by Jonathan Davis | Apr 22, 2020 | Opinion
Beale Memorial Baptist Church in Tappahannock, Virginia, instituted a solar energy plan and installed solar panels on our picnic pavilion behind the church about a year ago. This small array of panels has made a tremendous difference in our energy consumption in the...
by Dennis Bickers | Apr 14, 2014 | Opinion
The new church planting strategy of many denominations focuses on large urban areas in an effort to reach the largest numbers of people. As more and more people are moving to the large cities, it makes sense that denominations will focus their church planting efforts...
by Gary Farley | Aug 15, 2006 | Opinion
Recent showers will make it possible for us to mow the yard again this weekend. And the hayfield out by the county hospital has been cut for the second crop of hay this summer. Usually, a third cutting has already been bailed and put in the barn. It will not produce...
by Gary Farley | Aug 11, 2005 | Opinion
Fifty years ago most rural Baptist churches were very different from what they are today. Most shared a preacher with one or more other congregations. Most did not have worship services every Sunday. Most met in a one-room building. Most drew their membership from the...
by Gary Farley | May 31, 2005 | Opinion
The pastor at Mount Pleasant resigned nearly four years ago, saying that he felt that God was telling him that his ministry there was over. Everyone was in shock. He had served the church for 34 years as a bi-vocational pastor. The congregation was at peace. We asked,...
