APPALACHIA — After cooking more than 4,400 meals from Dec. 22 through Dec. 30, the Virginia Baptist Mission disaster relief kitchen has shut down and volunteers are heading home. Volunteers clean up after serving meals. Members of Tennessee and Virginia…
SECOND OPINION: Less revenge, more forgiveness
‘Revenge is the rage at the movies,” proclaims The Wall Street Journal. Well, there’s a surprise. The WSJ notes that revenge, retribution and retaliation are served up (with heaping helpings of violence, naturally) in a trio of recent releases: Edge…
OUT LOUD
“When people have the opportunity to study the Bible, we see it transforming our views toward immigrants … We see we are called to love the stranger. We pray our country will have the courage and do it now.” Galen…
Peace-bearing is theme of Baptist Heritage Center’s essay contest
RICHMOND—Peace-bearing is the theme of the Roots & Wings: Young Scholars Essay Contest for 2010, which is sponsored by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. The contest is open to Virginia Baptists who are high school students in the…
FIRST PERSON: God’s little surprises
BELMOPAN, Belize — I never dreamed that I would perform my first baptisms in the Caribbean Sea. Nor did I imagine that a mission trip to Belize to work with children would offer such an opportunity. But that’s exactly what…
HERITAGE: Oysters and Baptists
This month is the centennial of an important event. Exactly a century ago, on Feb. 8, the trustees of Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) met to consider relocating the school from its campus located close to the city…
Virginia Baptist Ministry Assistants schedule spring conference at Eagle Eyrie
RICHMOND, Va. — The Baptist Ministry Assistants of Virginia (BMAV) will hold its spring 2010 conference April 27-30 at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center. Two tracks will be offered. Sandra Sartor, ministry assistants specialist/ consultant from LifeWay Christian Resources, will…
Texas Baptists take action against church suspected of affirming gays
DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas said March 17 it was asking Royal Lane Baptist Church in Dallas to remove mention of its affiliation with the state convention from church publications and would hold any funds received…
Most church websites ineffective, British technology firm’s study finds
DIDCOT, England (ABP) — Churches, by and large, still haven’t entered the digital age when it comes to evangelism — but those who have are reaping huge rewards, according to a new survey. A poll conducted by Christian technology company…