http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org A site for mainstream, moderate Baptists of Virginia Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:32:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en VBC Breakfast at the BGAV Wednesday, November 12, 2007 7:00 a.m. Hotel Roanoke Roanoke Ballroom D David Coffey, President of the Baptist World Alliance will be the Keynote Speaker Cost: $20 You are cordially invited to the Virginia Baptists Committed breakfast that will take place at the Roanoke Ballroom D of the Hotel Roanoke during the ... http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org/archives/36 Virginia Baptists Committed Fall Meeting Thursday, September 25, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at River Road Church, Baptist, in Richmond, VA. Lunch served at a modest price. Please contact Lynn Fields by phone (540) 949-8187 or email to RSVP. http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org/archives/35 Virginia Baptists Committed Spring Meeting Thursday, April 17, 2008 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Madison Heights Baptist Church. 329 Main St., Madison Heights, VA 24572 Call the church at 434-846-5914 or email madhtsbap@aol.com for more information. Lunch served at a modest price. http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org/archives/34 Lewis, Bloomer and Bloxom Nominated for BGAV Offices By Robert O'Brien - rjo1965(at)gmail(dot)com On September 27, attendees at the Virginia Baptists Committed's Fall Meeting voted unanimously to nominate Joe Lewis, Jeff Bloomer and Pat Bloxom for BGAV offices when the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) meets on November 13-14 in ... http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org/archives/25 By Robert O’Brien - rjo1965(at)gmail(dot)com S. Kent Parks, formerly of Richmond and a veteran of 20 years of Baptist mission service in Southeast Asia, will become the international director of Mission to Unreached Peoples (MUP), effective November 1. MUP, a broadly interdenominational agency, bases its U.S. office in Seattle, WA, and a ... http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org/archives/29 Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:00 a.m. Marriott Richmond Dr. Jimmy Allen, Keynote Speaker Cost: $20 You are cordially invited to the Virginia Baptists Committed breakfast that will take place at the Marriott Richmond during the Baptist General Association of Virginia annual meeting. Jimmy Allen, Chair of the Program Committee for the New Baptist Covenant will ... http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org/archives/24 By Michael Clingenpeel One of the characters on the cartoon show “Family Guy” is a talking baby. Not long ago the tot described someone being “as lonely as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell after the Rapture.” The cartoon immediately cut to a vignette where Robertson and Falwell, both apparently left behind, ... http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org/archives/16 By Walter B. Shurden I believe … that “The New North American Baptist Covenant and its Celebration” that is presently in the planning stage for early 2008 in Atlanta, GA is one of the most exciting things that has happened in my half-century of traipsing around the Baptist yard of America. By ... http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org/archives/15 By Marv Knox Published: February 26, 2007 by Associated Baptist Press http://www.abpnews.com/1775.article IRVING, Texas (ABP) -- A refrain of freedom echoed through a Mainstream Baptist Network convocation in suburban Dallas Feb. 23-24. About 80 participants from across the South gathered for the sixth-annual event. During the session, seven speakers addressed the theme "Why I ... http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org/archives/23 Published: January 9, 2007 by Associated Baptist Press http://www.abpnews.com/1604.article The following is a list of Baptists who attended the initial New Baptist Covenant meeting held at the Carter Center. 1. Jimmy Allen, Chairman, Baptists Today; Former President of Southern Baptist Convention 2. Lloyd Allen, McAfee School of Theology 3. Rob Appel, Executive Director, Seventh Day ... http://virginiabaptistscommitted.org/archives/22