Catholics falling behind population growth
May 23, 2002
VATICAN CITY — The number of Catholics worldwide is rising at a slightly lower rate than overall population growth, according to statistics compiled by the
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April CP giving below last year’s numbers
May 23, 2002
NASHVILLE — Gifts to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program in April were 10.72 percent below gifts for April 2001. Year-to-date support for CP missions,
Bill would allow monetary support of politics
May 23, 2002
WASHINGTON — The current ban on partisan political activity by churches would be eliminated under a bill now pending in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Proposed legislation would ban same-sex ‘marriages’ in nation
May 23, 2002
A proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to define the legal status of marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman was
Associational missions strategies help churches impact the world
May 23, 2002
Local cooperative missions and fellowship have long been important emphases of local Southern Baptist associations, but today many churches are discovering how associational missions also
Ashcroft ready to prosecute porn purveyors
May 23, 2002
WASHINGTON — May is “Pornography Victims Awareness Month.” The designation, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said, “is dedicated to recognizing the victims of pornography. Pornography
‘Miss Argeline’ plans retirement from LifeWay, set to author books
May 23, 2002
For Argeline Yarbrough, or “Miss Argeline” as most know her, the missions field is not only a place you go to witness and minister. It
Alabamians participate in missions
May 23, 2002
A team of about 20 First Baptist Church, Montgomery, members traveled to New Orleans April 16–21. Another team helped remodel a church in Baumholder, Germany.
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