“To me the real moral of the story is that big-time college sports are a mess and a poor platform for the promotion of religious virtue.” Tom Krattenmaker The commentator, who writes on religion and sports, was speaking of the…
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"Moire," by Marvin Tadlock. Award for Intermont artist. Marvin Tadlock, professor of art at Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Va., received a merit award this spring for his sculpture “Moire,” exhibited during the Knoxville (Tenn.) Art in Public Places Competition…
WMU of India’s new web site enhances group’s ambitious goals
RICHMOND, Va. — Woman’s Missionary Union of India has just launched a new web site, thanks to a collaboration with its counterpart in Virginia.The new site — at www.wmuv.org/wmui — is the latest joint endeavor in a year-old partnership between…
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New Meredith president takes helm. Jo Allen starts her tenure as president of Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C. on July 1. Allen, elected April 18, is the first Meredith alumna to serve as president of the 120-year-old college, with historic…
Opinion opens doors to guns in Va. churches, but some pastors are wary
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginians can carry firearms into churches and other places of worship, according to a legal opinion issued this spring, but some Baptist pastors in the state say they’re unsettled by the prospect of congregants with handguns. Virginia…
After two centuries, a Virginia Baptist district association may disband
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A 220-year-old Baptist district association in Virginia, whose churches nurtured some of Baptists’ most revered early leaders, will disband this fall, if a proposal from its 12-member steering committee is adopted. At its May 15 annual spring…
In November, Baptists in Virginia will be dancing in the streets — literally
RICHMOND, Va. – Forget everything you thought you knew about Baptists and dancing. This fall, Baptists in Virginia will be dancing in the streets – literally. Participants at the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, scheduled for…
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North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell makes a point during the May 11 trustees meeting. (BP photo by John Swain) Tom Elliff, in his first trustee meeting May 20 as president of the International Mission Board, said the IMB…
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