Harding leaving Utah-Idaho post

September 7, 2000

DRAPER, Utah — Jim Harding, executive director of the Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention, is leaving the post to become pastor of First Baptist Church, West

Hollywood debates its role in ethical content

September 7, 2000

Hollywood is often criticized in religious circles as lacking moral scruples. Yet there’s a contingent in the entertainment industry that takes right and wrong seriously.

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September 7, 2000

Kathie Lee Gifford came under fire because it was said some of her clothing line was produced under questionable circumstances. Human rights issues abound in

Evangelism Declaration

August 31, 2000

A declaration issued at the end of the Amsterdam 2000 international meeting of evangelists called for renewed dedication to worldwide evangelism and continued proclamation in

Alzheimer’s claims editor, educator Gray

August 31, 2000

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Elmer Gray, 82, retired editor of the California Southern Baptist and a longtime pastor, educator and author, died Aug. 12 in Vancouver,

Religion expert John Newport dies at 83

August 31, 2000

FORT WORTH, Texas — One of Southern Baptists’ leading authorities on the New Age, cults and world religions has died. John P. Newport, distinguished professor emeritus