Historic Baptist church ordains woman

November 2, 2000

NASHVILLE — The 180-year-old First Baptist Church in Nashville, has for the first time ordained a woman to the gospel ministry. She is Ryan Leigh

Baptist governor dies in plane crash

November 2, 2000

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, who died Oct. 16 in a plane crash near St. Louis, was a lifelong Southern Baptist active

Danger can’t deter missionary in Africa

November 2, 2000

Barbara Brown, a high school librarian in Tennessee for 30 years, looks like the stereotypic quiet, mild-mannered librarian. But looks can be deceiving. Brown, who

European organs may soon be past repair

November 2, 2000

CROATIA — More than 20,000 European church organs, especially those in poor Eastern European countries, are on the brink of extinction unless expensive repairs are

Past, current missionaries provide inspiration for devotional book

October 26, 2000

Cheryl Sloan Wray recalls several late nights when her two young daughters were asleep and her husband, Gary, was “sleeping right beside me while I

American pen pals sought for students in China

October 19, 2000

The National Fellowship of Baptist Educators is seeking 2,000 Christians students grades 7-12 and in college to answer at least one letter each from Chinese