WASHINGTON — An advocate for Burmese refugees has been named director of Baptist World Aid, an agency which works closely with Baptist disaster relief organizations in Virginia and North Carolina. Rothangliani Rema Chhangte will assume her new role with BWAid,…
D.C. minister to receive BWA human rights award
WASHINGTON — Edgar Palacios, a Salvadoran who serves as associate pastor for Christian education at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, is the 2012 recipient of the Baptist World Alliance’s Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award. The announcement was made…
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“I often find myself thinking, I wish a good number of my congregation were as devoted to daily spiritual growth as this man is.” Joel Hunter The Florida pastor Joel Hunter, who serves as a spiritual adviser to President Obama,…
21-C to host national gathering of Fresh Expressions
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — This year’s 21-C Conference — a 10-year-old evangelism and vision-casting event sponsored by the Virginia Baptist Mission Board — will host the inaugural national gathering of Fresh Expressions U.S., a movement which develops creative expressions of church…
CBF proposals clarify identity, say Mid-Atlantic leaders
RICHMOND, Va. — A proposed task force report to be considered by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship this summer will clarify the group’s identity and more effectively mobilize grassroots involvement, agree CBF leaders in the Mid-Atlantic, who said the changes will…
CBF proposals clarify identity, say Mid-Atlantic leaders
RICHMOND, Va. — A proposed task force report to be considered by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship this summer will clarify the group’s identity and more effectively mobilize grassroots involvement, agree CBF leaders in the Mid-Atlantic, who said the changes will…
CBF proposals clarify identity, say Mid-Atlantic leaders
RICHMOND, Va. — A proposed task force report to be considered by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship this summer will clarify the group’s identity and more effectively mobilize grassroots involvement, agree CBF leaders in the Mid-Atlantic, who said the changes will…
CBF proposals clarify identity, say Mid-Atlantic leaders
RICHMOND, Va. — A proposed task force report to be considered by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship this summer will clarify the group’s identity and more effectively mobilize grassroots involvement, agree CBF leaders in the Mid-Atlantic, who said the changes will…
Top 100 BGAV churches in financial contributions listed
RICHMOND, Va. — The Baptist General Association of Virginia has released lists of the top 100 churches in contributions to the BGAV’s Cooperative Missions funding mechanism, both in total gifts and in gifts to the Virginia portion of CM. The…
Online spiritual resources for observing Lent available
Resources to help observe the season of Lent are available online, from the Birmingham, Ala.-based Passport Inc., a Baptist congregation in Charlottesville, Va., and the Baptist Center for Ethics. Journey to the Cross, a Lenten devotional series sponsored by Passport,…
Viewed through the lens of the gospel, films can be profoundly theological
When the Academy Award ceremony airs Feb. 26, at the top of the list of nominees is an unusual film that has bemused some, exhilarated others and drawn wide-ranging comments. Tree of Life lends itself to a variety of interpretations,…