Thursday, April 07, 2005

• Conn. Senate passes same-sex civil unions bill; opponents hope it's defeated in House

  by Staff, posted Thursday, April 07, 2005 (19 years ago)

  HARTFORD, Conn. (BP)--Bucking a nationwide trend, the Connecticut Senate passed a same-sex civil unions bill April 6 with ease, but opponents held out hope that it still could be defeated in the House. Read More

• Welch meets Nashville mayor, voices prayer for city & SBC

  by Michael Foust, posted Thursday, April 07, 2005 (19 years ago)

  Meeting the mayor SBC President Bobby Welch (left) and Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell (right) talk about the SBC’s June 21-22 annual meeting in Tennessee’s capital city. In the background are Morris H. Chapman (left), president of the SBC Executive Committee, and James T. Draper Jr., president of LifeWay Christian Resources. Photo by Art Toalston

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Southern Baptist Convention President Bobby Welch met with Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell April 5 and asked him to pray for the convention in the weeks leading up to the SBC’s June 21-22 in the state’s capital city.

  Welch and Purcell met in the mayor's office alongside Morris H. Chapman, president of the SBC Executive Committee, and James T. Draper Jr., president of LifeWay Christian Resources, for about 30 minutes. Read More

• Resolutions Committee appointed for Nashville SBC meeting

  by Staff, posted Thursday, April 07, 2005 (19 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--SBC President Bobby Welch has named the members of the Resolutions Committee who will serve during the June 21-22 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn.

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• Elliff imparts Seven Pillars for strong families at Southeastern

  by Kyle Smith, posted Thursday, April 07, 2005 (19 years ago)

  Buidling strong families Tom Elliff, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, brought his “Kingdom Families” conference to Southeastern Seminary April 5. Photo by Courtney Navey

  WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--After he witnessed his parents divorce after 43 years of marriage, Tom Elliff could not bear to watch another marriage end in divorce. His search for answers led him to seven principles from Scripture that he now imparts to every couple he counsels before marriage, principles for fostering strong, secure and Christ-centered marriages. Read More

• 3 deans, 17 new faculty elected by Southwestern trustees

  by Gregory Tomlin, posted Thursday, April 07, 2005 (19 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary elected three deans and 17 new faculty members during their April 4-5 meeting at the Fort Worth, Texas, campus. Read More

• Former Muslim, El Salvadoran, among 17 new SWBTS faculty

  by Brent Thompson, posted Thursday, April 07, 2005 (19 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary elected 17 new faculty members during the trustees’ April 4-5 semiannual meeting on the Fort Worth campus.

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• Cliff Barrows shares crusade memories at seminary hymn sing

  by Jeff Robinson, posted Thursday, April 07, 2005 (19 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Cliff Barrows will never forget the evening that Billy Graham’s Gospel invitation led the famous evangelist to fear for his safety.

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• WORLDVIEW: John Paul II & lessons for evangelicals

  by Erich Bridges, posted Thursday, April 07, 2005 (19 years ago)

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Warned of the power of the Roman Catholic Church in lands he plotted to enslave, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin once famously sneered, "How many divisions does the pope command?" Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Coincidental? Certainly not

  by Mark Coppenger, posted Thursday, April 07, 2005 (19 years ago)

  EVANSTON, Ill. (BP)--If a sparrow cannot fall from the sky without God’s knowing it, how much more does He attend to the operations of taxis and their riders. And God is not just an observer; He coordinates the circumstances so that there simply are no coincidences. Read More