BGAV Scholarships and Ministerial Education Funds Now Accepting Applications
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Through Cooperative Missions offerings, the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) provides scholarships and ministerial education funds for eligible Virginia Baptist students who need aid in financing their education.
BGAV Scholarships and Ministerial Education Funds can help students earn an undergraduate degree, pursue undergraduate or graduate education in preparation for vocational ministry, or access training and continuing education opportunities.
Scholarship applications for the 2020-2021 school year are now being accepted for the following:
Visit the
BGAV Scholarships webpage for more information. Applications are due by April 1.
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Thinking Outside the Church: A New Podcast to Help YOU in Your Fresh Expressions Journey
Thinking Outside the Church is a new, limited series podcast by Ben & Katie Conrad, hosting conversations about the modern church culture and new ways of expressing Christian Community!
Each Monday for the next six weeks they’ll be dropping a new episode to help you in your Fresh Expressions journey.
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Join the Impact Mission Camps Family This Summer!
Impact Mission Camps are
looking for staff members for this summer's upcoming camps. Whether you've attended Impact as a camper or staffer before, all are welcome to apply! Applications are due by the end of February.
One camper-turned-sta
ffer, Alexis Epperly,
shares her own experience
with Impact: "When we go on mission trips such as Impact, we go to serve others, but we easily forget how much we can be filled on these journeys with God."
She continues, "
I joined Impact staff this past year, and frankly I was terrified. However, looking back, I see that God was pulling me toward Impact staff more for my own growth. I worked to share God’s word with the community and campers however God was working in me this summer to open my eyes and heart just a little bit more."
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Seeking BGAV Church Leaders...
BGAV's Committee on Boards and Committees needs your help in identifying leaders from BGAV churches to participate in the boards of BGAV's agencies and institutions, and on its various standing committees.
Both layleaders and clergy are welcome to serve, with ideal nominees being:
- Christ followers,
- Ethnically, racially, and generationally diverse,
- Passionate about Advancing the Kingdom Together and
- Able to handle the responsibilities assigned.
Nominations must be received no later than May 1, 2020.
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Church Resources for February
For this month, we are showcasing the financial offerings of BGAV's Scholarships and Ministerial Education Funds for students within the Virginia Baptist family: college scholarships, ministerial education funds, BGAV academy scholarships, nontraditional ministry education scholarships, and church internship grants. To learn more about these scholarships, visit
BGAV.org/Scholarships.
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Church and Clergy Tax Seminar
February 20, 2020 - Henrico, VA
To help church staff and church lay leaders understand and comply with the tax laws, a
Church and Clergy Tax Seminar
will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2020. The seminar run from 9:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. with refreshments provided. The cost of the seminar is $15 for BGAV church members ($30 for non-BGAV church members).
This seminar is designed for church staff and lay leaders who handle taxes and compensation. Attendees will get help with compensation planning for church staff (including retirement and insurance), handling minister’s taxes, and federal reporting requirements for churches. Jeff Cranford, BGAV's Minister in Residence for Church Finance, will lead. Both online and print resources will be provided to attendees. Space is limited, so register early!
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Fresh Expressions National Gathering
April 1-3, 2020 - Reston, VA
This is a moment of hopeful opportunity for the Church in America. Perhaps you feel the pain of a dwindling congregation or denomination.Perhaps this makes you concerned for the future.But we have evidence that God is at work future-fitting the church.We see the unfolding of Present Future Church that is breathing life and hope into existing congregations and the neighborhoods and networks around them.
Join us to reconnect you with hope for the Church:
- Hope for facing tomorrow's difficulties with 2,000 years of missionary experience
- Hope from practitioners who have blended new and inherited forms of Church
- Hope for how your church can address the complex social realities of the future
We're pleased to have Tod Bolsinger and Len Sweet with us this year to continue our discussion about the future church.
Use code BGAV2020 to receive a discount for being a valued friend of the BGAV!
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Churches and ministries are posting new jobs to our ministry jobs board every week. Below are some of the most recent postings:
- PT Music Minister @ Mt Olivet Southern Baptist Church, Bedford, VA
- PT Pastor @ Victory Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA
- PT Pastor @ Antioch Baptist Church, Yale, VA
- Senior Pastor @ Fellowship Baptist Church, Norfolk, VA
- Pastor @ Calvary Baptist Church, Emporia, VA
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Heavenly Father, we welcome your warmth in the darkest winter days. Be a light - a beacon of hope and acceptance - for us in our darkest hours. Help us to spread your warmth, your light, and your word so that we may show others the way to you. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
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Stay Engaged with the BGAV!
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