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  Courtland, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Courtland is a town in Southampton County, Virginia, United States.
Originally named Jerusalem, the town was given its present name in 1888.
It served as Southampton County's only town through the 18th century, and was, as it remains, the county seat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerusalem,_Virginia   (508 words)

  
 A.R.E. Health & Rejuvenation Research Center - The Cayce Health Database
Jerusalem artichoke is a vegetable which resembles a small potato.
Jerusalem artichoke is a primary therapy in the Cayce approach to diabetes.
Do use the Jerusalem Artichoke at least once a week in the diet, but only cooked in its own juices - or mix the juices in which it is cooked with the bulk of the artichoke; that is, cook it in Patapar paper.
www.edgarcayce.org /health/database/chdata/data/thjartic.html   (2580 words)

  
 Nat Turner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was hanged on November 11 in Jerusalem, Virginia, and his body was then skinned, beheaded and quartered, and various body parts were kept by whites as souvenirs.
The state legislature of Virginia considered abolishing slavery, but in a close vote, affected by the recent uprising, decided to retain slavery and instead support a repressive policy against slaves and free fls.
The freedoms of all fl people in Virginia were tightly curtailed, and an official policy was instated that forbade questioning the slave system on the grounds that any discussion might encourage similar slave revolts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nat_Turner   (792 words)

  
 Journal of Religion and Society
Virginia is said to have remained a virgin all of her life, even though, in order to avoid persecution, she was married at 37 to a 22-year-old man, who was called to be her guardian.
Virginia continued to be sought out and guarded by Christians in secrecy, as the watch and persecutions of the Securitate continued, going as far as hospitalization and torture (Noul Ierusalim: 22, 26, 55).
Virginia’s long, detailed communications and prophecies came forth as personal addresses by God to his people, in preparation for his second coming, which was to be very close at hand.
moses.creighton.edu /jrs/2006/2006-8.html   (4842 words)

  
 official History of Jerusalem
Jerusalem Baptist Church was founded shortly after the end of Civil War, a few years after 1865.
The Reverend William Bassett (buried in the cemetery at Hassidiah Baptist) was Jerusalem's first pastor and one of the pioneers in the settlement of the area.
Bi-annual contributions have been made to the Virginia Seminary in Lynchburg, Virginia and the Baptist Children Home in Ettrick, VA. Jerusalem is in good standing with the Bethany Baptist Association, Eastern Shore.
www.nathanielturner.com /officialhistoryofjerusalem.htm   (634 words)

  
 Pressure and scrutiny fail to faze Jerusalem mayor
Bombastic and sometimes crude, Olmert was the face of Jerusalem during the past three years of violence, moving from reporter to reporter at the scenes of suicide bombings to declare war on the Palestinians.
Hoffman, the former Jerusalem councilwoman who worried that the secular community would suffer under Lupolianski's leadership, said she has since changed her mind.
She noted that the mayor opened last month's Jerusalem film festival, despite the showing of films regarded as lurid by the religious community and playing them on the Sabbath.
www.dailypress.com /news/bal-te.jerusalem01aug01,0,6597286.story?page=2   (1337 words)

  
 Jerusalem Artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke is primarily a weed of pastures, hayfields, roadsides, noncrop areas, nurseries, and landscapes.
Jerusalem artichoke is sometimes grown for its edible tubers.
The robust stems, presence of tubers, and unique arrangement of leaves on the lower and upper portions of the plant are all characteristics that help to distinguish Jerusalem artichoke from most other weeds.
www.ppws.vt.edu /scott/weed_id/heltu.htm   (253 words)

  
 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
We are told to pray for Jerusalem, and there is a difference in being asked and being told.
Jerusalem today remains special to God, but there is no Shalom.
Isaiah gives good reason for praying for Jerusalem, "I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, they will never be silent day or night.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/messianic_judaism/117958   (509 words)

  
 Nat Turner - MSN Encarta
Born on a plantation in Southampton County, Virginia, Turner was a popular religious leader among his fellow slaves and became convinced that he had been chosen by God to lead his people to freedom.
More than 50 whites were slain during the uprising, and an unknown number of fls were lynched in reprisal by white mobs.
After they were tried and convicted, Turner and 15 of his companions were hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761568694   (196 words)

  
 Africans in America/Part 3/Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, the week before Gabriel was hanged.
In addition, slaves as far away as North Carolina were accused of having a connection with the insurrection, and were subsequently tried and executed.
The state legislature of Virginia considered abolishing slavery, but in a close vote decided to retain slavery and to support a repressive policy against fl people, slave and free.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/aia/part3/3p1518.html   (689 words)

