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N.T. Wright asks: Have we gotten heaven all wrong?

N.T. Wright asks: Have we gotten heaven all wrong?

The oft-cliched Christian notion of heaven has no basis in the Bible and would have sounded bizarre to Jesus and his early follow- ers,scholars on the right and left increasingly say.

Rooftop farm an urban oasis in NYC

Rooftop farm an urban oasis in NYC

It isn’t exactly “Green Acres,” but a rooftop farm at a New York City church is making the improbable a reality.The garden consists of 52 soil-filled kiddie pools that serve as planting beds atop Metro Baptist Church in Manhattan.

Conservatives go after ‘NASCAR Christian’ vote

Conservatives go after ‘NASCAR Christian’ vote

Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition is trying to corral what might be called “NASCAR Christians” in hopes that social conservatives, especially in the Mid-Atlantic, will give Mitt Romney a crucial boost in November.

Bible translation focuses on dialogue

Bible translation focuses on dialogue

The name Jesus Christ doesn’t appear in The Voice, a new translation of the Bible, which renders it “Jesus the Anointed One” or the “liberating king.” That’s a more accurate translation for modern readers, said translator David Capes.

 
In unprecedented move, one person to lead both Virginia’s black, white Baptist conventions
By Robert Dilday   
Friday, May 18, 2012
In an unprecedented move, the president of Virginia’s oldest predominantly white Baptist convention also has been elected the top officer in the state’s oldest historically black Baptist convention. Suffolk, Va., pastor Mark Croston will serve both simultaneously for about seven months.
 
Bluefield trustees discuss capital improvement projects
By Chris Shoemaker   
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Capital improvement projects—both renovations and new construction—were the topics of discussion when Bluefield College’s board of trustees gathered for its annual spring meeting in April.
 
Chuck Colson’s memorial steeped in prison themes
By Adelle M. Banks   
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson—jailed on Watergate-related charges but later baptized in a Baptist church in Virginia—was memorialized May 16 at Washington National Cathedral in a service steeped in Scripture and prayers about prison and redemption.
 
Documentary awards reflect successful faith and public policy engagement, say two Virginians
By Herald Staff   
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Awards recently given to two religious documentaries produced by the Baptist Center for Ethics reflect successful efforts to engage the public on important faith-based policy issues, say two Virginians who serve on the Nashville, Tenn.-based BCE’s board of directors.

 
Oldest African-American convention holds meeting
By Herald Staff   
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Several hundred ministers and laypersons are in Richmond, Va., this week for the annual meeting of the Virginia Baptist State Convention, which is holding its 145th annual session May 14-17. The convention is oldest organization of African-American churches in Virginia.
 
Romney heads to Liberty to woo evangelicals
By Jackie Kucinich   
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who struggled to gain the support of evangelicals during the primaries, will deliver a commencement address May 12 at Liberty University, one of the largest Christian universities in the country.
 
Pastor moms juggle ministry, motherhood
By Jeff Brumley   
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Mothers’ Day 2012 will dawn with more women than ever in Baptist pulpits. But even those who welcome the trend say the ascension of the minister mom is creating tensions within families and in the hearts of female pastors. Congregations are trying to figure out how to have their pastoral needs met while also being “a place of grace” for their mother pastors.
 
Bluefield College dedicates century-old quilt with ties to founding family who gave it 44 years ago
By Chris Shoemaker   
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Bluefield College dedicated a century-old Appalachian quilt during a ceremony on campus April 20. The quilt will hang as a decorative piece inside Easley Library and serve as an expression of love and remembrance of the late Eva Vest Easley, who donated it to BC 44 years ago.

 
Gardner-Webb students leap headlong into local foods movement in surrounding community
By Matt Walters   
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Gardner-Webb University students have lately grown increasingly interested in the local foods movement. So this spring, Stephanie Richey, GWU’s community engagement coordinator and local foods aficionado, decided to capitalize.
 
