While the trailer may lead you to believe you’ve seen this movie before, trust me — you haven’t. In fact, the director works very hard to weave a tale of time travel, crime and guns only to use that framework…
LETTER: BGAV is not a hierarchical organization
The Baptist General Association of Virginia is an association, not a hierarchy. There is no subset or division within the BGAV entrusted with the responsibility to make sure all theological actions or expressions of congregations comprising the association correspond to…
LETTER: Ginter Park’s calling has not changed
Editor’s Note: The views below are those of two key leaders at Ginter Park Baptist Church in Richmond, who, in the absence of a pastor, have administrative and pastoral care responsibilities for the congregation. The two leaders have pointed out…
Congregation takes adult exercise seriously as it adds new equipment to its community playground
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Northside Baptist Church believes that families that play together will be strong and healthy, says senior pastor Jeff Scott. So the latest additions to its church playground facilities are not for children, but for senior adults. Nancy…
HERITAGE: Finding a solution to funding ministry
“We are a small band of Baptists struggling to complete our little church and to build up our Baptist cause in this community. We are now painting our church and giving it the finishing requirements as far as we can….
OPINION: Good for the BGAV budget committee
I have briefly reviewed the revised Baptist General Association of Virginia 2013 proposed budget: good for the budget committee and good for BGAV leadership. Thank you for hearing the wails and cries of disappointment. And thanks for Woman’s Missionary Union…
LETTER: As Jesus said, love one another
I take my hat off to Ginter Park Baptist Church for openly ordaining the gay brother in Christ Jesus. Get over it, BGAV. Jesus loves his gay brothers and sisters. We all have sinful behavior. We don’t take time to…
OPINION: On priests, autonomy and the drawing of lines
The fundamentalist church I grew up in once led the charge in kicking a church out of the local association because that church ordained a woman deacon. I had moved away by then, but if I’d been around I would…
Richmond Baptist Association creates task force to study ordination of gay man by affiliated church
RICHMOND — A task force of the Richmond Baptist Association will study the recent ordination to the ministry of an openly gay man by one of its affiliated churches and recommend a response to the association by next spring. The…