RICHMOND — The 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation has inspired an essay contest sponsored by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. Francis Bicknell Carpenter’s 1864 painting, First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons) “How…
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“Pope Benedict, tweeting as @Pontifex, has 1.5 million followers, which is pretty good, but he has tweeted exactly 35 times — and the messages read like boilerplate composed by a dutiful intern.” Bill Keller The New York Times columnist was…
Laura McDaniel leaves WMUV executive position to take on new role with Spence Network
RICHMOND — Laura McDaniel is resigning as executive director of Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia to assume a newly-created position with the Spence Network, a leadership development organization with ties to Virginia Baptists. In her new role as network catalyst,…
Lent offers opportunity for Christians to reflect on living simply as witness to gospel
Since at least the middle of the 19th century, when Henry Thoreau described his solitary two years in a hut on the shores of Walden Pond, the allure of the simple life has animated the imagination of generations of Americans…
Don Rutledge, widely-known for photos of Baptist mission activities, dies at 82
RICHMOND — Donald Rutledge, a renowned photographer whose images of mission activities are familiar to Baptists around the world, died Feb. 19 at 82. Don Rutledge (NAMB photo by Ken Touchton) Rutledge’s work was published in magazines and books around…
Inaugural conference part of Missio Alliance’s goal to navigate changing religious landscape
RICHMOND — Missio Alliance, an evangelical coalition formed last year to help Christians navigate the changing religious landscape in America, will flesh out that goal at a three-day conference in April featuring a range of speakers from across the evangelical…
Inaugural conference part of Missio Alliance’s goal to navigate changing religious landscape
RICHMOND — Missio Alliance, an evangelical coalition formed last year to help Christians navigate the changing religious landscape in America, will flesh out that goal at a three-day conference in April featuring a range of speakers from across the evangelical…
Inaugural conference part of Missio Alliance’s goal to navigate changing religious landscape
RICHMOND — Missio Alliance, an evangelical coalition formed last year to help Christians navigate the changing religious landscape in America, will flesh out that goal at a three-day conference in April featuring a range of speakers from across the evangelical…
Inaugural conference part of Missio Alliance’s goal to navigate changing religious landscape
RICHMOND — Missio Alliance, an evangelical coalition formed last year to help Christians navigate the changing religious landscape in America, will flesh out that goal at a three-day conference in April featuring a range of speakers from across the evangelical…