Focus on Family specialist seen in gay bar
October 19, 2000
WASHINGTON — John Paul, the former homosexual who directs Focus on the Family’s “Love Won Out” ministry, was spotted recently in a gay bar in
Baptist News Briefs
October 12, 2000
Campers give $513,169 for missions Nashville, Tenn. – Nearly 54,000 teens attending Centrifuge and Ministry-Fuge camps this summer pitched in $513,169.63 for international missions projects
Missionaries hit the water Alabama natives travel by boat to reach people of Tonga tribe
September 21, 2000
A 21-foot cabin crusier purchased by Southern Baptists is helping make a difference in the work two missionaries with ties to Alabama are doing in
NAMB appoints five with Alabama ties
September 14, 2000
Five missionaries with Alabama ties were among recent appointees by the North American Mission Board (NAMB). Sammy and Joyce Campbell were appointed in church and
NAMB cuts social ministries to strengthen evangelism
September 7, 2000
Top officials at the North American Mission Board (NAMB) announced a cut-back in social ministries Aug. 29 in an effort to enhance the evangelism staff.
Youth groups help Baptists in Mexico, learn life lessons
August 10, 2000
Alabama’s youth did their part this summer to reach out to the people of Matamoros, Mexico. Two different missions trips ventured to the impoverished town
Religion news coverage increasing, study finds
August 10, 2000
A recent study from a prominent media analysis group finds that religion is getting more news coverage and more journalists are attending church — but
Merritt elected SBC president; Alabama native Traylor wins first vice presidency
June 22, 2000
Messengers to the 2000 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in Orlando, Fla., elected James Merritt without opposition to a one-year term as president June 14. Messengers
