CP gifts show gain over July 2001 receipts

August 15, 2002

NASHVILLE — Gifts to the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) in July were 5.60 percent above gifts for July 2001, according to a

American Bible Society, CBA team up against illiteracy

August 15, 2002

The American Bible Society and the Christian Booksellers Association (CBA), a trade organization of the Christian retail industry, have joined forces to tackle illiteracy with

IMB Trustees appoint new misionaries, process changes

August 15, 2002

International Mission Board (IMB) trustees in their Aug 1-3 meeting appointed 79 new missionaries, received reports on missionary deployment and budget cites and processed missionary

Leading SBC pastor dies at age of 47

August 15, 2002

DENVER — Rick Ferguson, one of Southern Baptists’ leading pastors in the western United States, was killed July 25 in an auto accident near Hays,

Missouri paper reports six-month gift totals

August 15, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Six months through the year, the Missouri Baptist newspaper Word & Way made up just under 45 percent of funds held

Alabamians graduate from New Orleans Seminary

August 15, 2002

Alabamians recently graduating from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with master’s degrees are: Master of divinity — Timothy “Rodger” Collins, Hartselle; Stephen R. Hall, Hayden:

GamePlan football outreach issue on its way

August 8, 2002

GamePlan, The Alabama Baptist’s annual special issue devoted to sports evangelism, will be available soon. Featured in this year’s edition are University of Alabama (UA)