Columbine crosses displayed

January 6, 2000

The display’s symbols couldn’t be ignored. Spread out in the back on an exhibition hall of the Georgia World Congress Center, 12 wooden crosses remembered

Thousands respond to invitation

January 6, 2000

Southern Baptist mission leaders gave a simultaneous invitation to students attending YouthLink 2000 the morning of Dec. 31 to be on mission with God. Thousands

YouthLink 2000

January 6, 2000

More than 1,200 Alabama students found a unique way to spend the end of the 20th Century. They didn’t use the last days of their

A Year in Review

January 6, 2000

By far, the biggest news for Alabama Baptists in 1999 was the defeat of proposed state lottery gambling. Church leaders from different denominations, backgrounds and

Alabamians graduate from seminary

January 6, 2000

Alabamians graduating from seminary during the December graduations included students at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School, New Orleans Seminary and Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

Baptist receive White House apology over religious comment

January 6, 2000

White House spokesman Joe Lockhart had apologized for his comments linking the Southern Baptist Convention to organizations that “perpetuate ancient religious hatred.” Responding to a