RICHMOND — Many Virginia Baptist congregations inaugurated their Lenten observance Feb. 25 with Ash Wednesday services — a tradition rooted in ancient Christianity and one increasingly common among Baptist churches across the Commonwealth. The service, which dates to at least…
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The challenge of the new urbanism
Tabernacle Baptist Church in Richmond is an established church transitioning to meet the New Urban challenges of its very popular in-town neighborhood, the Fan. Lights are strung throughout the sanctuary during Ephiphany. Lights strung from a sanctuary’s ceiling at Epiphany….
Virginia Baptists fall just shy of funding 2008 BGAV budget
RICHMOND—Virginia Baptists funded their 2008 budget at almost 98 percent—a noteworthy event in the midst of a severe economic crisis, said leaders of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Last year, BGAV churches contributed $14,092,291 toward the state association's Cooperative…
Who is my neighbor?
ROANOKE — The Baptist General Association of Virginia, acknowledging an uncertain economic environment, approved a reduced budget for 2009 during a quiet annual meeting that drew about 1,250 people. At the Nov. 11-12 meeting, messengers also elected a retired public…
Rethink the concept of neighbor, says Campolo
Before Christians can carry out the Great Commission, they need to carry out the Great Commandment — to love your neighbor as yourself, evangelist Tony Campolo told Virginia Baptists last week. Interpreting the theme “Who Is My Neighbor?” in three…
Virginia Mission Board gets first look at reduced BGAV budget for 2009
LYNCHBURG — The Virginia Baptist Mission Board has gotten its first look at a proposed budget that will reduce funding for Virginia Baptist ministries by more than half a million dollars in 2009. Meeting at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center…
International worker advises: Avoid deception, but don’t show your hand
Deception never is an appropriate stance for mission workers, a former employee of both the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the International Mission Board insisted. But that's not the same as telling everything one knows or does, said Kent Parks, now…
Sunday school class project sparks international ministry
FALLS CHURCH — An eye-opening visit by a Baptist Sunday school class to a Moscow hospital nearly 20 years ago sparked a ministry that provides millions of dollars in medical supplies to almost 100 countries around the world. In 1989,…