  
 The Jerusalem Fund
The Jerusalem Fund is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization (tax ID: 52-1238142) and will provide a receipt allowing you to claim a tax deduction where authorized.
If you donate a gift of appreciated stock which you have held for more than one year, you will avoid paying tax on the capital gains, and you will be able to claim a charitable deduction equal to the full fair market value of the stock.
You can name The Jerusalem Fund the direct beneficiary of specific assets, a portion of your estate, or the residual estate after other specific bequests have been paid.
www.thejerusalemfund.org /donate.html   (702 words)

  
 Acts of Desecration and Demystification
For the Virginia slaveholders, Turner’s death was not sufficient to expiate his crimes.
Virginia news editors printed whatever that would diminish Turner and his credibility as a holy man, as a person deserving of respect.
The men of Virginia decided "the last error" would not "be worst than the first." Christian slaveholders decided to rob Turner’s family of his corpse.
www.nathanielturner.com /desecrationdemystification.htm   (1639 words)

  
 HistoryBuff.com -- History Library -- Southampton Slave Revolt
Nat Turner was born a slave in Virginia in 1800 and grew to become a slave preacher.
The first report of the Turner revolt was sent in the form of a letter from the Postmaster of Jerusalem to the Governor of Virginia.
On August 24, militia units from the surrounding counties descended on Jerusalem, Virginia and a massacre of Blacks in Southampton began.
www.historybuff.com /library/refslave.html   (957 words)

  
 Rep. James Moran Says Jerusalem Should Be "Multi-National Capital"
Virginia Congressman James Moran startled a largely Arab-American audience recently with an emotional attack on Israeli plans for exclusive rule over Jerusalem.
This all illustrates that Jerusalem "should not be the political capital." Moran said.
Proposing that "Jerusalem should be governed jointly by the most respected leaders of our faiths," Moran concluded by suggesting that those who think this sounds idealistic and utopian should look again at the teachings in the Qur'an, the Old Testament, and the New Testament.
www.washington-report.org /backissues/0897/9708021.htm   (1067 words)

  
 US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation : Whose capital is Jerusalem?
It also imposed a special status-corpus separatum, or separate body-for Jerusalem, ordering that Jerusalem remain under international, that is UN, jurisdiction, separately from the two new states that were to be created.
The UN recognized the international significance of Jerusalem, whose holy sites are central to the tenets of the three Abrahamic monotheistic religions(Islam, Christianity, and Judaism), and viewed international jurisdiction as the best way to insure both protection of the holy sites and free access to all.
The U.S. Congress has routinely voted to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, and U.S. presidents have routinely campaigned for office on commitments to move the embassy and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
www.endtheoccupation.org /article.php?id=186   (766 words)

  
 Slave Rebellions
All of the major slave revolts in the south were led by people like Prosser, who were deeply Christian and were fired by religious indignation against slavery.
By the time he was a young man, Turner had become unofficially the major religious leader in Southampton county in Virginia.
His rhetoric had a place as well as a spiritual meaning: Jerusalem, Virginia, which lay nearby.
www.wsu.edu /~dee/DIASPORA/REBEL.HTM   (1574 words)

  
 index.html
He was sent from his home church to Jerusalem as a missionary.
The Lord increased the support in 1971 when pastor Atif Himadeh went to present the mission to churches in the United States.
Below you can see the schedule of the meetings and if you are visiting Jerusalem we invite you to our services.
www.jerusalembbc.com   (338 words)

  
 Va-Pilot Obituaries
VIRGINIA BEACH -- Hester W. Cooper, of the 1000 block of Sandy Narrow Court, died May 31, 2003.
She was born in Merry Hill, N.C. and was a member of New Jerusalem COGIC, where she was on the Deaconess Board, Mother's Board and Hospitality Board.
Lawson was born in Hertford County, N.C., a daughter of the late Ledie Brinkley and Lou Overton Brinkley.
www.throughwire.net /gatesgenweb/obits/2003/vapilot/ob652003vp.htm   (1120 words)

  
 American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
The American Friends was founded in 1989 by Bishop Peter Lee of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and Bishop Samir Kafity of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.
Under the leadership of Phoebe Griswold, wife of the Presiding Bishop, a total of $3,415,800 was raised to construct new schools, hospital emergency rooms and churches.
The Rev. Charles Cloughen served as Chairman of the Jerusalem 2000 Diocesan Representatives Committee.
www.americanfriends-jerusalem.org /about.htm   (526 words)

