NEW BOOK PUBLISHED ON YOUNG LEADERS
Memories of the Future: A Memoir of Virginia Baptists' Young Leaders Program by Robert Dale has been published by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. "Bob" Dale designed and led the innovative Young Leaders' Program which aided some 300 ministers over its 20-year span. The author reveals the steps involved in creating the program and shares the methods of instruction. Copies of Memories of the Future are free of charge to individuals who request them and send $6 to cover shipping and handling. Orders for the free book can be sent to Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies, P.O. Box 34, University of Richmond, VA 23173. Copies are available while supplies last.
New DVD Resource on Diversity & the Church
"The Swirling Center: Prospects for Diversity in the Church" is a three-disc DVD set of the presentations and dialogue at the convocation sponsored in 2009 by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. Speakers included Loyd Allen, Baptist historian at the McAfee School of Theology of Mercer University, Emmanuel McCall, a Baptist world statesman, and Doug Hicks, a professor in the Jepson School of Leadership at the University of Richmond. Also included are reflections by three Baptist ministers: Henry V. Langford, a 90-year-old minister who confronted social clhange in the 1950s; Barbara Filling who speaks on gender issues especially as related to a woman's calling to the ministry; and Michael Cheuk who addresses ethnicity issues especially as related to his own personal experiences as a pastor of Asian background serving a traditionally Anglo congregation. The convocation included some 40 invited participants who dialogued on the subject of diversity in church life. The DVD gives everyone a front row seat to hear the challenging speakers and to sense the concern which the participants exhibited over the topic. Also included while supplies last is a copy of the papers written by the 2008-9 Heritage Fellows who examined the state of diversity in all phases of Baptist life: local, state and national levels. To order send a check for $25 including shipping and handling to Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies, P.O. Box 34, University of Richmond, VA 23173. Ask for the "Swirling Center DVD".
Celebrating Baptist Beginnings
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Baptist center’s Heritage Fellows provide hope for tomorrow
Sometimes in Baptist life we ask the question, “Who will lead Baptists tomorrow?”
The question is an excellent one considering the recent strife among Baptists as well as the move away from denominationalism. It also is the question driving the Heritage Fellows program of the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies.
Religious liberty resource available from Baptist heritage center
The teaching of religious liberty in churches is the purpose of a new DVD-ROM resource produced by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies. Our Story DVD contains a 20-minute video recounting the 18th-century Baptist struggle in Virginia to secure religious liberty. An understanding of the history offers an opportunity to also present current concerns over church-state issues.
Heritage Center releases new worship study
An analysis of worship styles in Virginia Baptist churches is the focus of a new resource available from the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies.