First, Jacksonville, pastor plans retirement
January 6, 2000
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Homer Lindsay Jr., pastor of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville for nearly 31 years, announced Dec. 19 that he will retire at
Halbrooks chosen to lead divinity school
January 6, 2000
RICHMOND, Va. – The faculty dean at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond has been tapped as president of American Baptist-related Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Crozer Theological
WMU releases new Bible study series
January 6, 2000
BIRMINGHAM – Responding to a growing number of requests for Bible study materials, national Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) has published the first two books in
Robert F. Maxwell dies December 27
January 6, 2000
Robert F. Maxwell, husband of longtime Alabama Baptist employee Bobbie Lawson Maxwell, died Dec. 27 of a heart attack at their home in Bagley. Maxwell,
Hawaii High Court ends efforts at gay marriages
January 6, 2000
HONOLULU, Hawaii – The Hawaii Supreme Court has ended efforts to legalize gay marriage in the state, which once was expected to approve same-sex marriages.
Supreme Court upholds Vermont ruling
January 6, 2000
MONTPELIER, Vermont – Supreme Court says Vermont can’t subsidize religious school students. The nation’s highest court has again ruled that a state may help pay
Sex education focuses on abstinence
January 6, 2000
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Abstinence has increasingly become a focus of sex education in the nation’s schools, according to new studies. More than a third
BWA joins Serbian Baptists in appeal for religious freedom
January 1, 2000
Denton Lotz, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), joined with Serbian Baptist leaders Jan. 21 to appeal for religious freedom and equal treatment
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