More than 4,000 Christian leaders from around the world gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, for the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism, Oct. 16-25. They discussed the critical issues facing the church today, such as other world faiths, poverty, HIV/AIDS and persecution […]
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Missionary kid Specialist (SPC) Gabriel Homer has lived in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but he missed the mountains from his college home the most while he was in Iraq with the 1-116th Infantry Battalion.
Read moreA team of women led nine young delinquents to Christ, including the 13-year-old charged with the murder of 81-year-old George Baker III. Jodie Walton with the Center for Multicultural Enrichment said a Bridging the Gap urban ministry team visited the Lynchburg Regional Juvenile Detention Center on Monday, Oct. 25 with members of Thomas Road Baptist Church (TRBC) witnessing team to evangelize to young inmates.
Read moreEvery year members of the Air Force compete for a prestigious award known as the Airman of the Year award. Liberty student Airman First Class (A1C) Ariel Ruffin recently received this honor for the 192nd Mission Support Group, a subdivision of Virginia’s 192nd Security Forces Squadron.
Read moreAt the kick-off event for Military Emphasis Week, current and former servicemen and women were honored for the sacrifices they have made. On Friday, November 5, the Liberty chapter of Concerned Women for America (CWA) hosted a Military Appreciation Formal Dessert Banquet. The event was held in the club level located in the new Williams Stadium. CWA is the nation’s […]
Read moreThe School of Aeronautics’ flight team won the Region X competition for the sixth consecutive year. They are regarded as a shining example of outstanding performance and excellent sportsmanship. The National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) team at Liberty was founded eight years ago by retired Navy pilot Capt. Ernie Rogers. Since then, Liberty has dominated regional competition. Rogers is now […]
Read moreLynchburg Regional Airport leaders are scrambling to convince Delta Air Lines to reconsider its plans to pull out of the city in January. City Manager Kimball Payne said the city is also targeting other airlines that would provide […]
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Liberty University students will get a chance to sound off on a proposed plan to build a pedestrian bridge over Wards Road. Liberty and Lynchburg officials will survey students in the coming weeks to gauge interest in a bridge. The officials met last Friday to discuss plans to make crossing Wards Road safer for pedestrians. “We want to make sure […]
Read moreWe salute the men who fight for our freedoms overseas. We respect them and honor them. We pray for them and send encouragement and we so often forget about their wives, fiancées and families. One club on campus is trying to change that. Silent Ranks with a Vision (SRV) was started last April by Amanda Daugherty, who is a military […]
Read moreA debut show will be held at the Riverviews Artspace Dec. 4 for a group of young entrepreneurial-minded artisans seeking to spread artistic expression for fine arts and commercial production. The group of five Liberty students, seniors John Gosslee, Adrienna Hood, Rhonda Anderson, junior Lauren Baker, sophomores Jacob Siner and Philip Andrews, along with students from Lynchburg College, are a […]
Read moreThere was plenty of sunshine, smiles and Sheetz-donated sandwiches at Peaks View Park on Saturday, Oct. 30 to kick off the first annual disc golf tournament. The event was sponsored by Sheetz, Apple Auto Glass, Stand Up Inc. and Peaks and Creeks Disc Golf Club as a fundraiser for the upcoming Polar Plunge. Although the fundraiser was primarily geared toward […]
Read moreA brisk breeze rushed over the field of students and professors cooking out at the fall festival for the School of Engineering and Computational Sciences. Saturday afternoon about 100 students from the School of Engineering and Computational Sciences gathered for a fall festival. The event was held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Dean of the School of Engineering […]
Read moreProfessor Michael Maiuzzo will be assisting the U.S. Navy by working on a device to help fix frequencies on ships’ radios. Maiuzzo, assistant professor of electrical engineering, was contacted by Bennett Aerospace. It is a company that, according to its website, deals with advanced technology and working with the government. The company was in the process of making a bid […]
Read moreThe mission was set, every detail settled and the troops were sent out. They were going to capture top ranking members of a violent warlord’s clan. The first 30 minutes of the mission went as they should.
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It was Christmas Eve, 1947. The bitter cold North Korean air hung solemnly still as the reality of what had taken place sunk in. “I was supposed to be in that group,” Dr. Daniel Kim said, his voice just above a whisper. Kim, who was recently awarded Distinguished Professor of Church History and […]
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