Baptists network to take gospel to Last Frontier
January 6, 2000
Southern Baptist pastors and lay people from about 275 churches embraced a challenge to take the gospel to the ends of the earth during The
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
Four Baptists named greatest preachers
January 6, 2000
Four well-known Southern Baptist ministers have been named among the greatest preachers in the 20th century, according to rankings releasing by Preaching, a non-denominational magazine.
Christians more likely to divorce, study says
January 6, 2000
VENTURA, Calif. – A new study by the Barna Research Group in Ventura, Calif., says born-again Christians are more likely to go through a marital
Handover: Macau becomes territory of China
January 6, 2000
On Dec. 20, 1999, the first European colony in East Asia, followed Hong Kong in becoming a sovereign territory of the largest nation in the
Baptist receive White House apology over religious comment
January 6, 2000
White House spokesman Joe Lockhart had apologized for his comments linking the Southern Baptist Convention to organizations that “perpetuate ancient religious hatred.” Responding to a
A Year in Review
January 6, 2000
By far, the biggest news for Alabama Baptists in 1999 was the defeat of proposed state lottery gambling. Church leaders from different denominations, backgrounds and
