by Dr. Bob Lee | Jun 21, 2023 | Pastor Letters
What is the position of HRBC on the role of women in the church? (Recently, the Southern Baptist Convention amended its constitution to include a permanent ban on female pastors. This was over and above the Baptist Faith and Message which was revised in 2000 toward...
by Dr. Bob Lee | Jun 14, 2023 | Pastor Letters
Twenty-five years ago today, on June 14, 1998, I was ordained to the Gospel Ministry by our home church, First Baptist Church (FBC), Orangeburg, South Carolina. That May, I graduated from the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (BTSR) and that July I began...
by Dr. Bob Lee | Jun 7, 2023 | Pastor Letters
To persevere is to persist through difficulty without giving up. Sunday’s Heritage Day message was titled, “A Call to Persevere.” We reflected on the encouragement to persevere found in Hebrews chapter 12 . . . Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud...
by Dr. Bob Lee | Jun 1, 2023 | Pastor Letters
HRBC is blessed to have five strategic ministry affiliates with whom we collaborate to fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) and the Great Commandment (Acts 1:8). These partners are: The River City Faith Network, Baptist General Association of Virginia,...
by Dr. Bob Lee | May 24, 2023 | Pastor Letters
Each May, I am grateful to represent our church in the Bon Air Interfaith Trialogue. There is perhaps not a more important time for faith communities to come together around that which unites us: people. The Trialogue is an annual three-session gathering where...
