FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Two top officials of the Baptist World Alliance will join about 300 other religious leaders from around the world in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 27 for a Day of Reflection, Dialogue and Prayer for Peace and Justice in…
Herald presents Jeter Award to mission activists Kent and Ann Brown
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia Baptist couple whose involvement in mission and ministry has “been a model for the rest of us” was honored Oct. 24 with an award from the Religious Herald. Kent and Ann Brown of Gretna, Va.,…
Carl Johnson, retired financial officer, will be nominated as BGAV’s 1VP
RICHMOND, Va. — Carl Johnson, a retired denominational financial officer in Richmond, Va., will be nominated next month as first vice president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia — a position which for more than a decade has led…
V3 launches web site as it expands awareness of multiplication movement
RICHMOND, Va. — V3, a church multiplication movement sponsored by Virginia Baptists, launched a new web site Oct. 14 to communicate its mission to a wider audience. V3 developed last year out of the Virginia Church Multiplication Initiative and describes…
Suffolk, Va., pastor Mark Croston to be nominated as president of BGAV
SUFFOLK, Va. — Mark Croston, a Suffolk, Va., pastor, who currently serves as first vice president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, will be nominated next month as president of the state association, it was confirmed Oct. 21. If…
Richmond seminary marks 20 years since first classes were inaugurated
RICHMOND, Va. — As Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond moved past the halfway mark in a $500,000 matching gift campaign, the seminary community continued a year-long celebration of its 20th anniversary at an Oct. 17 dinner. Some of BTSR’s founding…
Fresh Expressions to be focus of 2011 Virginia Baptist Pastors Conference
RICHMOND, Va. — Innovative expressions of churches in changing cultures will be the focus of next month’s Virginia Baptist Pastors Conference, set for Nov. 7 in suburban Richmond, Va. The annual conference — held each year in conjunction with the…
BGAV to hear Alan Hirsch, adopt budget, consider new relationship
RICHMOND, Va. — As many as 1,000 people are expected to gather in Richmond, Va., Nov. 8-9 for the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, to be held in the Greater Richmond Convention Center. Alan Hirsch, a…
OUT LOUD
“Sounds good to me.” Archbishop Philip Hannan The former archbishop of New Orleans, who died last month, was responding from his hospital bed to the part of the Sacrament of the Sick that offers absolution from sin in the name…