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Children at Chesapeake church learn ministry

Children at Chesapeake church learn ministry

Children at Northwest Baptist Church in Chesapeake participated in Children’s Ministry Day Feb. 20 by visiting families at nearby hospitals.

Ministers go online to meet spouses

Ministers go online to meet spouses

Online dating appeals even to young ministers, who due to their vocation must be wary about looking for love in the wrong places.

Churches' contributions listed

Churches' contributions listed

A detailed summary of Cooperative Mission gifts given in 2009 through the Baptist General Association of Virginia's treasurer's office from churches affiliated with the BGAV has been released.

 
Fredericksburg minister struggles with answers to questions of social justice
By Vicki Marsh Kabat, Baylor University   
Friday, March 12, 2010

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Sarah Bush wrestles with big questions: Why do homelessness, hunger and poverty persist in the United States? Where can people in any of those situations turn for help? Bush, who serves as minister of congregational development at Fredericksburg Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, takes the answer to that second question personally by seeking to be the answer.

 
BWA leaders hear thanks for quake relief, requests for more aid, prayers
By Robert Marus, Associated Baptist Press   
Friday, March 12, 2010
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- Chilean Baptists’ top leader tearfully thanked Baptist World Alliance officials March 10 for the aid and support shown to her country since its Feb. 27 earthquake -- and said that the needs and opportunities remain great in the devastated South American nation.
 
Legal expert says remaining Baptist jailed in Haiti likely to be set free
By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press   
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
BOISE, Idaho (ABP) -- Unless new charges are filed against her, the last of 10 Southern Baptist mission volunteers jailed in Haiti on suspicion of child kidnapping will have to be released, according to an expert on Haiti's legal system.
 
Faith-based panel submits proposals; some issues remain unsolved
By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service   
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (RNS) -- A White House advisory council March 9 submitted 164 pages of recommendations on ways the federal government can partner better with faith-based groups in tackling a host of social problems, from poverty to improving interfaith relations.
 
Supreme Court accepts Baptist church case testing limits of free speech
By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press   
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to wade into what is expected to be one of the most-watched cases in the court's 2010-2011 term -- whether the privacy rights of grieving families trump the free-speech rights of a controversial Baptist church infamous for picketing military funerals to protest society's growing acceptance of homosexuality.
 
President Obama's 'spiritual cabinet' shapes faith policy, tends his soul
By Daniel Burke, Religion News Service   
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (RNS) -- President Obama has turned to a group of fresh faces -- including two Baptists -- to manage religious issues in his administration. Each of these seven people has become an essential member of what might be called Obama's “spiritual cabinet.”
 
Dallas church publicly acknowledges welcoming stance toward gays
By Ken Camp, Baptist Standard   
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
DALLAS -- A North Dallas church has changed its website to identify itself as inclusive of varied sexual orientations -- a move that potentially could put the church at odds with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
 
Igor and Mariana Seremet discuss their partnership in Moldova with Virginia Baptists.
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