FREDERICKSBURG — Given the present economic conditions, most people know exactly how they would use a gift of one million dollars or even a multi-million dollar-valued piece of land. Fairview's Charlotte Street campus. Fairview Baptist Church in Fredericksburg and its…
West Lynchburg church prepares more than 2,600 meals
LYNCHBURG — A missions team from West Lynchburg Baptist Church in Lynchburg recently prepared 2,622 meals — in a little over an hour and a half. It’s the second time in the past six months that members have collected money…
Military destroys Afghan Bibles
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The U.S. military says it has destroyed Afghan-language Bibles confiscated from soldiers in Afghanistan to ensure troops did not break regulations against proselytizing. According to Reuters, officials denied that evangelical Christian soldiers seen in a video by…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida visits the Holy Land
Dear Jimmy, Well, shut my mouth and call me a hymnal. Your old uncle and I actually made it to the Holy Land. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would actually step on some of the…
BAPTIST BRIEFS
Alliance urges end to Cuba travel ban. The Alliance of Baptists applauded President Obama for loosening restrictions on American’s travel to Cuba and called for more reform during the group’s recent convocation in Charlotte, N.C. The Alliance welcomed the president’s…
British Baptists observe 400th anniversary
BOURNEMOUTH, England (ABP) — British Baptists marked the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first Baptist congregation in 1609 in an annual meeting of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and BMS World Mission May 1-4. This year's Baptist…
HERITAGE: ‘A persistent cuss’
Phil and Bernice Rodgerson are living in one of “the villas,” the posh new quarters at Lakewood Manor, the Baptist retirement community in Richmond. Her baby grand piano anchors one corner of their spacious living room and his study is…
OUT LOUD
“You're the only people who never leave Mass early.” Archbishop Timothy Dolan The New York prelate was explaining to inmates at Bedford Hills Correctinal Facility why he loves ministering to prisoners. (RNS/AP) “I respect the opinions of Americans who oppose…
Focus on what is true
While science vs. religion battles continue, can we agree to teach public school children certain obvious truths? Can we temporarily lay aside the theory of evolution and various religious views, and realize there are certain conclusions about our world that…
Say ‘yes’ to Sunday
“Used to be,” the church was at the center of the calendar. We had activities of the church penned on the calendar before any other activities. Now, churches of all denominations “compete” for church membership to be involved in church…
Modify theories if necessary
I have great praise for much of the letter, “Evolution is not a plot” [Herald, April 23], which describes the overwhelminglystrong evidence for the evolution of micro-organisms. My degrees are in physics, so I’ve had to be an autodidact in…
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
Pat Robertson to step down. Pat Robertson will retire as president of Regent University, the Virginia Beach school he founded, next year, the university announced April 28. Robertson, 79, founded the school in 1978 and has been president since 2000….