Tuesday, April 13, 2004

• SBC position on BWA unchanged; both sides agree to ongoing talks

  by Art Toalston, posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 (20 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Representatives of the Southern Baptist Convention and Baptist World Alliance met April 13, issuing a joint press release after the 19 participants had spent six hours together at the SBC Building in Nashville, Tenn. Read More

• 7-nation Arabian Peninsula to be focus of prayer May 30

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 (20 years ago)

  Pentecost prayer On Pentecost Sunday, May 30, Southern Baptists across America will unite in prayer, asking God to help 43 million people in seven countries of the Arab world understand how much He loves them. "Beyond the Wall: Loving the Peoples of the Arabian Peninsula" marks the 17th year for such a focused, 24-hour prayer effort. Photo courtesy of IMB

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--On Pentecost Sunday, May 30, Southern Baptists across America will unite in prayer asking God to help 43 million people in seven countries of the Arab world understand how much He loves them.

        "Beyond the Wall: Loving the Peoples of the Arabian Peninsula" marks the 17th year for such a focused, 24-hour prayer effort, said Wendy Hines, associate director of the International Mission Board's prayer strategy office. The effort spotlights a different people group each year.

        "The people of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen are in need of Jesus," Hines said. "Believers are few, and the church is virtually nonexistent. Those who do follow Christ keep their faith secret in order to remain part of the community. Read More

• Prayer for world’s teens to echo God’s heart for the lost

  by Mark Kelly, posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 (20 years ago)

  Night of prayer

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--A network of youth ministries and missions organizations has issued a call to prayer challenging student groups across the world to spend a night in prayer for 2.1 billion teenagers, most of whom have never even heard the Good News of God's love. Read More

• Turkmenistan still repressive despite international pressure

  by Felix Corley, posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 (20 years ago)

  OSLO, Norway (BP)--Despite legal changes in March that -- at least theoretically -– allow minority religious communities to register for the first time since 1997, Turkmenistan retains one of the harshest systems of state control over religious life of any of the former Soviet republics, according to a report by Forum 18 News Service. Read More

• Help in managing e-mail lists now available from LifeWay

  by Lyndsey Collins, posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 (20 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Managing large e-mail lists is a daunting task, especially for understaffed churches. In response to customers’ requests for help, LifeWay Christian Resources now is offering christianemailservice.com as a solution for list management. Read More

• Youth lab’s focus: God’s Kingdom, role of parents in youth ministry

  by Melanie Athey, posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 (20 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Student ministers should shift the focus of their programs from entertainment and busyness to seeing the Kingdom of God come to earth, speakers said at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s annual Youth Ministry Lab. Read More

• God’s call & plan underscored during Midwestern missions week

  by Susan Reed, posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 (20 years ago)

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Every Christian is called to ministry, whether as a pastor, in the corporate world, in the military or in the home, Robert E. (Bob) Reccord said during North American Mission Board Week at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Read More

• No country off limits for missions, Mohler says on Fox radio show

  by Jeff Robinson, posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 (20 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Because of the Great Commission, Christians have no right to declare any area of the world as “off limits” to missions because it is dominated by another religion, R. Albert Mohler Jr. said on a Fox radio news program.

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• FIRST-PERSON: A first-class opportunity

  by Ginger Plowman, posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 (20 years ago)

  OPELIKA, Ala. (BP)--I knew something strange was going on when I couldn’t find my seat. After combing the isles of the Delta airplane two times, seat assignment in hand, I was convinced I had lost my mind. Was I on the wrong plane? Would I wind up in China, rather than Florida? Would a voice announce over the intercom, “You have now entered the twilight zone?” Read More