cynthia Clawson to be in concert Nov. 6
Grammy award winning artist, Cynthia Clawson will be performing in concert on Friday, Nov. 6. The 7 p.m. concert, sponsored by the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, will be held at First Baptist Church Newport News, one of Leland’s…
BGAV REPORTS: Committee on Convention Sites
Recommendations from the BGAV Committee on Convention Sites Background During the October 2008 Mission Board meeting at Eagle Eyrie, Kelly Lane offered a motion to have our annual meetings in Virginia Baptist churches rather than in a convention center. He…
BGAV REPORTS: Recommendations from the Virginia Baptist Mission Board
Recommendations from the Virginia Baptist Mission Board Recommendation I Amendment to 2010 Special Observances and Emphases Items in bold are additions; items striked out are to be deleted Observances and Emphases January 3: Collegiate Ministries Emphasis Day January 17: Sanctity…
BGAV REPORTS: Committee on Boards and Committees
The committee on boards and committees is assigned the mission of bringing to the association nominees for boards of partnering agencies, schools and institutions, and for the standing committees of the association. We are guided in this task by two…
BGAV REPORTS: Program Committee
The program committee is responsible for preparing the order of business for the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia and assuring that worship is emphasized during the meeting. In response to the challenges we face today both…
Current Virginia Baptist Register now available
“What Mean These Stones” is the lead article in the forthcoming issue of the Virginia Baptist Register, the annual journal of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society. Stories are told of the memorials, monuments and markers scattered across Virginia to honor…
EDITORIAL: The truth shall make you … a rarity
I am ready for the gubernatorial election to be over! The televised ads produced by the McDonnell and Deeds campaign staffs and approved by the candidates themselves — if even their endorsements of their own ads can be believed —…
HERITAGE: Lost lessons
They are old and yellowed mimeographed lessons probably intended for use in an adult Sunday school class or maybe a new members’ class. They cover four topics: Salvation, Christian Life, Members’ Responsibilities in the Program of the Church and “the…