RICHMOND — The Religious Herald has launched a publishing partnership with three other Baptist news organizations which will allow it to expand its news coverage and offer more attractive and dynamic design features. Joining the Herald in the venture —…
Panel reports ‘no breach’; WMUV executive to retire
An ad hoc study committee named in June by Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia to examine concerns raised by some Virginia Baptists about WMUV's personnel policies and organizational structure reported last week that “there have been no breaches of policy…
Virginia Baptists adopt new budget, elect 2007 officers
Virginia Baptists adopted a $14.2 million budget to fund their ministries in 2007—a $100,000 increase over the current year's budget goal. The 1,053 messengers meeting in Virginia Beach also elected officers for the coming year, adopted four resolutions and commissioned…
Virginia Baptist Mission Board takes show on the road
For the first time in decades, the Virginia Baptist Mission Board held its fall meeting away from Richmond as members traveled to Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center Oct. 10-11 to transact business and fellowship with fellow board members and staff….
New Venturer Program offers mission opportunities
Rachel Brentner, a Lawrenceville, Va., kindergarten teacher, developed a passion for Belize and the people of that Central American nation on two mission trips with the Baptist Student Union at Pennsylvania State University. When she looked for a connecting organization…
Virginia Baptists join other leaders in plea for peace
Four Virginia Baptists have joined other Baptist leaders in North America and Europe in calling for an end to violence in Lebanon. The leaders are asking prayer for: • “An end to the escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah.” •…
Fork Union, Oak Hill no longer on NCAA investigation list
Fork Union Military Academy and Oak Hill Academy are no longer the subjects of an NCAA investigation into so called “storefront schools” that give athletes the mantle of college eligibility while offering little in the way of education. Leaders at…
New CBF missions chief attends Virginia Baptist church
Chalk it up to the oddities of Baptist denominational life at the beginning of the 21st century. Rob Nash, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's new global missions coordinator, has never lived in Virginia — but he's a member of a Baptist…
VBMB staff has exhibit booth at CBF’s General Assembly
Participants at this year's Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's General Assembly had direct access to the ministries of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board — perhaps the first time a state Baptist convention has maintained a presence at the CBF's annual meeting. Dee…
FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK: Voting with our pocketbooks
Stories about money — where it's spent, how it's earned, who's got the most of it — are the stock-in-trade of newspapers, even (maybe especially) Baptist newspapers. You'll find plenty to read along those lines this week. If one definition…
FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK: We don’t agree either
No part of the Religious Herald draws more comment than the opinion pieces we run on the “Voices” pages. It's one of the liveliest — and, to be honest, among the most stimulating — aspects of the Herald's ministry. The…
Susan Stratton, wife of BGAV treasurer, dies after battling cancer
RICHMOND, Va. — Susan Stratton, wife of Baptist General Association of Virginia treasurer Eddie Stratton, died April 22 following a long battle with cancer. Stratton had lived in Richmond since 2002, when her husband became treasurer of the BGAV and…