PORTSMOUTH, Va.—Although almost every community has a number of developmentally-challenged citizens, most churches don’t quite know how to provide for them. Cradock Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Va., however, sees ministry to this group as one of its primary missions. Since…
LEADERSHIP LINK: What a herd of water buffalo can teach the church
Two weekends ago I had the delightful experience of leading a deacons’ retreat for Cradock Baptist Church. Taking a break from PowerPoint presentations we looked to the internet for inspiration and found it on YouTube. I first saw the Battle…
VBMB’s executive committee approves funding for collegiate learning center, Eagle Eyrie projects
RICHMOND, Va.—In a regularly scheduled meeting May 8, the executive committee of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board approved a loan from the Baptist Extension Board to purchase a house adjacent to the Baptist student center at the University of Mary…
LEADERSHIP LINK: Deacons and the Lord’s Supper
Although Baptist churches are as different as the people who comprise them and practices will vary from church to church, in most Baptist churches the deacons are responsible for distributing the elements during the Lord’s Supper. Doctrinal considerations The term…
EDITORIAL: Forward to the past?
In a couple of different settings recently I have heard expressed sentiments that run something like the following: “Why shouldn’t we expect institutions and agencies of Baptist state fellowships, conventions or general associations to be self-supporting? Why should we continue…
Leaders judged only by Christ, says seminary president
LYNCHBURG, Va.—“Play to an audience of one,” a seminary president told a leadership conference May 4. Jeff Iorg, president of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in suburban San Francisco, was keynote speaker at the May 4-5 Leadership Gathering at Eagle…
EDITORIAL: The birds and the bees have escaped
As anyone who has read the Bible, or for that matter, Homer, knows, interest in and concern over sexuality has been around for a long time. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that a [Baptist] Conference on Sexuality and…
WMU of NC to leave Raleigh, relocate in Lillington
RIDGECREST, N.C.—Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina will move its headquarters from Raleigh to an office building in Lillington recently donated to the mission organization. The relocation to Lillington—about 40 miles south of Raleigh—will save WMUNC about $70,000, said acting…
CBF of Virginia takes ‘familia’ to four cities
CHESAPEAKE, Va.—The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia kicked off its “Mission on the Move” emphasis April 22, at Centerville Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Va., with a Mission Immersion Experience featuring a Latino buffet dinner served by the church. The event,…