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  • SBC of Virginia hosts statewide evangelism meetings via Zoom
    by Timothy Cockes, posted Friday, June 19, 2020 (one year ago)

    GLEN ALLEN, Va. (BP) -- The SBC of Virginia hosted a series of statewide zoom calls about evangelism during a pandemic, including a call featuring Johnny Hunt of the North American Mission Board on Thursday (June 18).

    Hunt, senior vice president for evangelism and pastoral leadership at NAMB, spoke to more than 80 church leaders about the necessity of evangelism even during this time of social distancing. Hunt emphasized themes such as sharing personal testimonies and pastors emulating the type of missional living they would like to see from their congregations. Read More

  • SBC of Virginia elects African American president, increases CP
    by Ishmael LaBiosa, posted Friday, November 15, 2019 (2 years ago)

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    ROANOKE, Va. (BP) -- The SBC of Virginia made history when messengers elected by acclamation Allen McFarland to serve as their next president. McFarland, senior pastor of Calvary Evangelical Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Va., will be the convention's first African American president.

    "I was encouraged to see that God is calling us to be a good testimony through biblically addressing unrighteousness, abusiveness, racial, economic, and social unfairness," said McFarland. Read More

  • Neighbors, nations not alone, SBC Va. proclaims
    by Ishmael LaBiosa, posted Tuesday, November 27, 2018 (3 years ago)

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    HAMPTON, Va. (BP) -- Cooperation aimed at reaching neighbors and nations with the Gospel was the focus of the 2018 Southern Baptist Convention of Virginia Annual Homecoming Nov. 11-13 in Hampton.

    Effective since an October vote of the SBCV executive board, the state convention retains its founding name of Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, but in business matters refers to itself as the Southern Baptist Convention of Virginia and SBC of Virginia.

    "They are Not Alone" was the theme, capping a 2017 theme of "We are Not Alone." Read More

  • SBC Va. decries racism in Charlottesville resolution
    by SBC of Virginia Staff, posted Monday, November 20, 2017 (4 years ago)

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    COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (BP) -- Nearly 1,500 people traveled to the 2017 SBC of Virginia Annual Homecoming with the theme "We Are Not Alone," Nov. 12-14 at The Heights Baptist Church in Colonial Heights.

    The three-day SBCV event, which drew 701 messengers and 738 guests, took aim at "every form of racism, including and specifically alt-right white supremacy, as antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ" in a resolution that voiced "love and compassion to those in Charlottesville" devastated by the loss of life at a white supremacist rally Aug. 12. Read More

  • Pastor & wife stabbed; Va. Baptists give support
    by Ishmael LaBiosa/SBC of Virginia, posted Monday, June 22, 2015 (6 years ago)

    GLEN ALLEN, Va. (BP) -- A Baptist couple simply wanted to help a church attendee in need. It nearly cost them their lives.

    Pastor Hugh Mayes and his wife Carol minister in Carson, Va., through Shiloh Baptist Church, an SBC of Virginia affiliated ministry. Both woke early on the morning of Monday, June 15, to find a man in their bedroom. The intruder stabbed the husband and wife multiple times in the chest and stole around $800 and their vehicle in fleeing the scene. Read More

  • SBC DIGEST: SBCV honors T.C. Pinckney; seminarian aids Nepal quake relief
    by Staff, posted Thursday, May 28, 2015 (6 years ago)

    T.C. Pinckney, a key figure in Southern Baptist conservative causes for more than 25 years, was honored by the SBC of Virginia Executive Board during its May meeting for "his dedication to the Lord, his support of the SBCV and the indelible impact he made on the mission field of Virginia." Southern Seminary student and Nepal native N.D. Lama teams up with friends in his homeland to raise $50,000 for initial relief work after the April 25 earthquake. Read More

  • Marriage draws cheers at SBC of Virginia
    by Brandon Pickett, posted Monday, November 24, 2014 (7 years ago)

    COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (BP) -- One of the loudest cheers of affirmation at the 2014 SBC of Virginia Annual Homecoming was heard after a resolution on biblical marriage was read to the messengers and guests. Read More