Letters from the Pastor

When we see the news reports of the devastation caused by the wildfires in Maui, we want to do something. Our hearts are filled with compassion, and we want to help. You might ask, “Pastor, I can’t go because it’s so far. Plus, what do they need right now?” “How can I...

If you have been through a loss, then you’re aware of the emotional responses and feelings that come in the form of grief.  Someone once said that grief is complex, like a cake with many layers.  I have also heard grief described as a sponge.  We seem...

It was our great joy to have hosted Larry and Sarah Ballew in worship this past Sunday, July 30th.  They have served in Macau, China as Field Personnel (missionaries) with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship for the past 27 years. We have had a long-term...

First, I’d like to express my gratitude to Rev. Rod Hale and to Kathi and Steve Genett who wrote guest articles on July 12 and 19, respectively. Both articles were excellent! Thanks to those of you who expressed your appreciation to me on their behalf. During the...

Today's guest post comes from Kathi and Steve Genett, HRBC members and organizers of the Wren's Nest Community Garden and free pantry. Greetings! We absolutely love and cherish our faith family at Huguenot Road Baptist Church. We are passionately engaged in the Vision...

Today's guest post is from Rod Hale, former pastor, state missionary for the Baptist General Association of Virginia, and member of HRBC. Recently, I spent several days in the hospital, the one I was born in 83 years ago. Much has changed in that time; it cost my dad...

The psalmist wrote, “Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10)  This is one of my favorite passages in all of scripture. I especially appreciate the way that Eugene Peterson translated it in his contemporary paraphrase,  “Step out of the traffic! Take a...

Everyone has a story to be told.  I have heard it said, “There’s a book inside every person just waiting to be written.”  As Christians, we can think of saying it this way: “Every Christian has a personal testimony waiting to be shared.”  On Sunday June 25, the theme...

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...

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...