When I attended the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta with more than a hundred other Virginia Baptists, I expected a blessing. The impressive speaker lineup and the nationally-known leadership lecturers and authors promised sure-fire challenges and insightful messages. What I wasn't…
EDITORIAL: William Carey would be pleased
William Carey, who is called the father of modern missions, wrote, “Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.” A Georgia church has taken Carey's words to heart. Fireproof, a remarkable movie, opens this week in 800 theaters…
Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia elects Laura McDaniel new executive
LYNCHBURG — Despite weather forecasts predicting that Hurricane Hanna would reach Lynchburg simultaneously with the scheduled election of Laura McDaniel as the eighth executive leader of Virginia's Woman's Missionary Union, by midday the sun was shining brightly. The election and…
UVA’s Cedric Peerman challenges youth to be champions
HALIFAX — Cedric Peerman is a name University of Virginia football fans will instantly recognize. He has been one of the bright spots in the Cavalier's current season, and before he was sidelined with an injury last year, he led…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida visits Bluebell Baptist
Dear Jimmy, I can tell I'm slowin' down ‘cause my mind is laggin' behind the calendar by several months. It seems like it ought to be about May with the summer comin' on instead of the middle of September with…
Association’s soccer tournament attracts 200 Lynchburg-area Latinos
LYNCHBURG — Nearly 200 Latinos from the Lynchburg area gathered the Saturday before Labor Day in the city's Peaks View Park for a soccer tournament and picnic sponsored by the Lynchburg Baptist Association. Lynchburg association director of missions Robert Putt…
EDITORIAL: The fires of persecution
I received the following email late last night. Dear Brothers, I have cancelled my program because of Orissa Crises! Please pray for Orissa Believers because they are now under bad situations and many are killed by VHP (Viswa…
12-year-old Virginia Baptist girl starts web site for ‘girls like her’
MECHANICSVILLE — Not many business owners can boast about being featured in a cable television show on CNBC with Donny Deutsch. But 12-year-old Taylor Ramirez can. At least she could if she were inclined to boast. On Aug. 21,…
12-year-old Virginia Baptist girl starts web site for ‘girls like her’
MECHANICSVILLE — Not many business owners can boast about being featured in a cable television show on CNBC with Donny Deutsch. But 12-year-old Taylor Ramirez can. At least she could if she were inclined to boast. On Aug. 21, Taylor…