LYNCHBURG, Va. — Nothing symbolizes Ann Brown’s four years as top elected officer of Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia like bracelets — in a wild variety of colors, shapes and materials. Brown, whose tenure as WMUV president ended Nov. 3,…
Mid-Atlantic response teams distributing thousands of meals, others begin recovery operations
Baptist disaster response units from the Mid-Atlantic initiated feeding operations in earnest over the weekend as organizers began turning their attention to recovery efforts in the still-struggling Northeast a week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the region. Volunteers from North Carolina…
Keen sense of direction will serve new WMUV president well as she helps navigate group’s future
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Pat Wright was born with a keen sense of direction. A passionate traveler, she disdains GPS navigation systems, she says, relying instead on her instincts and familiarity with maps. That instinct will serve the Williamsburg, Va., woman…
Discipleship is risky adventure that requires crossing cultural boundaries, speaker tells women
LYNCHBURG, Va. — The journey to follow Christ is a risky adventure requiring those who embark on it to break the confines of their cultural boundaries, members of Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia were told Nov. 3. “In our encounter…
ANALYSIS: For the BGAV, anticipations of an unexpectedly animated annual meeting
Messengers attending this month’s Baptist General Association of Virginia annual meeting are likely to find what was expected to be a fairly routine agenda enlivened by several weeks of wide-ranging discussions on a proposed budget and on the parameters of…
Blacksburg, Va., pastor Tommy McDearis to be nominated for first vice president of BGAV
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Blacksburg, Va., pastor Tommy McDearis will be nominated for first vice president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia — the second announced candidate for a position whose incumbent for more than 10 years has been elected…
Va., N.C. volunteers are deployed to stricken Northeast, D.C. teams continue damage assessment
Baptist disaster relief volunteers from Virginia and North Carolina were deployed to stricken New York and New Jersey Oct. 31, while the District of Columbia Baptist Convention’s emergency response team continued damage assessments in Washington and Maryland. The teams were…
Va., N.C. volunteers are deployed to stricken Northeast, D.C. teams continue damage assessment
Baptist disaster relief volunteers from Virginia and North Carolina were deployed to stricken New York and New Jersey Oct. 31, while the District of Columbia Baptist Convention’s emergency response team continued damage assessments in Washington and Maryland. The teams were…
Va., N.C. volunteers are deployed to stricken Northeast, D.C. teams continue damage assessment
Baptist disaster relief volunteers from Virginia and North Carolina were deployed to stricken New York and New Jersey Oct. 31, while the District of Columbia Baptist Convention’s emergency response team continued damage assessments in Washington and Maryland. The teams were…