Churches joined thousands of other organizations across the Mid-Atlantic Monday in closing facilities and cancelling activities as Hurricane Sandy made landfall, leaving millions without power and flooding most coastal areas. Much of Ocean City, Md., was underwater as Hurricane Sandy…
D.C., N.Y. churches and pastors hunker down for storm
(ABP) — Baptist churches and ministries in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast were hunkered down and anxious Oct. 29 to see what happens when Hurricane Sandy arrives. “There’s been a heightened sense of anxiety because we are sitting here waiting,” said Amy…
Minister’s move from lucrative fundraising post to community gardening was ‘tectonic’ shift
DENTON, N.C. — When Don Durham speaks of the “shift” in his ministry, he’s talking more along the lines of a shift in tectonic plates that leads to an earthquake than of a routine change in jobs. In June 2010,…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
D.C. convention cancels annual meeting, Baptist relief groups ramp up preparations as storm nears
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy maintained its relentless path toward the East Coast, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention postponed its annual meeting and Baptist relief groups across the Mid-Atlantic ramped up preparations for recovery operations in the wake of…
LETTER: We could not call ‘unclean’ what God had called ‘clean’
Thank you for your coverage of the Baptist General Association of Virginia executive committee action regarding Ginter Park Baptist Church. As the former pastor of that congregation, I was an early participant in the process of ordaining Scott McGuire to…
Oak Grove marks 250th year, one of two oldest BGAV churches — and possibly the oldest
VIRGINIA BEACH — Oak Grove Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, which many maintain is the oldest existing church affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia, celebrated its 250th anniversary Oct. 7. The congregation had prepared for months to ready…
LETTER: Proud of committee for asking church to withdraw
This is in response to the article in the Religious Herald on Oct. 15 entitled, “Richmond church asked to withdraw from BGAV.” I am extremely proud of the committee that asked this particular church to withdraw its membership. We live in…
HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic
Accepted a new call? Been ordained? Church celebrating an anniversary? Mission trip or project that you would like highlighted on the HeraldBeat page? Send info to HeraldBeat editor Barbara Francis at [email protected]. Transitions ON THE MOVE Chris Mitchell, to Tabernacle…
Baptists in Mid-Atlantic prepare for ‘Frankenstorm’
RICHMOND — Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic are preparing for the onslaught of “Frankenstorm,” as Hurricane Sandy barrels north from the Caribbean, a wintry storm moves in from the west and frigid air flows south from Canada — a dangerous hybrid…