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Wednesday, March 03, 1999

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  • Child care registration opens for Atlanta SBC
    by , posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    ATLANTA (BP)--Registration is now being accepted for on-site child care for preschool children of out-of-town messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 15-16 in Atlanta.

    A registration form is available by writing to: SBC Preschool Child Care, c/o Rockdale Baptist Church, 1295 Smyrna Road, Conyers, GA 30094.

    Child care is available for preschoolers (birth through 5 years of age -- those in kindergarten), according to Anna Lee Blancato, SBC child-care coordinator fro... Read More

  • Y2K ‘very real,’ more effort needed to avert disruptions, Senat
    by Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP)--In perhaps the most complete assessment to date of the “Year 2000 problem,” a special committee of the U.S. Senate issued a 164-page report March 2 noting ongoing concerns about the readiness of many computer networks nationally and internationally for Jan. 1, 2000.

    Among the assessments of the Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: “The good news is that talk of the death of civilization, to borrow from Mark Twain, has been greatly ex... Read More

  • SBC leader urges conservatives to reflect Christlike behavior
    by Dwayne Hastings, posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    AUSTIN, Texas (BP)--Issuing a call for a kinder, gentler and more loving witness, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention said March 1 the world needs to see conservative evangelicals presenting an authentic Christianity.

    "What would happen in 2001 if God's people began to act like God's people?" Paige Patterson asked at the 33rd annual conference of the SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission in Austin, Texas.

    "One of the tragedies in our world today is that there are conservat... Read More

  • Father of deceased firefighter knows son ‘answered God’s call o
    by Cindy Kerr, posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Brisk Texas winds whisk cold ashes and flutter yellow police tape stretched across the lot where the Precious Faith Temple once stood in a Fort Worth, Texas, suburb. Little seems secure after a Feb. 15 church fire when two would-be daddies, both outstanding Christian men, and a young volunteer lost their lives fighting the blaze possibly started by an arsonist.

    Family, friends and firefighters from around the nation and world gathered to remember Phillip Dean, Brian Co... Read More

  • Many ‘prophets,’ he reminds, cannot deliver people from sin
    by Norman Miller, posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--“Practice what you preach” and “preach what you practice” are habits Christians should develop, said Forrest E. Lowry, pastor of the near-5,000-member Spring (Texas) Baptist Church, said Feb. 25 at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

    In introductory remarks to a sermon on “The True Prophets of Doom,” Lowry reflected on the meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee earlier in the week, noting committee members we... Read More

  • Draper cites 3 reasons why it’s ‘worth it’ to serve God
    by Joan Wetzel , posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    NEW ORLEANS (BP)--“Does it pay to serve God? Is it worth it?”

    The president of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention asked these questions rhetorically Feb. 25 at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary on the final day of a special emphasis week on the ministry of LifeWay.

    James T. Draper Jr., preaching in chapel from Malachi 3, said those in Christian ministry today can well understand the circumstances and questions raised in the classic passage abo... Read More

  • It takes a Bible to raise a child, Christian school advocate says
    by Doy Cave, posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    NEW ORLEANS (BP)--The church is slowly losing its most valuable asset -- its children -- and at least one education specialist says the solution rests in one thing: renewing their minds.

    Citing Christian sociologist George Barna, Glen Schultz said only 7 to 8 percent of people identifying themselves as Christians today are biblical in their understanding of life. Therefore, today’s society is headed for either spiritual revival or moral anarchy, he said, and the generation determining w... Read More

  • Women exhorted to seek ‘balance’ when facing ‘100 differe
    by Debbie Moore, posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    NEW ORLEANS (BP)--“The hands of time will strangle you if you’re not careful,” said a 26-year employee of LifeWay Christian Resources, adding she desperately needs to take a time management course available at her place of employment, “but who has time?”

    Linda Thompson, of LifeWay’s church resources division, addressed women in or preparing for various types of ministry service during a luncheon at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Feb. 24. Thompson ... Read More

  • U.S. senators, religious leaders call for reconciliation after impeachment
    by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP)--U.S. senators and religious leaders joined together recently to call for reconciliation in the wake of the divisive impeachment process.

    Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and leaders from other religious groups spoke at a reconciliation breakfast sponsored by Sens. Sam Brownback, R.-Kan., and Joseph Lieberman, D.-Ct. Brownback and Lieberman are co-chairmen of the Center for Jewish and Christian Values.

    Among those gather... Read More

  • Robert Hammond honored for church recreation achievements
    by , posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--Robert D. Hammond, retired minister of recreation at Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas, was presented the 1999 Frank Hart Smith Lifetime Achievement Award during Rec Lab at Glorieta (N.M.) Conference Center, Feb. 14.

    The award is named for the late Frank Hart "Pogo" Smith, a longtime Southern Baptist church recreation leader who taught the use of recreation as a tool for ministry and building relationships. The award, presented by the church recreation program of... Read More

  • Disaster relief workers respond as killer tornadoes hit Arkansas
    by Trennis Henderson & Russ Dilday, posted Wednesday, March 03, 1999 (25 years ago)

    ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (BP)--Hours after killer tornadoes ripped through several counties in Arkansas, Baptist disaster relief efforts were in full operation in Arkadelphia and Little Rock. The March 1 storms killed at least 24 people, injured more than 300 and damaged or destroyed more than 800 houses and businesses. Read More