Wednesday, March 07, 2001

• Students at Santana High begin spiritual, emotional healing

  by Todd Starnes, posted Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (18 years ago)

  SANTEE, Calif. (BP)--Hundreds of Santana High School students, many accompanied by their parents, returned to class March 7, just two days after a 15-year-old boy opened fire, killing two students and injuring 13 others, including two adults. Read More

• Ministry offers news media coffee, pastries & counsel

  by Todd Starnes, posted Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (18 years ago)

  SANTEE, Calif. (BP)--When a 15-year-old gunman opened fire on his classmates March 5 at Santana High School, the national news media descended upon this small, bedroom community of San Diego in biblical proportions. Read More

• LifeWay to send counseling tapes to teens at Calif. high school

  by Terri Lackey, posted Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--LifeWay Christian Resources has shipped nearly 2,000 CDs containing taped counseling sessions to a high school in California where a teenager killed two students and wounded 13 others. Read More

• Ted Stone continues war against drugs via plea to seminaries, 2 new books

  by Art Toalston & Doy Cave, posted Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Ted Stone is pressing forward in his campaign against alcohol and drug abuse in visits to the Southern Baptist Convention's six seminaries and in coauthoring two new books. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Pray & warn others about teens' use of inhalants

  by James T. Draper Jr., posted Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The lives of Diane and Ricky Stem Sr. changed forever on June 20, 1996. Their son, Ricky Jr., a dynamic Christian since the age of 7, a leader in his church youth group and an all-midstate baseball player died after "huffing" freon from his home air conditioning unit. Read More

• Southwestern trustees approve $1 million budget increase

  by Matt Sanders, posted Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (18 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--In the face of a possible $1 million decrease in funding at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the seminary's trustees approved a $1 million budget increase during their spring meeting March 6 at the Fort Worth, Texas, school. Read More

• Christians need to regain their song, Rankin says

  by Don Yang, posted Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (18 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--With a music school dean behind him and many music students, music professors and ministers of music in the audience, the president of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board gave a music lesson on how to find a lost song and become an international singer. Read More

• Missionary taps customized approach to help churches fulfill God's plan

  by Tammi Reed Ledbetter, posted Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (18 years ago)

  TOPEKA, Kan. (BP)--A blending of old and new methods provides Randy Cowling with the tools he needs to direct missions at Kaw Valley Baptist Association in northeastern Kansas. Meeting pastors over a cup of coffee is still the most personal way of remaining aware of the needs of churches, Cowling said. And yet, interacting with them online offers a new dimension of keeping churches informed of ministry opportunities. Read More

• Senate committee reportedly to cut vouchers from Bush plan

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (18 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--The U.S. Senate's committee on education apparently will report out a legislative version of President Bush's education plan that will not include vouchers. Read More

• NavPress author tells seminary women of honor to spend time alone with God

  by Joni B. Hannigan, posted Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (18 years ago)

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Spinning a yarn about a phone call from President George W. Bush to have breakfast in the White House, Jean Fleming described her disbelief and awe at being extended such an honor. She then drew a parallel between how she would react if such an invitation were extended and what could happen if individuals consider the scriptural mandate to spend time alone with God daily. Read More