Baptist Press Archive

Tuesday, April 11, 2000

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  • Southern Baptist family of Navy pilot, listed MIA 27 years, finds closure
    by Debbie Moore, posted Tuesday, April 11, 2000 (24 years ago)

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP)--Carole Hall has waited 27 years for her Navy pilot husband, Cmdr. James Wayne Hall, to come home from Vietnam. The war officially ended 25 years ago this month. Jim is home now, though not the way Carole secretly had hoped while she courageously persevered for nearly three decades, raising their three children and welcoming two grandchildren into the world. Read More

  • National Geographic retracts boast of dinosaur-to-bird 'missing link'
    by Lee Weeks, posted Tuesday, April 11, 2000 (24 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP)--An independent group of scientists has described as unfounded National Geographic Society's report late last year of "a true missing link in the complex chain that connects dinosaurs to birds."

    A panel of paleontologists and ornithologists released their findings April 6, confirming speculation by outside scientists that National Geographic Society's media blitz touting a feathered dinosaur fossil lacked independent scientific confirmation.

    The panel was convened by National... Read More

  • Easter cookie recipe provides learning experience for kids
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, April 11, 2000 (24 years ago)

    ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--A simple recipe can be a great way to involve children in the Easter story and teach them about Jesus' sacrifice on the cross.

    This recipe for Easter cookies comes with a special message perhaps best used the night before Easter (or any time throughout the year).

    The original author of this recipe is unknown; most recently it appeared in the March-April 2000 issue of On Mission magazine published by the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board.

    For these Easter c... Read More

  • Nelson Price announces retirement after 35 years of ministry in Ga.
    by Todd Starnes, posted Tuesday, April 11, 2000 (24 years ago)

    MARIETTA, Ga. (BP)--Nelson L. Price, the longtime pastor of Roswell Street Baptist Church, Marietta, Ga., and a former Southern Baptist Convention vice president, announced he will retire from the pulpit this November.

    Price, 68, has been the senior pastor at Roswell Street since Nov. 1, 1965. Under his ministry, the suburban Atlanta congregation has grown to approximately 9,000 members.

    While he hasn't made any immediate plans for his retirement, Price told Baptist Press he is taking a step... Read More

  • Pete & Jo Ann Butler honored for helping students 'find their voices'
    by Tammi Reed Ledbetter, posted Tuesday, April 11, 2000 (24 years ago)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--With more than 25 years of local church experience before coming to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1983, A.L. "Pete" and Jo Ann Butler's service provided "the launching pad for worldwide ministry," observed Midwestern Old Testament professor Al Bean.

    Bean and other seminary, church and denominational leaders gathered in the Kansas City, Mo., seminary chapel with more than 170 friends and family to honor the Butlers April 7 upon the retirement of Pete Butler a... Read More