At its meeting in Roanoke, the Baptist General Association of Virginia experienced a Galileo moment. Galileo, you may recall, riled the church authorities of his day by taking seriously what he observed through his telescope and concluding that the earth…
OPINION: Thanksgiving grieved
Today as I write this it is Black Friday, yesterday was Thanksgiving and I long to go back to a time when it mattered. Perhaps that is just nostalgia. Perhaps Thanksgiving never really was that important to most people. But…
WMUNC ends effort to purchase new headquarters building, will remain at Raleigh location
RALEIGH – Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina has ended an effort to purchase a new headquarters building in Lillington, N.C., citing the difficulty of fundraising for the project in a weak economy. WMUNC’s executive board voted Nov. 15 to…
Timothy Gilbert to become dean at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond on July 1
RICHMOND — Timothy D. Gilbert has been elected dean at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, a post he will assume on July 1. For nearly 30 years, Gilbert has been a professor of philosophy at Tarrant County College in Fort…
Church creates mosaic out of diverse community of believers in Raleigh suburb
CLAYTON, N.C. — A mosaic is an art form in which broken pieces of glass, tile or some other material are joined in a way that creates a new and beautiful image. Such a work of art is a metaphor…
Latino immigrants in Fredericksburg, Va., area find hope through LUCHA’s after-school program
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — “Bridges of Hope is truly an example of how sharing Christ’s love does not depend on one’s language skills but on the ability to love and show compassion for others,” said Sue Smith, executive director of LUCHA…
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 David Klinedinst, to Spurgeon…
Seminaries provide help for pastors performing the business of ministry
(ABP) — Pastor Tony Lankford had a relaxing-but-productive day planned for himself on Monday. His plan was to prepare the message he would preach the following Sunday on Daniel in the lion’s den. “I was going to go to the…
WINN RECOMMENDS
How God Became King, N.T. Wright (Harper Collins) Believing that for all our study of the Gospels, we’ve obscured or forgotten what they are actually about, Wright sets out to re-narrate the story. Wright believes the Gospels fundamentally tell the…
HERITAGE: The cheerleader from ‘Tussie’
She was a cheerleader. She wrote her school’s fight song. And now she is cheering and promoting Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia. Pat Wright, the newly-elected president of WMUV, has long been a cheerleader and an active player in the…
LEADERSHIP LINK: Pastor compensation: A view from both sides of the pulpit
I am often asked the question, “What should pastors be paid? Isn’t it their obligation to forswear the material world and share the word of God?” Pastors do what they do because they love it. These servants of God are…
EDITORIAL: What’s happening with the Herald?
If cordiality is the standard by which Baptist General Association of Virginia annual meetings are measured, the meeting just ended was one of the best. Newly-elected BGAV president Carl Johnson thanked the messengers at the close of the final session…