Alabama not ‘left behind’ in tour

January 25, 2001

Kirk Cameron, others stop in Birmingham during promotional tour for ‘Left Behind’ movie Kirk Cameron appreciates the popularity the ’80s sitcom “Growing Pains” gave him

Barrentine new leader of Iowa Convention

January 25, 2001

DES MOINES, Iowa — Arkansas Baptist missions ministries team leader Jimmy Barrentine has been selected as the new executive director of the Baptist Convention of

Furman, Mercer remembered by donors

January 25, 2001

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Two universities with Baptist roots, Furman and Mercer, have received multimillion-dollar gifts. Furman, in Greenville, S.C., will receive 45 percent of the

Missionary Virgina Lake dies at 99

January 25, 2001

WAKE FOREST, N.C. — Virginia Lake, emeritus International Mission Board missionary to China, who had taught school in Alabama before her appointment, died Nov. 11,

Georgia Baptist church said ‘outstanding’

January 25, 2001

EDISON, Ga. — A Georgia Baptist church with a woman pastor has been named one of America’s outstanding Protestant congregations by a nationwide study funded

Student faces manslaughter in fatal crash

January 25, 2001

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A 20-year-old Southwest Baptist University student has been charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of second-degree assault in

ERLC endorses Ashcroft; BJC, others express doubt

January 25, 2001

The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has endorsed John Ashcroft as attorney general in a letter to members of the U.S. Senate. ERLC