  
 Today in History: September 9
At least 250 insurrections have been documented; between 1780 and 1864, ninety-one African-Americans were convicted of insurrection in Virginia alone.
Among these were Gabriel's Revolt, which began north of Richmond, Virginia, on August 30, 1800, and Vesey's Rebellion, an 1822 conspiracy to incite as many 9000 plantation and urban slaves in the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina.
Nat Turner and his followers killed nearly sixty white people as they moved toward an armory at Jerusalem, Virginia.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/sep09.html   (567 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
As you read it just reflect on the fact that you are reading something that was written nearly 2,000 years ago that is enabling you to see back into the past to this event.
The Vikings eventually became Christians and so Jerusalem became of great importance to them because it was a center of Christianity.
You can read down the page and see how often Jerusalem figured in the life of Jesus and, therefore, why Jerusalem is so important in Christianity.
www.firn.edu /schools/alachua/alc/social/jerusalem/jerusalm.htm   (587 words)

  
 List of Medical Providers, Tax Consultants and List of Attorneys - Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Consular district of the American Consulate General in Jerusalem comprises the city of Jerusalem and the West Bank.
The Consular district of the American Consulate General in Jerusalem comprises the city of Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Legal Advisor for the PLO on Jerusalem, Legal advisor and member of Palestinian delegation to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, on the Separation Barrier issue.
jerusalem.usconsulate.gov /jerusalem/citizen_services/medical_info.html   (5031 words)

  
 index.html
As the Pastor of this church, my aim is to serve the Lord who has called me to this ministry in Jerusalem.
It is exciting to see many of them accept Christ as their savior.
My aim is continue to reach more people for Christ whether it be in Jerusalem or all over the world.
www.baptistjerusalem.com   (549 words)

  
 Pat Robertson to Co-Chair Jerusalem Prayer Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Sept. 24, 2002- Pat Robertson will co-chair the Jerusalem Prayer Team campaign with Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert, the organization announced Friday.
The campaign sponsors Jerusalem Prayer Summits, whose participants, in the words of the psalm, "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." Olmert has agreed to speak at 33 summits throughout the U.S. over the coming year, during some 10 visits beginning at the end of October, in an effort to mobilize millions of supporters for Israel.
Prayer Team organizer Mike Evans said a World Prayer Summit will be held in Jerusalem in September 2003.
www.patrobertson.com /PressReleases/JerusalemPrayer.asp   (144 words)

  
 Falls Church News-Press
Near Jerusalem, a Landmark Discovery of an Ancient Alphaet
In the 10th century B.C., in the hill country south of Jerusalem, a scribe carved his ABCs on a limestone boulder -- actually, his aleph-beth-gimels, for the string of letters appears to be an early rendering of the emergent Hebrew alphabet.
The Tel Zayit stone was uncovered at an eight-acre site in the region of ancient Judah, south of Jerusalem, and 18 miles inland from Ashkelon, an ancient Philistine port.
www.fcnp.com /536/jerusalem.htm   (399 words)

  
 The Lynchburg Ledger Online Weekly Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A Jew is of the seed of Abraham by birth; a Christian is of the seed of Abraham by faith,” said President of The Jerusalem Connection International, Dr. James M. Hutchens at the Community Prayer Breakfast after being introduced by City Treasurer, David Thurman, at the Holiday Inn Select on Thursday morning November 10, 2005.
As President of The Jerusalem Connection International and Editor of The Jerusalem Connection, he is on the forward edge of the battle area of informing, educating and activating the Christian community on issues related to Israel, from a Biblical perspective.
The Jerusalem Connection International is called to combat anti-Semitism and to encourage an appreciation of the Hebrew roots of Christianity.
www.theledgeronline.com /articles/05/11-17/hutchens.htm   (458 words)

  
 Religious Movements Homepage: Swedenborgian (New Church of Jerusalem)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A brief explanation of the meaning of the white horse with its rider from the Book of Revelation chapter 19 as the Divine truth of the Lord's Word.
The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 1758.
This figure includes those who have been baptized and who have applied to the Bishop for membership as adults (18 or older).
religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/borg.html   (2509 words)

  
 March-April 2001 NVA
In Jerusalem, author Virginia Baron and Gila Swirski of the Israeli women’s peace group, Bat Shalom.
In the last year and a half, the Israeli public has become used to the idea that Jerusalem will be divided and that the Eastern part will be returned to the Palestinian people.
Virginia Baron, President of the International Fellowship of Recon-ciliation, has traveled in, and written widely about, the Middle East.
www.warresisters.org /nva0301-4.htm   (1087 words)

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