NASHVILLE — A proposal to study a restructuring of the Southern Baptist Convention is not needed, SBC Executive Committee President Morris Chapman insists. Chapman made his feelings known about a proposed Great Commission Resurgence Declaration, issued in late April by…
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Christianity Today cuts back. Christianity Today International, citing hard times in the publishing industry, is shutting down four publications and laying off 31 workers. Two magazines will fold later this year — Today’s Christian Woman and the Campus Life College…
RIGHT OR WRONG: Church assistance for those impacted by the economy
My pastor tells me that, with the downturn in the economy, more people are requesting assistance from our church. We have limited funds. What can we do? Your church is not alone in facing the extra strain on resources. Having…
Sewing skills are key for Portsmouth congregation’s ministry
PORTSMOUTH — It started with a sewing pattern and a mission conference. Bruce Powers, pastor of Westhaven Baptist Church in Portsmouth, attended the MC2 conference sponsored by the VBMB last summer at Eagle Eyrie. Staffers of the Woman’s Missionary Union…
Virginia Baptists responds to W. Va. flash floods
GILBERT, W.Va. (BP) — In the wake of flash floods that washed away rural roads and even mountainsides over six southern West Virginia counties on Mother’s Day weekend, Virginia Baptists joined other Baptist disaster relief feeding units and mud-out crews…
Virginia Baptist Foundation awards $101,000 to 53 scholarship recipients
RICHMOND — Ann F. Brown, chair of the scholarship committee of the Virginia Baptist Foundation, announced 53 scholarship recipients totaling $101,000 during the second annual Scholarship Recognition Service held May 31, at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center. Scholarship recipients gathered…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Dale Seley, to First Church, Newport News, as senior pastor, effective in August. • Neil Seward, to Bethel Church, Phenix, as pastor. • Curtis Barnes, to Mount Pleasant Church, Colonial Heights, as senior pastor. • John Minter,…
Weakley elected to national Baptist secretaries position
RICHMOND — Sandy Weakley, administrative assistant for the Dover Baptist Association, has been elected to a two-year term as secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Southern Baptist Secretaries (NASBS). Weakley She has also been active in the Baptist Ministry Assistants…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida needs more study
Dear Jimmy, Well, it’s one of those nights when I can’t sleep so I figure I’ll write you a few lines maybe sort out some things that are all jumbled up in my mind. Your uncle and I have had…