Virginia News

BTSR budget shortfall leads to faculty lay-off for four
By Robert Dilday, Associate Editor
Date April 17, 2008

RICHMOND -- Faced with “worrisome” financial challenges, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will downsize its faculty and staff, the school’s president announced April 8.

Stewardship is emphasis of children’s resource
By Special to the Herald
Date April 17, 2008

Developing giving lives is the emphasis of the new issue of Heritage Seekers magazine for children and their families.

Tech BCM students encourage campus to share ‘love/hate’ comments
By Melissa Cheliras and Darrell Cook
Virginia Baptist Mission Board
Date April 17, 2008

BLACKSBURG -- Students with the Baptist Collegiate Ministries at Virginia Tech spent the last two weeks of March engaging the campus with discussions about things that polarize, all the while looking for chances to interject the love and hope of Christ into their conversations.

BGAV’s Caribbean partners begin ministry to ‘diaspora’
Date April 17, 2008

NEW YORK (ABP) -- With a worship service March 30, a group of ministers officially launched a Baptist fellowship to minster to the Caribbean “diaspora” in English-speaking countries.

‘Photo-evangelism’ shown to be effective new missionary tool
By Jim White, Editor
Date April 17, 2008

LYNCHBURG -- When Ralph and Tammy Stocks answered the call to the mission field, they assumed that their ministries would lead people to Christ. But neither of them imagined that one of their best evangelism methods would be family photos. This innovative approach has led to scores of commitments to Christ.

Virginia author interprets Anne Frank in poem
By Jim White, Editor
Date April 17, 2008

CHESAPEAKE -- One might wonder why a Christian woman in Virginia would feel compelled to write a book of poetry about a little European Jewish girl who died more than half a century earlier.

Music collaboration to benefit African school
By Special to the Herald
Date November 30, 1999

RICHMOND -- American Youth Harp Ensemble and Richmond area choirs will join forces next month to present “Amani Peace Concert,” an African music collaboration benefiting the Grace Baptist Institute in Liberia.