State executive committee taps new officers

January 30, 2003

Election of new officers and personnel, approval of a document related to cooperation in North American missions, and setting budgetary goals were among the actions

Samford offers new noncredit courses

January 30, 2003

A program to prepare certified pharmacy technicians is among several new offerings in Samford University’s Samford After Sundown noncredit community course series this spring.

Truett-McConnell College gains four-year status

January 30, 2003

CLEVELAND, Ga. — Truett McConnell College has been granted four-year status, moving the Georgia Baptist Convention school from a junior college to a liberal arts

Southern Baptist missionaries: Back off Islam

January 30, 2003

A group of Southern Baptist missionaries working in predominantly Muslim countries has issued a letter asking that Baptists refrain from denouncing Islam and its

Vickers’ resignation from NAMB questioned

January 30, 2003

ATLANTA — Bob Vickers has “left” his position as director of chaplaincy evangelism at the North American Mission Board (NAMB), according to a statement issued

Alabamians gain seminary degrees

January 30, 2003

The names and degrees of Alabama Baptist students who graduated from seminaries during the fall 2002 semester were provided to The Alabama Baptist from the

Biblical archeological find potentially significant

January 30, 2003

JERUSALEM — Scientists with Israel’s Geological Institute announced Jan. 13 that they have examined a stone tablet which, if authentic, could be a significant find