Barely 16 years old, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond has grown from 37 students who matriculated in 1991 to a current enrollment of 291 students from 19 states and eight foreign countries. It began holding classes in facilities on the…
Committed to the congregation
Barely 16 years old, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond has grown from 37 students who matriculated in 1991 to a current enrollment of 291 students from 19 states and eight foreign countries. It began holding classes in facilities on the…
Virginia Baptists’ Upton shares ‘Covenant’ experience
Most Virginia Baptists respect the office of the U.S. presidency, so it comes as no surprise that when John Upton received a phone call from former president Jimmy Carter inviting him to attend a meeting of Baptists in April of…
EDITORIAL: Glory be!
Occasionally I am blown away by things people do. Regrettably, there are times when the source of my amazement is something incredibly inane that someone has done. And truthfully speaking, when this is the case I am more often than…
One of a kind
According to Chris McPeek, youth minister at Columbia Baptist in Falls Church and student at the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, his school is unique. “What I find really different is the international flavor of the students and faculty….
Virginia Baptist from Georgia serves on panel
When the Baptist General Association of Virginia's religious liberty committee met at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center in Richmond on Jan. 18, one committee member had traveled more than 600 miles to get there. Paula Batts is a member of…
N.C. editor announces plans to leave
Tony Cartledge, editor of the Biblical Recorder, the state Baptist paper of North Carolina, has announced that he will leave his post to assume a teaching position with Campbell University Divinity School. Teaching has always been a source of great…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida preaches to preachers
Dear Jimmy, As you know, it's been a while since you got a letter from your dear old auntie, so I thought I'd bring you up to date. I can't do much else anyway because our lights are out. I…
The tragedy of missed opportunity
Although I am not a Dallas Cowboys fan, I am not so rabid in my opposition that I root for anyone playing them. Since I have never been to Seattle, and although I understand Shaun Alexander (one of the Seattle…