By Vicki Brown When asked why he gave up microbiology and academia for a pastor’s life, Dwight Stinnett always responds that God has a tremendous sense of humor. God’s humor not only led Stinnett into the pastorate, but also to…
Project impacts low-income families in southwest Virginia
By Chris Shoemaker Dozens of youth from Baptist churches across Virginia converging on the campus of Bluefield College this summer made a difference in the lives of families in southwest Virginia. Impact Virginia, a project sponsored by the Baptist General…
Missionaries from Venezuela learn skills aimed at self-sustaining church planting
By Ken Camp Missionaries from Venezuela learned how to drill water wells and maintain a simple drilling rig recently, thanks to a water ministry operated by Baptists in Texas. At the Everything Jesus Ranch near Seguin, Texas, volunteers with Texas…
Pinewood derby races connect children, faith in Slovakia
By Vicki Brown Students yelled as they jockeyed for positions around the racetrack and rooted for their cars as they shot down the track. Cheers followed each heat as winners beamed and losers tried to be gracious. And the pinewood…
Dear Mr. Graham, Let me introduce you to some friends
Dear Mr. Graham, I’d like to introduce you to some friends of mine. The first friend is Golnaz. Golnaz is a bright and beautiful young woman from Iran. My husband first met her while working on a project at Harvard…
Who will go to Destination Unknown?
“Destination Unknown.” That was the stated course of the troop ship on which Julia Graham and her first husband, Henry, embarked in May 1945, with their 7-month-old son, as Baptist missionaries to the Middle East. Julia and Henry and the…
Pastor criticizes seminary president’s endorsement of secularist group
By Bob Allen A Texas Baptist pastor says in a YouTube video that a Southern Baptist seminary president should apologize for endorsing an atheist group or be censured by his board of trustees. Randy White, pastor of the 2,500-member First…
Missions: Almost an out-of-body experience
[This is the third (missions) of a nine-part series on empowering a faith community to impact the world. Already hospitality and evangelism have been explored.] You’ve been there before. It’s that place of connection and you realize God is surreptitiously…
Baptist leader celebrates Ebola-free Liberia
By Bob Allen A Liberian Baptist leader celebrated the World Health Organization’s declaration that the country is Ebola-free, making it the first of the three hardest-hit West African nations to bring the epidemic to a formal end. “Forty-two days have…