HONOLULU — Whenever the Christian Church looks at the world through the power of the Holy Spirit, something amazing is about to take place and change is on its way, a Richmond, Va., pastor told the Baptist World Congress. Under…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Jonathan Susee, to LaCrosse Church, LaCrosse, as full-time pastor. BETHEL HONORS LONGTIME MEMBER: Bethel Church in Chase City recently honored Vergie Lee Hall on her 90th birthday. She made a profession of faith and was baptized in…
Dakota chapel dedicated to Roanoke, Va., leader who died earlier this year
FORT YATES, N.D. — Judy and Bob Hetherington made their first trip to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation almost 20 years ago. Last month, a chapel at Tipi Wakan, one of two Baptist churches on the reservation, was dedicated in…
‘Pastor Boots’ and wife Jackie are ubiquitous presence in Dakotas
FORT YATES, N.D. — If you go to Standing Rock, one of the first persons you will meet is Pastor Boots. His name is Boots Marsh, but from hearing people talk you would guess his first name is “Pastor” and…
A journey to show love: Virginia Baptists minister on reservation
FORT YATES, N.D. — While Virginia was mired in record summer heat, almost 400 Virginia Baptists escaped to North and South Dakota to show love to a people group steeped in history. By plane, truck, van and automobile, volunteers from…
Texas Baptists eliminate 13 staff positions, reduce some to part-time
DALLAS (ABP) — Six Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board employees are losing their jobs, seven unfilled posts are being eliminated and a dozen positions are being reduced from full-time to part-time due to the state convention’s current financial…
EDITORIAL: World Congress 2010! A foretaste of glory
In this issue of the Herald, we have tried to accurately report what took place at the Baptist World Congress in Honolulu, July 27 to August 1. And, with the exceptional help of other New Voice* partners, our managing editor,…
HERITAGE: Summer lessons
Hatcher Memorial’s old church house sits along busy Dumbarton Road in the Lakeside community of Richmond. It is dwarfed by the grand Georgian sanctuary which replaced it in 1955. It is a little worn at the heels; but just as…
VITAL SIGNS: Upheaval
That’s one of the nicer things we call moving. Our household’s recent move has been a journey into disorganization, disorientation and general discord. A genuine necessary evil. More than once during recent weeks, we vowed to never move again —…
Hymn Society honors three Baptists for lifetime contributions to music
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — A group dedicated to hymnology and hymnody in North America has honored three Baptist musicians for their lifetime achievements in the field of church music. The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada named David…
ANALYSIS: BWA leaders see future of increasing diversity, emphases on justice and development
HONOLULU (ABP) — The Baptist World Alliance’s first global congress since its 2005 centennial and last year’s 400th anniversary of the beginning of the Baptist movement revealed an ever-more-diverse global fellowship poised to tackle injustice and poverty in some of…
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: What’s this thing all about?
For several years, Virginia Baptist mission teams have ministered on the Standing Rock Reservation, the fourth largest Native American reservation in the U.S, straddling the border of North and South Dakota. Michael Clingenpeel, pastor of River Road Church, Baptist, in…