Editor’s Note: Recognizing the unique opportunity we have to examine reports on Civil War events in our own publication, from time to time we are commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War by reprinting articles that appeared in the…
EDITORIAL: That pivotal day
September 11, 2001 is a day we will never forget. On that day, John Upton became the executive director of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. As noteworthy as that event is, however, and as much as it should be…
EDITORIAL: Jellyfish in the pews
What could have been more perfect? There I was enjoying the surf off Hilton Head Island when zap, two at once! The jellyfish attacked, wrapping their tentacles around my legs. Perhaps it was payback for eating one of their own…
Virginia Baptist leaves Washington suburbs for two years in India
VIJAYAWADA, India — Radical obedience. That’s what Kristin Clifton’s life is all about these days. For the next two years, as a Virginia Baptist Venturer, Clifton will be living in Vijayawada, India. There she will be assisting B.V.R. Rao and…
EDITORIAL: Where the Spirit moves
Like an elephant in the room, China cannot be ignored. Apart from its growing economic prowess and global influence, of particular interest to Christians worldwide is the Chinese Church. In the last issue of the Herald, I reported on a…
Mid-Atlantic Baptists building bridges in China through basketball clinics
XI’AN, China — Coordinating their efforts through the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and the local YMCA, a team of athletes from Baptist churches in Virginia and both Carolinas led basketball clinics in July for youth in the central Chinese city…
China Christian Council confirms continued ties with Virginia Baptists
SHANGHAI, China — A leader of the China Christian Council — the official organization of Protestant churches in China — affirmed the group’s continuing commitment to strong ties with the Baptist General Association of Virginia during a meeting with BGAV…
EDITORIAL: The new China
Like the blind man who grasped the elephant’s tail and drew the conclusion that all elephants were like snakes, my experience in China is so limited that the better part of wisdom would probably be to refrain from comment. But,…
China’s Christians are thriving, marked by both unity and diversity
SHANGHAI — At the appointed time, they entered: the ministers wearing clerical vestments and the robed choir singing “The Lord is in his holy temple.” As the organist transitioned from the call to worship to “Come, Thou, Almighty King,” the…