The Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies located at the University
of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia USA has produced a new church
resource entitled Freedom
for the Journey.
Intended for individual or group use, Freedom for the Journey
examines various aspects of freedom as related to Baptists.
The new resource was written by Dr. Phyllis Rodgerson Pleasants, formerly director of the Institute for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies at the International Baptist Theological Seminary at Prague and currently professor of church history at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. The 80-page book is enhanced with a PowerPoint CD for use by a group teacher or facilitator.
Copies may be ordered at 9.95 (US$) for the book or 18.95 for the book with CD. Please add $6 for overseas delivery.
For the Living of These
Days
Last fall the Center published For the Living of These Days...Responses
to Terrorism, a
collection of 65 sermons by Virginia Baptist ministers as delivered
on the Sunday following the terrorist attacks of September 11.
All proceeds from the sales of the books have been sent to the
Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief ministry which furnished meals
and cleaned apartments at ground zero in NYC in the weeks and
months following the attack.
A limited number of the books are still available at $10 US plus $8 for shipping.
Entitled Seeds of
Hope
Forthcoming from the Center is a 300-page book focused upon Liberia.
Entitled Seeds of Hope, the book is an anthology of historical
and contemporary history of Baptist life and work in Liberia,
the long friendship between Virginia Baptists and Liberians, and
a collection of 22 sermons on the message of hope. All proceeds
from the Liberia book will benefit the Liberia Cattle Project,
a ministry of Virginia Baptists, which seeks to place livestock
in Liberia. The Liberia books will sell for $10 US plus $8 for
shipping.
Center Activities
Last February the Center hosted a summit conference on the history
and possible futures of local associations in Baptist life. Forthcoming
later this fall will be a book of proceedings of the conference.
For further information
on the activities of the Center and the Virginia Baptist Historical
Society, visit www.baptistheritage.com. The mailing address of the Center
for Baptist Heritage & Studies is P.O.Box 34, University of
Richmond, Va. 23173. USA.
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