VBMB’s executive committee approves funding for collegiate learning center, Eagle Eyrie projects
By Jim White   
Saturday, May 12, 2012
The Virginia Baptist Mission Board's executive committee approved a loan from the Baptist Extension Board to purchase a house the campus of the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va., as a residential learning center and auathorized spending up to $330,000 for needed maintenance at the Eagle Eyrie Conference Center near Lynchburg, Va.
 
HeraldBeat
By Barbara Francis, HeraldBeat Editor   
Friday, May 11, 2012
Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic
 
Leaders judged only by Christ, says seminary president
By Jim White   
Tuesday, May 08, 2012

"Play to an audience of one,” Jeff Iorg, president of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in suburban San Francisco, told Virginia Baptists' May 4-5 Leadership Gathering. Iorg said it isn't important what the church or public think. Ultimately, only God's opinion matters.

 
Berryville, Va., church aims to put smile on faces
By Barbara Francis   
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
“Free stuff makes everyone smile,” said Tim Walraven after attending Berryville (Va.) Baptist Church’s “Free for All” yard sale April 14. And that’s what the church was hoping for—to put smiles on faces in Berryville and neighboring towns as it participated in its third annual Operation Inasmuch Day.
 

THE PACKAGE FROM NEW VOICE MEDIA 

urban

Remaining in the city is integral to the identity of downtown churches and shapes the way they engage God's mission. A look at urban churches which are "blooming where they're planted."

• Urban churches embrace their in-town context
• Your church has committed to staying put. Now what?
• Identity is crucial for churches engaging downtown ministry
• Spiritual direction useful for churches too, says minister


 

• Dan Carlton | A 1950s argument in a 2012 world
• Matthew Johnson | NC Amendment 1: A final appeal
• Bailey Edwards Nelson | The bully pulpit
• Bailey Edwards Nelson | What's in a nickname?
• Derik Hamby | The Controversy, part 2
• Darryl Aaron | Condoleezza Rice is a Republican
• Abbie Duenckel | Treasure in the darkness
• Dan Carlton | A church planting model for agencies/institutions
• Bailey Edwards Nelson | A stained stole


PERSPECTIVE 

EDITORIAL: Forward to the past?By Jim White | Why shouldn't we expect agencies of Baptist state fellowships, conventions or general associations to be self-supporting? This question should be taken seriously for several reasons.

VIEWPOINT: What's going on?By Lisa Cole Smith | The works of artists are inherently prophectic, because the creative act starts with observing what is and isn't and responding in a way which is both creative and evocative. The church should pay attention.  

VIEWPOINT: The power of story-filled conversationBy Alex Gallimore
The first movement of leaders and congregations ready to embrace change is to learn and practice the art of genuine, story-filled conversation.  

VIEWPOINT: Pentecostal powerBy Curtis Freeman | Baptists and Pentecostals share much in common. One might even argue that for all practical purposes, Pentecostals are simply a branch of Baptists with a foreign language requirement.  

VIEWPOINT: A new way of being ChristianBy Jonathan Merritt | For 30 years some evangelicals have been following divisive leaders into the culture wars with the promise that voting for "moral" leadership would effect change. How did that work out? Not so well.  

VITAL SIGNS: The staffing dilemma By Bill Wilson | There is a revolution taking place in the way traditional congregations hire, manage and compensate their staff, creating implications for staff and clergy in this new era of congregational life.  

HERITAGE: Who influenced you?By Fred Anderson | On May 22, three high school essayists who won a recent Baptist Center for Heritage & Studies contest will be honored for their writing on who most influenced them in their Baptist thinking.

TRENDING: The view from Europe of the U.S. churchBy John Chandler | What will the next 10 years look like in the North American church? Here's what church consultant Mike Breen, a former British pastor who now lives in the U.S., says is coming.  

WINN RECOMMENDS By Winn Collier
Suggested books are Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis, by Lauren Winner; Orthodoxy, by Paul Evdokimov; and Testing Scripture, by John Polkinghorne.  


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