Sebring, Velma

August 12, 2004

Church: Center Point Baptist Church, Scottsboro Favorite Bible verse: Psalm 37:4–5 Favorite hymn: “Surely Goodness and Mercy” Hobbies: Gardening, reading, crocheting Family status: Widowed; three

Missions leader Thurmon Bryant dies at 74

August 12, 2004

FORT WORTH, Texas — Thurmon E. Bryant, a longtime missionary to Brazil and a former senior administrator of the Foreign Mission Board (FMB), now International

Emeritus missionary C.W. McClelland dies at 70

August 12, 2004

LAKELAND, Fla. — Charles W. McClelland, an emeritus Southern Baptist missionary to Zimbabwe and South Africa and former Alabama Baptist, died July 31. He

David Coffey nominated as BWA president

August 12, 2004

SEOUL, South Korea — David Coffey, general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain since 1988, has been nominated as president of the

State Baptists minister in Venezuela

August 12, 2004

They came from Cottondale and Clanton, Chickasaw and Center Point, and places in between. They used tactics ranging from door-to-door visitation and block parties

Churches must follow several IRS regulations to keep tax-free status

August 12, 2004

For churches and other tax-exempt organizations, every four years the doctrine of election takes on a special meaning — as the IRS warns of

Did Baptist church actions violate tax-exempt status laws?

August 12, 2004

Two prominent Southern Baptist pastors are standing firm against charges they violated their churches’ tax-exempt status, saying that the charges are nothing more than an