Illinois Baptist editor resigns amid reporting controversy
August 1, 2002
A Baptist state newspaper editor in Illinois has resigned in what his supervisor describes as a mutual agreement that it’s time for him to “move
Jack Stanton, ‘Mr. Evangelism,’ dies at 82
August 1, 2002
BOLIVAR, Mo. — Jack Stanton, known as “Mr. Evangelism” to many Southern Baptists, died July 14 in Bolivar, Mo., after a long illness. He was
Missouri Baptists could cut agencies’ funds
August 1, 2002
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After voting last year to escrow funds to punish five agencies for moving to self-perpetuating trustee boards, the Missouri Baptist Convention
Longtime Southern Baptist leader dies at 97
August 1, 2002
JACKSON, Tenn. — A longtime leader among Southern Baptists in Tennessee is dead at the age of 97. R. Paul Caudill, former pastor of the
Graham now leading ‘missions,’ not ‘crusades’
July 25, 2002
CINCINNATI — Evangelist Billy Graham preached to 200,000 people June 27–30 in Cincinnati in the first of his U.S. meetings to be termed a “mission”
Richmond seminary receives Lilly grant
July 25, 2002
RICHMOND, Va. — Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Va., has received a $2 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to participate in a national program
State construction projects solicited
July 18, 2002
The 2002 World Changers projects in Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia took place as a partnership between the state convention, the North American Mission and
Baptists help with wildfires, serve hot meals
July 18, 2002
DENVER — Fire season came early to drought-stricken Colorado this year, sparking major wildfires across the state in recent weeks. As towns and communities have
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